1. First teaching: 2017 First assessment : 2019
WJEC Design and Technology
First teaching: 2017
First assessment : 2019

2. Agenda for the Briefing
Session 1 – The specification
Session 2 – The paper
Session 3 – Resources
Session 4 – NEA
Session 5 – Questions

3. GCE AS and A Level subject content
DFE Guidelines
GCE AS and A Level subject content
The AS and A level subject content sets out the knowledge, understanding and skills common to all AS and A level specifications in design and technology.
It provides the framework within which awarding organisations create the detail of the subject specification. AS and A Level specifications in design and technology must reflect the subject aims and objectives.

4. Design and technology must specify that students engage in both practical and theoretical study in design and technology.
Specifications must require students to cover design and technology skills, knowledge and understanding.
These have been separated into:
• technical principles
• designing and making principles

5. Specification titles
Design and technology specifications may offer one or more of the endorsed titles listed below. The endorsed title should prepare students for tertiary education and/or work-based study and training in the design, creative, engineering and/or manufacturing industries:
• design and technology (product design)
• design and technology (fashion and textiles)
• design and technology (engineering design)
The subject content has been arranged to define a core content of knowledge and understanding applicable to all AS and A level specifications with additional content for each endorsed title.

6. 40 % examination 40% coursework
Current AS Level - two units
40 % examination % coursework
Changes
AS two units
40 % examination 40% coursework
Current A level course is now a two year- four units
40 % examination x % coursework x 2
A level two units (Plus AS units)
60 % examination 60% coursework
Two year course

7. AS Content Existing
Technical Principles
Designing and Innovation
Materials and Components
Industrial and Commercial Practice
Product Analysis and Systems
Designing and making principles
Candidate choice
A Content Existing
Technical Principles
Designing and Innovation
Materials and Components
Industrial and Commercial Practice
Product Analysis and Systems
Human Responsibility
Public Interaction
Designing and making principles
8 Briefs or approved brief

8. Learners study the following areas of content, selecting one endorsed area from the three available:
2.1 Core technical principles – AS and A level
2.2 Core technical principles – A level only
2.3 In-depth technical principles
Engineering design – AS and A level
Engineering design – A level only
Fashion and textiles – AS and A level
Fashion and textiles – A level only
Product design – AS and A level
Product design – A level only
2.4 Core design and making principles – AS and A level
2.5 Core design and making principles – A level only

9. AS AS Current examination paper Changes Section A One examination 40 %
8 questions mark
Attempts 5 maximum
40 marks
Section B
3 questions essay style question
Attempt maximum 1
30 marks
Separate booklet AS
Changes
One examination 40 %
One paper no sections
All are compulsory questions
80 marks
Answers are written within the paper
Mathematics % not specified by Q.W.
Design element been added

10. A A Changes One paper no sections 10 compulsory questions 100 marks
Current examination paper
Section A
5 questions – short answer
Attempts 3 maximum
24 marks
Section B
5 questions- short answer
Attempts maximum 3 maximum
Section C
5 questions- Essay
Attempts maximum 2 maximum
26 marks x 2
Separate booklet A
Changes
One paper no sections
10 compulsory questions
100 marks
Mathematics % not specified by Q.W.

11. Structure and style change Present Structure......
8 marks short answers
26 or 30 mark essay style answers
Based on a candidates application of knowledge
Name and explain a product that has ………
Name and explain a product you have……….

12. Proposed Style
Questions will refer to products or situations or industry or the environment
Products such as mobile phones, I-Pads, tablets and computers are often packaged in plastic polymers such as polystyrene, polyvinyl bubble wrap and plastic coated card.
Evaluate the environmental issues of using such packaging materials.
Explain how the increasing use of SMART materials has impacted on the design of one electrical product, such as a remote control for a television and one other product found in the home.

