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EPI104 Timber Technology: Workshop & Design (8)

Abstract

This subject provides students with the opportunity to develop introductory workshop knowledge and skills and safety procedures in the use of timber as a material for the secondary school context. An emphasis on design as it relates to Industrial Technology timber projects is also an important part of the subject. Students will consider how these skills and concepts relate to technology teaching in the secondary school, and the Industrial Technology Timber curriculum. They will engage in school timber workshop projects and receive advice and demonstration of teachers' practice including issues related to Work Health and Safety (WHS) in the TAS teaching environment. They will report on these aspects of teaching to develop an applied understanding of safety, pedagogy and design, to ensure a safe technology classroom environment and consider how this supports their development as effective technology teachers. They will build on these understandings through assessment items that link theory and practice in this technology area.

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Session 1
Online*Wagga Wagga Campus
*This subject offering contains a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EPI104
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject information

Duration Grading System School:
One sessionHD/FLSchool of Education

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to competently use hand tools and power tools in a wood-based workshop;
  • be able to undertake risk assessment and put into practice WHS procedures in a wood-based workshop;
  • be able to explain the processes associated with timber technology projects and their relationship to the technology curriculum;
  • be able to safely use the processes of designing and producing to complete a timber-based design project; and
  • be able to plan a project and teaching activities associated with the Industrial Technology syllabus.

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:
  • Workplace communication and safety
  • Timber as a material, design, society and the environment
  • Hand skills and operating equipment
  • Timber techniques
  • Reading, interpreting and creating plans and specifications
  • Risk management and safety
  • Industrial Technology syllabus and design in timber projects
  • Introduction to teaching in the Industrial Technology workshop

Residential School

This subject contains a compulsory 4 day residential school. The residential school is designed to enable students to develop and demonstrate their ability to safely use a range of woodworking tools and equipment through the completion of practical projects.

Specialised Resources

The University does not provide specialised resources; instead we use specialised resources in secondary schools, in the form of tools, equipment and workshops. Students are expected to contribute towards consumables for projects they create and keep.
 

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The information contained in the 2017 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 07 September 2017. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.