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Technology Wood
Wood Technology is a stimulating and demanding course where students have the opportunity to work through a technological process specifically designing and making projects in, and using timber as the main medium.
They will have the opportunity to show innovation and use their creative abilities to solve problems and produce technological outcomes that resolve real needs and opportunities. The development and application of related knowledge in tools, materials and processes that specifically relate to the woodworking environment will be taught.
Skills
The development of:
- Practical skills through the selection and use of hand tools and machines
- Safe workshop practices and conduct
- Design and problem-solving skills
- Evaluation and reflection on testing and final project outcomes
Typical outcomes
Designing and making projects based around:
- Furniture, both interior and exterior, such as a flat-pack chair suitable for a student flat, a breakfast bar stool, an adirondack garden chair, small tables
- Storage solutions such as bedroom cabinets and tool boxes
Links
http://www.nzwood.co.nz/
http://www.centre-for-fine-woodworking.co.nz/