{"id":994,"date":"2020-11-16T13:57:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T13:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/?page_id=994"},"modified":"2024-11-18T11:25:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T11:25:54","slug":"practical-woodworking-s5-and-s6-only","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/practical-woodworking-s5-and-s6-only\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Woodworking (S4 only)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is Practical Woodworking?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0 is mostly a practical course, which contains elements of technique and standard practice with elements of creativity. This course provides opportunities for learners to gain practical woodworking skills and to use a variety of tools, equipment and materials. It allows them to plan for the completion of a finished wooden product.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What skills are developed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Woodworking techniques<\/li>\n<li>Measuring and marking out timber sections and sheet materials<\/li>\n<li>Safe working practices in workshop environments<\/li>\n<li>Practical creativity and problem-solving skills<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability issues in a practical woodworking context<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What kind of person does it take?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some with patience<\/li>\n<li>Enjoys practical work within the workshop<\/li>\n<li>Creative<\/li>\n<li>Flexibility with your work<\/li>\n<li>Following plans to create a set project rather than designing their own<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Horizons &#8211; where can this subject take you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Practical woodwork can take you help you in a\u00a0 diverse range of careers due to the manual dexterity and control you develop along with accuracy you develop while building your models. It works well for careers in manual trades as well as other practical jobs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Career options include:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Joinery, Furniture Manufacturing, Construction Crafts, Shop Fitting, Engineering, Machining, Cabinet Making, Wood Machining, Sawmill Work, Craft Work<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pathways &#8211; how can I make progression?<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/45660.html\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-692 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/public\/subjectchoicetest\/uploads\/sites\/5593\/2019\/10\/sqa-e1571921569942.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>School<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/public\/subjectchoicetest\/uploads\/sites\/5593\/2020\/11\/16135550\/N4-Practical-Woodworking.pdf\">N4 Practical Woodworking<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/public\/subjectchoicetest\/uploads\/sites\/5593\/2020\/11\/16135552\/N5-Practiacl-Woodworking.pdf\">N5 Practical Woodworking<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Entry requirements for N4\/5 Practical Woodworking &#8211; S3 Woodworking\/N4\/5 Design and Manufacture<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>College<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Many diverse courses on offer at Moray College<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moray.uhi.ac.uk\/courses\/\">Link<\/a> to Moray College<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moray.uhi.ac.uk\/courses\/\">construction<\/a><\/strong> courses<\/p>\n<p><em>Employment<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Opportunities in local employers that offer<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apprenticeships.scot\/\">Foundation, Modern and Graduate apprenticeships<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related subjects Practical Woodworking works well with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Design and Manufacture, Numeracy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Practical Woodworking? This\u00a0 is mostly a practical course, which contains elements of technique and standard practice with elements of creativity. This course provides opportunities for learners to gain practical woodworking skills and to use a variety of tools, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/practical-woodworking-s5-and-s6-only\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7293,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-994","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=994"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1335,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/994\/revisions\/1335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}