Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication skills to engage with others about approaches to product design
initiative and enterprise skills to experiment with techniques for product design
learning skills to refine and improve a range of techniques
literacy skills to:
interpret design briefs
research product design information
numeracy skills to calculate material requirements and costs associated with producing products
self-management and planning skills to plan work tasks
technical skills to evaluate, adapt and integrate a range of techniques into the design and prototyping of products
technology skills to search the internet for information to assist with the design of products.
Required knowledge
role of experimentation in designing products
work and ideas of other product designers in one or more areas of product design
formal elements and principles of design as they relate to product design in general, as well as to the design of specific products
techniques, materials, tools and equipment and their application to product design and manufacture
common formats and features of briefs relating to the design of products
history and theory of design in relation to product design
intellectual property issues and legislation and their impact on the design industry
sustainability considerations for product design
OHS requirements for the design of products in the relevant context.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Specifications may refer to: | medium purpose style target users of products. |
Briefs are usually prepared by a commissioning body or organisation and may be: | diagrammatic verbal visual written. |
Products may include: | architectural fixtures and fittings furnishings furniture hardware household and garden products kitchenware tableware toys. |
Parameters and constraints may refer to: | budgeting and financing requirements conditions for use of products cost of production number of items setting timeframes. |
Relevant people may include: | clients colleagues industry practitioners managers mentors supervisors. |
Information may be about: | considerations, such as: contractual copyright ethical legal technology design standards health and safety industry standards material characteristics and capabilities. |
Work space needs may include: | dust extraction lighting process-specific space needs ventilation wet and dry areas. |
Materials may include: | acrylic binders cardboard clay extenders fabric fibre glass glazes inks lacquers latex leather metal nails oxides paints paper plaster plastics pulp resins rubber sand screws sheet metal spun fibre stains stone wire wood and wood-based products. |
Tools and equipment may include: | bobbins brushes ceramics equipment computer hardware and software hand-printing equipment and digital printers hand tools hooks kiln and kiln furniture loom measuring tools moulds and casting equipment needles pins power tools receptacles sewing machine smithing equipment soldering iron spatulas welding equipment. |
Preliminary visual representations may involve: | computer-aided drawing mock-up sketching technical drawing. |
Approaches may encompass: | aesthetic and stylistic considerations choice of medium and materials design solutions parameters of the brief. |
Criteria may include: | access to materials, tools and equipment required for making products access to specialist fabricators consistency with product briefs ease of manufacture personal affinity with medium and materials. |
Strategies to test techniques may involve: | exploring techniques by making practice pieces, test pieces, mock-ups or samples testing materials by applying stress tests and colour tests. |
Techniques may include: | binding cabinet making carpentry casting ceramics and glass forming digital imaging fusing knotting leatherwork metalwork moulding photography printing sewing smithing weaving. |
Process followed to refine the design approach may involve: | adjustment to design considerations adjustment to design solution adjustment to use the extended capabilities of the techniques. |
Process used to document the approach may involve: | final drawings illustrations material samples models photographs plans specifications for fabrication written rationale or description. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist