[Material Solutions]

Length: Full Year (20 SACE credits)
Contact: Technologies Leader

Recommended Background
No prerequisites.

Satisfactory completion of Stage 1 Furniture Design is recommended. Those with no experience will be supported through the basics.

Course Description
In Stage 2 Furniture Design students learn basic cabinet making skills before designing and constructing their own piece, or pieces of furniture. Students will need to produce a comprehensive folio documenting the design process of their furniture. Their folio includes investigations, sketches, technical drawings, costing and evaluation. Students will learn how to operate a range of woodworking machines and hand tools, including OHS requirements.

Note: Students may be required to co-contribute towards the purchase of project materials, dependent on their personal design and choice of materials.

Assessment
Student achievement is assessed against the relevant Performance Standards outlined for the Design, Technology & Engineering SACE subject, with A+ to E- Grades used for reporting purposes.

School-based Assessment:

• Two Specialised Skills Tasks (20%): Students show evidence of and evaluate a series of practical skill development tasks. (Consists of 1200 words written or equivalent in multimodal form)
• Design Process (Folio) and Solution (50%): This may be a major design product or a series of up to 3 smaller design tasks. Students must show evidence of the design process in which they showcase and evaluate their product. (Consists of 3000 words written or equivalent in multimodal form).

External Assessment:
Resource Study (30%): Comprises of the following 2 parts:

• Part One: Resource Investigation
• Part Two: Issue Study.

The Resource Study consists of 2000 words written or equivalent presented in multimodal form.