Pre- course audit
Main subject
It is helpful to know your present level of subject
knowledge and experience. Complete as many as you
can.
Resistant Materials
Yes
I can accurately sketch
construction details, using,
where appropriate,
recognised conventions
which show how a wide
range of materials might be
used to make artefacts;
I understand how more
complex models can be
used to test a technological
principle (e.g. using
commercial kits or
components to test a
mechanical movement
using cams or linkages);
I can use fundamental
computer solid modelling
techniques i.e. lofting and
sweeping to manufacture
from 3D toolpaths (e.g.
curvilinear shapes);
I can create complex
assemblies of computer
generated solid models to
confirm the accurate
interaction of separate
components (e.g. a cam
system showing rotary to
linear motion);
I can generate detailed
working drawings using
CAD, including assembly,
parts and sectional views;
I can undertake
spreadsheet analysis for
costings and simulation of
batch production;
I can investigate,
disassemble and evaluate a
range of products made
from resistant materials
including modern materials
and smart materials;
I can analyse and
investigate the advanced
manufacturing industrial
technologies used to make
modern mass produced
consumer products;
No
If ‘Yes’, describe where/when you gained this
experience(eg. degree/A level/GCSE/previous
employment)
I can analyse and
investigate the visual and
other sensory principles
when analysing artefacts
(e.g. balance, harmony,
proportion);
I can recognise the
importance of new
technologies, innovations
and inventions in the design
of consumer products;
I can consider a range of
products and evaluate their
impact on the environment;
I can analyse the social
consequences of automated
mass-production systems
(e.g. robotic assembly
lines);
I can consider how the
psychological aspects of
ergonomics can influence
the design of products (e.g.
colour, shape and semiotics
can be used to convey
meaning in products).
I understand the properties
and working characteristics
of a range of resistant
materials including smart
materials such as
thermochromic film and EL
panel;
I can accurately measure
and mark out considering
appropriate tolerances
when using both precision
hand tools and machines,
during the manipulation of a
wide range of resistant
materials (e.g. vernier
calipers, micrometer);
I can accurately cut and
waste, by using machines
(e.g. centre lathe, vertical
and horizontal milling),
wood, metal, plastics to
efficiently achieve precision
fit and quality finish;
I can accurately deform,
form and fabricate using
appropriate methods with a
range of materials using
complex equipment (e.g.
spot welder, vacuum
bagging and metal casting)
and machine tools (e.g. box
folder and jigs);
I can effectively join a
range of materials using
advanced techniques,
complex equipment and
appropriate machine (e.g.
spot welder, complex
knock-down fittings);
I have used CADCAM to aid
manufacturing (e.g. making
jigs for routering,
standardised components,
mould making for casting or
vacuum forming); to achieve
appropriate and repeatable
quality, ensuring fit (e.g.
interference fit), finish and
reliable function;
I can consider visual and
other sensory principles
when using materials to
meet design requirements
(e.g. balance, harmony,
proportion);
I can recognise that
systems and control can be
integrated with a range of
materials to design and
make artefacts (e.g. EL
panel and textiles,
mechanisms and
electronics (mechatronics)).
I can consider and analyse
the physical, chemical and
working properties at a
micro level of a wider range
of woods, metals and
plastics (including modern
and smart materials), and
how the micro arrangement
of particles and fibres in the
material influence macro
properties;
I understand, at a micro
level, how materials can be
combined and processed to
create useful properties
(e.g. the principle of
composite materials);
I understand how materials
are combined together in a
structural way to resist
forces (e.g. carbon fibres,
Kevlar, and aluminium
honeycomb).