NCEA Level 3 Product Design and Manufacturing 301
PDM301 Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: H. Browne.
Recommended Prior LearningLevel 2 Product Design & Manufacturing or an interest in design and practical skills.
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:
- To further extend and develop their making skills.
- To extend and deepen their knowledge of material properties and characteristics.
- To work through the design process to resolve a design problem from a wide context.
Learning Areas:
Assessment Information
This course is internally assessed.
Assessments are a mixture of portfolio evidence and creation of physical outcomes.
There are no reassessment opportunities in this course.
Building and Construction Labourer, Cabinet Maker, Carpenter, Industrial Designer, Joiner, Mining Engineer, Survey Technician, Aeronautical Engineer, Aeroplane Pilot, Agricultural/Horticultural Scientist, Air Force Aviator, Air Force Officer, Mechanical Engineering Technician, Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, Aircraft Refueller, Product Assembler, Software Developer, Chemist, Architectural Technician, Army Officer, Army Soldier, Insurance Loss Adjuster, Medical Physicist, Sound Technician, Electronics Engineer
Contributions and Equipment/StationeryStudents are required to provide purchase the stationery on the school stationery list, ready for the start of the course.
There is also an $80 donation for materials costs. Students are able to take home their manufactured projects.