Design Technologies - Materials and Technologies Specilaisations & Enginneering Skills promote the development of skills and safe work practices in a workshop.
The skills acquired will be a valuable asset in the home and transfer to hobbies and other activities as well as providing a knowledge base for transitions into workplace environments.
Students complete safety courses on Onguard in the areas of: workshop safety, using hand tools safely and using machinery in the workshop safely.
Students will develop their skills to interpret diagrams and instructions enabling them to make a variety of small projects.
They will also design projects and make design decisions associated with production and processes.