NCEA Level 3 Materials Technology (BCATS)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr C. Mainwaring.
This is a hybrid course offering students the choice of either NCEA L3 Technology Achievement Standards or NCEA L13 Building Construction and Allied Trades Unit Standards.
The course focuses on building critical thinking skills while building on practical building and carpentry skills, you will develop an individual product from a given need or opportunity, and in doing so you will build knowledge and understanding of materials and products while gaining a business insight into best practice within the building construction and allied trades.
The course has been designed to offer choice with a mixture of achievement and unit standards offered, to keep all pathways open, whether this be a trade pathway or a university pathway. Credits will be gained via a design portfolio and/or prescribed course booklets, as well as the construction of a quality product (take-home project).
While there are 36 credits available in this course, an individualised programme of 14-18 credits will be created for each student based on their chosen pathway and their ability, in negotiation with the teacher in charge.
Recommended Prior Learning
*Students who have taken Level 2 Mechanical Engineering (TME) and/or Materials Technology (BCATS) must have gained 14 credits. Students who have not taken Level 2 Mechanical Engineering (TME) and/or Materials Technology (BCATS) should apply to the teacher in charge (TiC).
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Students will be asked to donate for project materials- Approximately $90. Sensible covered shoes are required for this subject.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
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Follow safe workplace practices, and contribute to a health and safety culture, in a BCATS environment
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Select, use, and maintain tools, equipment and machinery for a Stage 3 BCATS project
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Undertake a Stage 3 BCATS project
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Generic Technology 3.1 - Undertake brief development to address an issue within a determined context
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Generic Technology 3.2 - Undertake project management to support technological practice
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Generic Technology 3.4 - Develop a prototype considering fitness for purpose in the broadest sense
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Generic Technology 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of material development
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Pathway Tags
Popular careers for people with technology qualifications include: project manager, quantity surveyor, construction management, graphic designer, software design, product designer, architect, surveyor, draughtsman, structural engineer, software engineer, civil engineer, farmer. Trades including builder, carpenter and joiner, electrician, plumber, boatbuilder........ .,
Disclaimer
Rosmini College's timetable is student-driven and a new timetable is generated each year based on student subject selection. Unfortunately, while we do our best to avoid them, timetabling clashes may still occur and a few students may be required to choose an alternative subject option.
The 2025 timetable, including the number of classes in each subject and staffing allocations, is created based on student selections made in 2024. Because of this, changing subjects at the beginning of 2025 may not be possible. Please, make your subject choices carefully.