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1. Core Technical Principles
1. Core Technical Principles
1.1 - New and Emerging Technologies
1.2 - Energy Generation and Storage
1.3 - Developments in New Materials
1.4 - Systems Approach to Designing
1.5 - Mechanical Devices
1.6 - Materials and their Working Properties
2. Specialist Technical Principles
2. Specialist Technical Principles
2.1 - Selection of materials or components
2.2 - Forces and stresses
2.3 - Ecological and social footprint
2.4 - Sources and origins
2.5 - Using and working with materials
2.6 - Stock forms, types and sizes
2.7 - Scales of Production
2.8 - Specialist Techniques and Processes
2.9 - Surface Treatment and Finishes
3. Designing and Making Principles
3. Designing and Making Principles
3.1 - Investigation, primary and secondary data
3.2 - Environmental, social and economic challenge
3.3 - The work of others
3.4 - Design strategies
3.5 - Communication of design ideas
3.6 - Prototype development
3.7 - Selection of materials and components
3.8 - Tolerances
3.9 - Material management
3.10 - Specialist tools and equipment
3.11 - Specialist techniques and processes
NON - EXAMINED ASSESSMENT (NEA)
NON - EXAMINED ASSESSMENT (NEA)
EXAM PREPARATION
EXAM PREPARATION
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