Abstract

This subject provides students with the opportunity to develop introductory workshop knowledge and skills and safety procedures in the use of timber as a material for the secondary school context. An emphasis on design as it relates to Industrial Technology timber projects is also an important part of the subject. … For more content click the Read More button below.

Syllabus

Workplace communication and safetyTimber as a material, design, society and the environmentHand skills and operating equipmentTimber techniquesReading, interpreting and creating plans and specificationsRisk management and safetyIndustrial Technology syllabus and design in timber projectsIntroduction to teaching in the Industrial Technology workshop

Assessment items

1. Residential school projects
2. Timber project plan

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
1.
be able to competently use hand tools and power tools in a wood-based workshop;
2.
be able to undertake risk assessment and put into practice WHS procedures in a wood-based workshop;
3.
be able to explain the processes associated with timber technology projects and their relationship to the technology curriculum;
4.
be able to safely use the processes of designing and producing to complete a timber-based design project; and
5.
be able to plan a project and teaching activities associated with the Industrial Technology syllabus.

Learning activities

Timber Technology: Workshop and Design

Learning resources

Additional resources required by students

The University does not provide specialised resources; instead we use specialised resources in secondary schools, in the form of tools, equipment and workshops. Students are expected to contribute towards consumables for projects they create and keep.