Design and Manufacture | St Maurice's High School

This course allows pupils to develop the knowledge and skills they need to appreciate design and manufacturing industries, and to contribute and adapt to the opportunities they offer.
Pupils will develop knowledge of design and commercial manufacture together with the creative and practical skills required to design solutions to real industry problems. They will also gain an understanding of the impact of design and commercial manufacture on everyday life and the environment.
The course encourages pupils to take a broad view of design and manufacture. They do this by making decisions and taking responsibility for their own actions, generating and developing ideas, applying knowledge, and justifying decisions. These are wonderful skills that transfer into any career path they wish to take.

Study materials can be found on MS Teams or click here

Course Content

Pupils will respond to real industry design and problems, develop their creativity and produce models in the workshop.

Pupils develop:
-research skills
-skills in designing products
-knowledge and understanding of materials and commercial manufacture
-knowledge and understanding of design factors
-an understanding of the impact of design and manufacturing technologies on society, the environment and the world of work

Course Assessment

National 4

Pupils will be assessed on the production, evaluation and justification of design proposals, including the response to a brief. Knowledge will also be assessed. They will also produce and evaluate models and products.
Knowledge will also be assessed throughout the course.
Added Value Unit
Pupils will apply the skills and knowledge they have developed during the course to response to the brief. They will produce a design folio and model, a prototype or a completed product. The brief for the assignment will be sufficiently open and flexible to allow for personalisation and choice.

National 5 and Higher

Pupils will be given a design and manufacture assignment to carry out during class time and sit an exam style question paper as part fo their SQA course assessment.

The question paper assesses knowledge and understanding from the following areas of design and manufacturing:
-design
-workshop-based manufacture
-commercial manufacture.

The assignment assesses the ability of candidates to apply design skills to develop a proposal according to a set brief. It provides an opportunity to create a design folio and demonstrate the practical skills learned throughout the course.

These will both be assessed externally by the SQA.

My World of Work

Joinery, Carpenter, Wood machinist/ sander, Furniture maker, Wood turner, Wood carving, Cabinetry, Timber framers, Product Designer, Wide range of engineering, Design manufacture engineer, Civil engineer, Electrical engineer, Mechanical engineer, Upholstery, Project Manager, Quantity Surveyor and teaching, among many others, are careers that would utilise skills gained in the Design and Manufacture courses.

For further career insights, please visit My World of Work

Further Education and Progression

Many students leave St Maurice’s and go on to Higher Education to further develop their knowledge in one of the Technical subjects and many take up apprenticeships.

Establishments such as those listed below offer wonderful courses from NC level through HNC and HND to Degree and Masters Degree.

Colleges

North College Lanarkshire

Campuses in Coatbridge, Cumbernauld, Motherwell, Kirkintilloch (Art), Broadwood (Sports):

Woodwork:

Joinery Level 1 – https://www.nclanarkshire.ac.uk/courses/joinery-level-1/

Joinery Level 2 – https://www.nclanarkshire.ac.uk/courses/joinery-level-2/

Metalwork:

Fabrication and Welding NC – https://www.nclanarkshire.ac.uk/courses/nc-fabrication-and-welding-engineering/

Evening course Welding – https://www.nclanarkshire.ac.uk/courses/practical-welding/

Graphic Communication:

CAD – https://www.nclanarkshire.ac.uk/courses/hnc-computer-aided-draughting-and-design/