{"id":19,"date":"2015-04-21T21:26:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T20:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2018-02-28T19:20:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T18:20:14","slug":"practical-crafts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/design-and-technology\/practical-crafts\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Subjects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Ck_PT1FWUAAJXue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"497\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All\u00a0practical subjects on offer\u00a0are taught in a workshop-based setting\u00a0and provide many skills which are appropriate to a wide range of applications.\u00a0All courses will develop skills in marking-out, cutting, shaping, machining and materials. Apart from giving an insight into industrial practice, such studies help with the development of self-confidence, manual dexterity and control, perseverance, maturity and spatial awareness<\/p>\n<p>.The aims of\u00a0any practical\u00a0course on offer is to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>develop skills in reading drawings and interpreting diagrams<\/li>\n<li>identify, select and use a range of workshop tools and equipment<\/li>\n<li>develop basic skills in measuring and marking out of materials<\/li>\n<li>develop basic skills in cutting, shaping, fixing and joining materials<\/li>\n<li>apply safe working practices in a workshop or similar environment<\/li>\n<li>take account of good practice regarding sustainability and recycling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/design-and-technology\/practical-crafts\/automotive-skills\/\">Automotive Skills<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/design-and-technology\/practical-crafts\/practical-metalworking\/\">Practical Metalworking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/design-and-technology\/practical-crafts\/practical-woodworking\/\">Practical Woodworking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All\u00a0practical subjects on offer\u00a0are taught in a workshop-based setting\u00a0and provide many skills which are appropriate to a wide range of applications.\u00a0All courses will develop skills in marking-out, cutting, shaping, machining and materials. Apart from giving an insight into industrial practice, such studies help with the development of self-confidence, manual dexterity and control, perseverance, maturity and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/design-and-technology\/practical-crafts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Practical Subjects<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16304,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16304"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/426"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/TechnologiesWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}