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Title
Use the design process to solve design problems
Level
1
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and
investigate problems established by a design brief; use the
design process to develop design ideas for the identified
problems; and use the design process to identify possible
solutions, and evaluate design ideas in relation to the brief.
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
Learning associated with this unit standard could involve processes such as independently gather information, contribute to group sessions, produce conceptual
sketches using quick techniques, show possible design ideas, communicate these
ideas within the peer group, and identify potential solutions within the concept ideas
and evaluate these independently.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify and investigate problems established by a design brief.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Problems described in the brief are identified.
1.2
Identified problems are ordered in terms of importance, and are recorded.
1.3
Design ideas and information gathered relate to the problems identified in the
design brief.
Outcome 2
Use the design process to develop design ideas for the identified problems.
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Evidence requirements
2.1
The design process is applied to produce a range of conceptual ideas
applicable to the identified problems in the brief.
2.2
Design notes produced are directed at resolving the problems set in the brief
and support the conceptual ideas.
Outcome 3
Use the design process to identify possible solutions, and evaluate design ideas in relation
to the brief.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Exploration of design ideas identifies possible solutions relevant to the brief.
3.2
Evaluation of design ideas in relation to the requirements of the brief enables
design development to take place.
This unit standard, unit standard 7485, and unit standard
13400 have been replaced by AS91046.
Replacement information
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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 2012
Revision
2
8 October 1998
31 December 2012
Revision
3
18 February 2002
31 December 2012
Revision
4
15 January 2004
31 December 2012
Review
5
20 January 2011
31 December 2012
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Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
This AMAP 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, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can
report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading
to that assessment.
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Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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.
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