PDM301

NCEA Level 3 Product Design and Manufacturing 301

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs T. Tippett.

This course is run in the school workshops. It is a woodwork based course.

 

Images are indicative only from Pinterest and past student work.

This course builds on from the Level 2 Product Design & Manufacturing course. Level 2 is advanced and Level 3 is complex knowledge and skills.

In this course students will learn:

  1. To further extend and develop their making skills 
  2. To extend and deepen their knowledge of material properties and characteristics
  3. How to create an applied design to a product
  4. To project manage a project

14 credits will be offered.

Recommended Prior Learning

A minimum of 10 credits from the Level 2 Product Design and Manufacturing.

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

There will be a $90 contribution toward the cost of consumable materials students use in their take home project.
Students are required to provide purchase the stationery on the school stationery list.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 10 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 10 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91620 v4
NZQA Info
Construction and Mechanical Technologies 3.20 - Implement complex procedures to integrate parts using resistant materials to make a specified product
6
6
6
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91623 v3
NZQA Info
Construction and Mechanical Technologies 3.23 - Implement complex procedures to create an applied design for a specified product
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 10
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0