Industrial Technology
At Blayney High Industrial Technology provides students with opportunities to engage in a diverse range of creative and practical experiences using a variety of technologies widely available in industrial and domestic settings. This may include study in the focus areas of:
- Automotive
- Building and Construction
- Electronics
- Engineering
- Farm Maintenance
- Metal
- Multimedia
- Timber
Students develop knowledge and understanding of materials and processes. Related knowledge and skills are developed through a specialised approach to the tools, materials, equipment and techniques employed in the planning, development, construction and evaluation of quality practical projects and processes. Critical thinking skills are developed through engagement with creative practical problem-solving activities.
Students develop knowledge relating to current and emerging technologies in industrial and domestic settings. They study the interrelationship of technologies, equipment and materials used in a variety of settings. They develop skills through project-based learning in the design, planning, management and production of practical projects. Students are provided with opportunities to have responsibility for their own learning through a range of student-centred learning experiences.
Students investigate Work Health and Safety (WHS) matters and related work environments while developing a range of skills that equip them for future learning, potential vocational pathways, and leisure and lifestyle activities involving technologies. The design and production of practical projects is communicated using a range of technologies.
At Blayney High School we begin timber courses with instruction in how to use hand tools and how to work safely to create quality timber products. Each student will progress over a 200 hr course and move onto power tool use. Students will also have instruction in how to lathe timbers, create widening joints, mortise and tenon joints and complete their final projects using dove tails on a drawer. The theory component relates specifically to research within the timber industry and portfolio creation of the specific projects students are working on. WHS requirements are addressed each lesson with leather upper shoes being a mandatory requirement for the course.
Students interested in pursuing a career in the timber industry should be encouraged to undertake this course as an elective.
Students visit industry to gain an understanding of how the timber industry functions and the opportunities they provide for future career paths.
Student further their skills with hand and power tools in preparation for their Major Project in their HSC year. This project is their choice and under their own cost and sourcing of the materials required for the project. Students also create a portfolio to accompany their project work and explain the journey the project has undertaken in it’s creation. The focus of this course is to create a functional, quality timber product which is their own design and are proud to take home after HSC marking has been completed.
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