{"id":469,"date":"2022-10-07T12:16:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T01:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T00:59:28","slug":"metal-technology-industry-entrepreneurial-solutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=469","title":{"rendered":"Year 12 &#8211; Metal Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Industry &amp; Entrepreneurial Solutions]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Length:<\/strong> Full Year (20 SACE credits)<br><strong>Contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=500\">Technologies Leader<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Precluded Combination \u2013 Students cannot enrol in both Metal TEchnology and Food Design at Stage 2.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recommended Background<br><\/strong>No prerequisites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Satisfactory completion of Stage 1 Metal Technology is recommended. Those with no experience will be supported through the basics.<br><br><strong>Course Description<br><\/strong>In Stage 2 Metal Technology students will develop skills in the areas of welding and fabrication, combined with fitting and machining. Students will complete a major design task, and will be required to produce a folio of evidence, including investigation, sketches, technical drawing, costing and evaluation.<br><br><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;Students may be required to co-contribute towards the purchase of project materials, dependent on their personal design and choice of materials.<br><br><strong>Assessment<\/strong><br>Student achievement is assessed against the relevant Performance Standards outlined for the Design, Technology &amp; Engineering SACE subject, with A+ to E- Grades used for reporting purposes.<br><br><strong>School-based Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>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)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>External Assessment:<\/strong><br>Resource Study (30%): Comprises of the following 2 parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Part One: Resource Investigation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Part Two: Issue Study.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Resource Study consists of 2000 words written or equivalent presented in multimodal form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Industry &amp; Entrepreneurial Solutions] Length: Full Year (20 SACE credits)Contact: Technologies Leader Precluded Combination \u2013 Students cannot enrol in both Metal TEchnology and Food Design at Stage 2. Recommended BackgroundNo prerequisites. Satisfactory completion of Stage 1 Metal Technology is recommended. Those with no experience will be supported through the basics. Course DescriptionIn Stage 2 Metal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":338,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-469","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1547,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions\/1547"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}