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Title
Develop and refine design solutions
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: select
information and design concepts for development; develop and
refine selected design concepts; and evaluate and modify
design development solutions.
Classification
Design > Generic Design
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard may be used to award credit for the achievement of learning
outcomes consistent with Technology in the New Zealand Curriculum (Learning
Media Wellington, 1995).
2
In the process of attaining this unit standard, learners are expected to make
decisions on function, form, size, proportion, materials, and finishing.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
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Evidence requirements
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1.1
Design notes and research
data relevant to design development are identified.
Select information and design concepts for development.
1.2
Conceptual design ideas and examples selected offer potential solutions to the
brief.
1.3
Design decisions are supported by reasons in accordance with the brief
requirements.
Outcome 2
Develop and refine selected design concepts.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Design ideas supported by notes are explored and evaluated in relation to the
requirements of the brief.
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Design details are refined to suit the design brief.
Outcome 3
Evaluate and modify design development solutions.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Developed design is evaluated in relation to the requirements of the brief.
3.2
Developed design is modified, where required, to comply with the brief and
meet client expectations.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 7492, unit standard
7508, unit standard 7509, unit standard 7512, AS90324,
and AS90325 have been replaced by AS91342 and
AS91343.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
31 August 1996
31 December 2016
Revision
2
8 October 1998
31 December 2016
Revision
This
unit
standard
is2016
4
15
January 2004
31 December
5
17 November 2011
31 December 2016
expiring
6
16 May
2013
31 December 2016
3
18 February 2002
31 December 2016
Rollover
7
22 August 2014
31 December 2016
Rollover
8
19 March 2015
31 December 2017
Revision
Review
Rollover
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0226
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is
expiring
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