13. Assessment Objectives
AO1
Identify, investigate and outline design possibilities to address needs and wants
AO2
Design and make prototypes that are fit for purpose
AO3
Analyse and evaluate –
 design decisions and outcomes, including for prototypes made by themselves and others
 wider issues in design and technology
AO4
Demonstrate and apply knowledge and understanding of –
 technical principles
 design and making principles

14. Specification Overview AS 20%
Learners take a single examination in one of the following endorsed areas:
• engineering design
fashion and textiles
• product design
The examination includes a mix of structured and extended writing questions assessing learners' knowledge and understanding of:
• technical principles
• designing and making principles
along with their ability to:
• analyse and evaluate design decisions and wider issues in design and technology.

15. Specification Overview A 30%
Learners take a single examination in one of the following endorsed areas:
• engineering design
fashion and textiles
• product design
The examination includes a mix of structured and extended writing questions assessing learners' knowledge and understanding of:
• technical principles
• designing and making principles
along with their ability to:
• analyse and evaluate design decisions and wider issues in design and technology.

16. Specification Overview AS
Design and make task
Non-exam assessment: 40 hours 20% of qualification
A sustained design and make task, based on a brief developed by the candidate,
assessing the candidate's ability to:
identify, investigate and outline design possibilities
design and make prototypes
analyse and evaluate design decisions and wider issues in design and technology.
The design and make task will be based within the same endorsed area
as the written examination.

17. Specification Overview
Design and make task
Non-exam assessment: 60 hours 30% of qualification
A sustained design and make task, based on a brief developed by the candidate,
assessing the candidate's ability to:
identify, investigate and outline design possibilities
design and make prototypes
analyse and evaluate design decisions and wider issues in design and technology.
The design and make task will be based within the same endorsed area
as the written examination.

18. Specification Overview
The subject content for engineering design , fashion and textiles and product design is presented under the following headings:
Core technical principles – AS and A level
Core technical principles – A level only
2.3 In-depth technical principles
Engineering design – AS and A level
Engineering design – A level only
Fashion and textiles – AS and A level
Fashion and textiles – A level only
Product design – AS and A level
Product design – A level only
Core design and making principles – AS and A level
Core design and making principles – A level only

19. 2.1 Core technical principles (AS and A level)
The following technical principles apply to all endorsed areas
Learners are required to develop knowledge and understanding of:
Content
Amplification
How manufactured products typically involve multiple materials, processes and techniques and that designers need to be able to discriminate between them and select them appropriately for use, experimenting in order to improve, refine and realise a design
The complexity and inter-relationship between parts/components/materials in a manufactured product
Selection of materials and components base d on defined criteria such as price and performance
Investigation, team work (including brainstorming), research, modelling, prototyping and trialling
The process of innovation - collaborative and commercial approaches; the development of innovative product solutions (solutions showing innovative use of materials and/or manufacturing processes)
Techniques including inversion, morphological analysis, analogy and lateral thinking;
Analysis and exploration of the needs of users.
Reverse engineering, to include historical influences, technological performance and components, functional success and aesthetic detailing, or other techniques for:
product analysis
performance modelling and prototyping
the influence of equipment on product manufacture in a range of materials
interaction of new technologies and design needs especially on material and fabric development

20. 2.2 Core technical principles (A level)
The following technical principles apply to all endorsed areas
Learners are required to develop knowledge and understanding of:
Content
Amplification
The main features of manufacturing industries, including stages of production, quality assurance and quality control, modern manufacturing methods and systems when combining or processing materials, sustainability, and services to the customer including legal requirements
Principles of industrial manufacturing systems across a range of scales of production to include mass, batch, one-off
Staffing needs, allocation of costs, Just in Time (JIT) manufacture and commercial liability
Bought-in, standardised part assembly, sub-contracting
The use of different levels of production taking into account economic decisions
Unit / one-off (including prototyping), modular/batch and high volume production
Sustainability issues, resource management and influencing the future
The need to offer product support and customer services, and take account of consumer group opinions in a competitive market
The impact of legislation / regulations related to product design, manufacture and retail

