Design and technologies / Year 9 and 10 / Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills

Curriculum content descriptions

Develop project plans using digital technologies to plan and manage projects individually and collaboratively taking into consideration time, cost, risk and production processes (ACTDEP052)

Elaborations
  • producing, explaining and interpreting drawings; and planning production timelines using digital technologies
  • creating production flowcharts using digital technologies to ensure efficient, safe and sustainable sequences
  • establishing materials and equipment needs using digital technologies such as spreadsheets
  • collaborating to develop production plans for equitable distribution of work
  • investigating manufacturing processes to identify strategies to enhance production
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • ICT capability Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability
ScOT terms

Cooperation,  Manufacturing processes,  Planning,  Risk management,  Operations management

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