Metal Products A/M/V
The study of Metal Products provides opportunities for students to investigate the nature and potential of metal in creating products. They will engage with traditional and emerging technologies, develop an understanding of workplace expectations, and apply standards and practices through the manufacturing of their metal projects.
The study of Metal Products provides opportunities for students to investigate the nature and potential of metal in creating products. They will engage with traditional and emerging technologies, develop an understanding of workplace expectations, and apply standards and practices through the manufacturing of their metal projects.
This course is intended to meet the needs of students who have a general interest in industrial technology trades as well as those intending to choose a career pathway into traditional metal trades and related service industries. Through simulated and practical exercises and significant investigations of nature and potential of metal, students will learn to solve problems and find practical and functional solutions to real world problems. They will also develop significant transferable works skills applicable to a wide range of technical and general work settings. The capacity to manage projects, communicate clearly, and be critical, creative and precise will provide access to a wide range of work, life and citizenship settings.
Students develop relevant technical, vocational, and interpersonal skills suitable for employment and further training. They can also develop skills, knowledge, and experiences such as teamwork, communication and Work, Health, and Safety that are transferable to other industries. The metal fabrication sector is widespread and capacity in this area will provide students with opportunities to access careers in a wide range of traditional and innovative and emerging industries such as construction, manufacturing, alternate energy, defence and aerospace, mining, and food and fibre production.
The Metal Products course is written under the ACT BSSS INDUSTRY AND SERVICES FRAMEWORK
Achievement Standards for INDUSTRY AND SERVICES courses can be found within the Framework.
In courses written under the Industry and Services Framework, students learn about industry practices, processes, procedures, and concepts. They develop knowledge of technical information and equipment and understand how to apply technical specifications to the specific problems of the area of study. They develop an understanding of traditional and emerging materials or services and the innovative procedures and thinking that supports the identification of, and adaption to, new ways of working. They investigate and analyse opportunities and challenges in their area of study raised by the demands for increased sustainability and ethical conduct. Students analyse principles of work health & safety (WHS) applying them to solving problems and undertake practical work and develop an understanding of the importance of respect and care in the workplace.
Working with Metal
This unit is designed to develop an understanding of workshop procedures and the possibilities of metal. Students apply Work Health Safety principles and concepts to metal workshops to work safely with metal products, using selected tools and materials correctly. They learn to analyse requirements to choose and use tools and machinery to follow a given design to complete the project/s undertaken in this unit. Students develop transferable work and communication skills such as technical drawing, following instructions, seeking assistance, and recording processes, and project management, as well as strategies to solve problems.
Techniques in Metal Manufacture
This unit explores metal manufacturing skills. Students analyse workshop contexts to develop the fundamentals of working safely and apply them to a variety of metal manufacturing processes, including gas and arc welding. They analyse requirements to choose and use a range of metal work tools in a variety of fabrication processes to follow a given or modified design to complete the project/s undertaken. Students develop transferable work and communication skills such as technical drawing, following instructions, seeking assistance, and recording processes, and project management, as well as strategies to solve problems.
Welding and Cutting
This unit is designed to develop welding and mechanical cutting skills. Students continue to develop their understanding of working safely with gas and arc welding. They learn a range of mechanical cutting machinery and processes, and their applications. Students apply a variety of manufacturing processes to follow a given, modified, or reworked design to complete the project/s undertaken in this unit. They develop an understanding of the design process. Students learn transferable work and communication skills such as technical drawing, following instructions, seeking assistance, and recording processes, and project management, as well as strategies to solve problems.
Metal Project
In this unit, students create a project from a design brief or modify an existing design to meet a particular need. They consider the choice of appropriate materials and techniques, the project timeline, and the economical and sustainable use of materials. Students learn transferable work and communication skills such as technical drawing, following instructions, seeking assistance, and recording processes, and project management, as well as strategies to solve problems.
Independent Study
An Independent Study unit has an important place in senior secondary courses. It is a valuable pedagogical approach that empowers students to make decisions about their own learning. An Independent Study unit can be proposed by an individual student for their own independent study and negotiated with their teacher. The program of learning for an Independent Study unit must meet the unit goals and content descriptions as they appear in the course.
Independent Study units are only available to individual students in Year 12. A student can only study a maximum of one Independent Study unit in each course. Students must have studied at least three standard 1.0 units from this course. An Independent Study unit requires the principal’s written approval. Principal approval can also be sought by a student in Year 12 to enrol concurrently in an Independent Study unit and their third 1.0 unit in this course of study.
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