Course description
Studying Design and Manufacture will allow you to plan, devise and produce physical representations of your own solutions to a given problem. Throughout the completion of various tasks, you will learn about the process of design and those involved in it, the materials and manufacturing processes used to bring familiar products to market and the impact products have on the environment and society. You will also use practical skills to create various types of models.
Course progression
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Advanced Higher
Design and Manufacture
Skills
- Communication
- Adapting
- Taking initiative
- Creativity
- Problem Solving
- Research
- Time Management
- Analysing
- Evaluating
- Organisation
Careers through Design and Manufacture
There are many careers and jobs available through Design and Manufacture in every sector from design through construction to engineering.
- Engineering
- Architecture
- Surveyor
- Construction Trades
- CAD Operative
- Interior Designer
- Advertising
- Product Design
- Site Manager
- Industrial Design
- CNC Technician
- Set Design