What are lessons like in this subject?
From phones and drones to aeroplanes, buildings and everything inside them, in a world where every single product we look at or touch has been designed and manufactured, this course gives students an insight to how it’s all possible. Exploring wide ranges of materials, processes, user needs and environmental considerations, students become familiar with the responsibility and demand on designers and manufacturers. Design & Technology offers learners the opportunity to build knowledge, skills and understanding of design and manufacture and are a steppingstone for students who wish to continue studies or work in any area of design, manufacture or engineering.
What will I study?
Materials - origin, suitability and application of manufacturing processes and techniques
Tools, equipment and manufacturing techniques
Industrial and college-based CAD/ CAM/ CAE.
Structures
Energy forms
Communication skills - drawing, sketching and modelling techniques
Practical manufacturing skills
Sustainability and environmental impacts
Stakeholders, users and their requirements
What our
students
This course makes your really think about how individual processes and minute detail on everyday products. It will also help you learn how daily life items are made and give insight on how products are manufactured from raw materials being taken to being thrown into bins or being recycled.
Ibraheem Malik, Beckfoot Thornton
Design and Technology - Product Design
Please note: Subject videos have been filmed from colleges across our Trust.
