Year 11 Technology Manual Skills / Construction (TMS)
11TMS Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mr S. Roderick.
Recommended Prior LearningWHAT SHOULD I HAVE ALREADY DONE?
Y10 Technology Hard Materials is recommended prior learning for this course. However, if a keen student who has not taken the subject in Y10 shows the skills and work attitude, she may take it with the approval of the Teacher in Charge.
Year 11 Technology Manual Skills / Construction (TMS)
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
In this course you will learn basic workshop skills and safety procedures. You will make a variety of products like a cutting board, birdhouse/toolbox, kitchen stool, cabinet and desktop lamp. Throug h these projects you will learn and demonstrate safe practice, cutting, joining, fastening, power tool use and manufacturing processing skills.
HOW IS THE COURSE ASSESSED?
5 Level 1 Unit Standards – 19 credits
5 Internally assessed Unit Standards will make up 19 credits
WHO COULD TELL ME MORE?
Mr Roderick and Mr Sandkujl
Learning Areas:
Assessment Information
NB: BCATS stands for: Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills
NZQA is in the process of converting Unit standards into Skill Standards from 2024.
WHAT COULD THIS SUBJECT LEAD TO?
Any future path that might involve some kind of Manual Skills for Trades such as a joiner, builder, furniture maker and electrician.
In Y12 and Y13 this could lead into a Trade based course that might be done via EIT.
Architect, Interior Designer, Industrial Designer, Exhibition and Collections Technician, Landscape Architect, Collision Repair Technician, Automotive Electrician, Automotive Technician, Automotive Refinisher, Boat Builder, Naval Architect, Fabrication Engineer, Building and Construction Manager, Coachbuilder/Trimmer, Stonemason, Furniture Finisher, Building Surveyor, Building Contractor, Building and Construction Labourer, Cabinet Maker, Carpenter, Painter and Decorator, Fencer, Joiner, Roofer