Specification points

WJEC A Level Design and Technology: Engineering Design 1601QS

51 points in 5 topics, with WJEC's codes and titles.

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2.1 Core technical principles (AS and A level)

2.1(a) Materials, processes and techniques in products
2.1(b) Requirements for product design and manufacture
2.1(c) Digital technologies, ergonomics and communication in design
2.1(d) Digital design and manufacture (CAD/CAM)
2.1(e) Safe working practices
2.1(f) Using maths and science in design

2.2 Core technical principles (A level)

2.2(a) Features of manufacturing industries
2.2(b) Health and safety legislation in designing and making
2.2(c) Feasibility studies
2.2(d) Design for manufacture, repair and product life
2.2(e) Optimum use of materials and components
2.2(f) Intellectual property, trademarks, copyright and patents
2.2(g) Marketing, enterprise, innovation and collaboration

2.3 In-depth technical principles

2.3.1 Engineering design (AS and A level)
2.3.1(a) System design processes and methods
2.3.1(b) The use of ‘blue sky’ and incremental innovation, and of new/emerging technologies
2.3.1(c) Visualisation, simulation and CAD/CAE
2.3.1(d) Engineering materials and their properties
2.3.1(e) The principles of electronics including sensing, control, and output systems
2.3.1(f) Static and dynamic forces in structures
2.3.1(g) Mechanical systems
2.3.1(h) Energy sources, energy storage, transmission, and utilisation
2.3.1(i) Programmable and control devices
2.3.1(j) Representing systems and components
2.3.1(k) Production plans
2.3.2 Engineering design (A level)
2.3.2(a) Industrial and commercial practice in engineering
2.3.2(b) Interfacing electronics with mechanical and pneumatic systems
2.3.2(c) Communication protocols and wireless interfacing
2.3.2(d) Product lifecycle management and obsolescence
2.3.2(e) Destructive and non-destructive testing
2.3.2(f) Predicting performance through modelling

2.4 Core design and making principles (AS and A level)

2.4(a) User-centred design
2.4(b) Design theory and key historic movements
2.4(c) Product development: design, make and evaluate
2.4(d) Appraising technological developments
2.4(e) Critical analysis and iterative design
2.4(f) Specialist tools, techniques, processes and machinery
2.4(g) Accuracy and precision in making
2.4(h) Evaluating prototypes with users and clients

2.5 Core design and making principles (A level)

2.5(a) Strategies to explore, create and evaluate design ideas
2.5(b) Approaches to project management
2.5(c) Design for manufacture
2.5(d) Environmental factors in disposal and sustainability
2.5(e) Standards in design tasks
2.5(f) The stages of a product life cycle