D&T Product Design

Course summary

This course offers three endorsed titles designed to prepare learners for tertiary education and/or work-based study and training in the design, creative, engineering and/or manufacturing industries: Design and Technology: Design Engineering (H004) Design and Technology: Product Design (H006) Design and Technology: Fashion and Textiles (H005) GCA offers H004 and H006 only (see separate entry for Textiles): Design Engineering is focused towards engineered and electronic products and systems; the analysis of these in respect of function, operation, components and materials, in order to understand their application and uses in engineered products/systems that have commercial viability. Product Design is focused towards consumer products and applications; their analysis in respect of materials, components, and marketability to understand their selection and uses in industrial and commercial practices of product development.