13PRD - Product Design - NCEA Level 3
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr M. Ali, Mrs R. Winn.
Product design course in level 3 is a university-approved course that allows students to design and create product based on resistant materials. Students are taught various skills including problem-solving, practical application, and project management with real stakeholders. Students will benefit from practical, hands-on experience, working on live projects, visiting designers, and creating products ensuring technical and commercial feasibility while being environmentally and socially responsible. Students will be developing a large range of skillsets in engineering and wood technology and are challenged to work with a range of materials in their project with access to CAD, 3D printers, and CNC routers as they create their product in a safe workshop environment.
Prerequisite: Students should have done 12PRD in order to do the course or Students who apply will go through a selection process and have to seek approval from Head of Faculty.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Generic Technology 3.3 - Develop a conceptual design considering fitness for purpose in the broadest sense
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Generic Technology 3.4 - Develop a prototype considering fitness for purpose in the broadest sense
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Generic Technology 3.10 - Undertake a critique of a technological outcome's design
NZQA Info
Construction and Mechanical Technologies 3.20 - Implement complex procedures to integrate parts using resistant materials to make a specified product
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 22
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Disclaimer
All subjects for 2025 are subject to numbers and staff.