21. 2.3 In-depth technical principles
Engineering design (AS and A level)
Learners are required to develop knowledge and understanding of:
Content
Amplification
System design processes and methods
The generation, development, expression of ideas, aesthetic values and fitness for purpose
The use of flow charts, ladder logic, circuit diagrams, block diagrams, schematic diagrams within the iterative design process
The use of ‘blue sky’ and incremental innovation, and of new/emerging technologies
Appreciate the importance of innovation in both designing and making
The potential benefits of use blue sky thinking, looking at product briefs with a fresh approach, not accepting the norm
How new and emerging technologies can have an effect on the design and marketability of a product i.e. technology pull
Incremental changes to technology products feeding the market – encouraging consumers to upgrade frequently
Visualisation and simulation including the application of computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided engineering (CAE) software
Use of CADD Computer Aided Design(CAD) both in formative and summative stages of designing for circuit and PCB layout
Internet, applications and control programs, as appropriate to the task undertaken
The principles of concurrent engineering
Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) application and simulation
Product data management - using software to manage and monitor production flow

22. 2.3.2 Engineering design (A level)
Learners are required to develop knowledge and understanding of:
Content
Amplification
Industrial and commercial practice including manufacturing processes and systems, the use of ICT, prototyping, product manufacture and maintenance, production scales, and quality control in relation to the engineering industries
Principles of industrial manufacturing systems across a range of scales of production to include mass, batch, one-off
Staffing needs, allocation of costs, Just in Time (JIT) manufacture and commercial liability
Bought-in, standardised part assembly, sub-contracting
The use of different levels of production taking into account economic decisions
Unit / one-off (including prototyping), modular/batch and high volume production
Primary and secondary processing
Sourcing of materials, the buying cycle, forward ordering, storage, processing, assembly, finishing, packaging, labelling and transportation
Comparison of hand and commercial methods of preparing, shaping, cutting/wasting, joining materials, circuit board production, population and soldering
The influence of the above on the time taken to produce the product, its quality and final cost
Knowledge of manufacturing through analysis of products
Internal Quality Control (QC) and external Quality Assurance (QA) requirements
Project management systems including flow charts and critical path analysis;
Modern methods of labour organisation to include single craft, progressive bundle and cell
Total quality manufacturing methods

23. AS A
2.1 Core technical principles – AS and A level Core technical principles – AS and A level
2.2 Core technical principles – A level
In-depth- Technical principles
2.3.1 Engineering design – AS and A level Engineering design – AS and A level
Engineering design – A level `
2.4 Core design and making principles Core design and making principles
– AS and A level – AS and A level
2.5 Core design and making principles
– A level

30. (b) Write a detailed and justified four point specification. [8]
Justification:
Point 2:
Etc, Etc, Etc,

32. Careful we are looking for detail here.
Explain how your choice of materials in terms of the characteristics and properties will support your design idea [8]
Careful we are looking for detail here.
Choice of materials- Plastics, woods and metals do not get any marks.
Characteristics – looks nice, it is pretty, easy to shape will get no marks.
Properties – Light, hard, durable will get no marks.
To get marks the candidate's must give real detail within their answers.

33. A level Paper

39. Summary of changes Shorter answers Shorter times
Will be specific and related to products
All the parts of the specification will be examined
Core technical, In-depth technical, design and make
Images will be used in the questions
Weightings could 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 10 – 12
AS answers will be written inside the paper
The inclusion of a design question
A level will be 10 questions
Extended essay will be worth 12 marks.

40. Finally NO, NO,NO, NO Can you mix and match between focus areas?
If they are entered into Product Design they will sit a product design paper.
If they are entered into a Fashion and Textiles they will sit a fashion and textiles examination.
You could get a candidate that does a mixed material piece of coursework . e.g. A day ruck sack that has a solar panel charger. He / she will sit the examination you have entered them for.

41. EXAMINING FOR WJEC-EDUQAS
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Our senior examiners and subject officers provide support and advice during the assessment period

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Applicants may re-apply once they have gained sufficient experience
Some applicants will be approved, but may have to wait on the reserve list until a suitable vacancy arises

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