Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain professional practice
- Apply a professional work ethic to activities
- Keep informed of creative approaches, techniques, materials and equipment relevant to model making
- Identify techniques from other industries that could be applied to the development of scale models and make connections in own work
- Source new ideas and trends through regular review of the work of others
- Use feedback from others to improve own skills in design
- Seek opportunities to develop technical and conceptual skills
- Refine and consolidate own technique
- Experiment and play with new techniques, materials and equipment when developing model making ideas
- Identify strengths and weaknesses of various approaches through practice and play
- Identify and select approaches best suited to own practice
- Develop and document a design language that reflects own style and approach
- Make models to professional standard
- Interpret ideas, problem-solving tasks or briefs with creativity, accuracy and efficiency
- Develop clear plan and schedule for model making work
- Select and assemble appropriate model making materials, tools, techniques and equipment consistent with specifications
- Develop precise and accurate scale models as required
- Identify opportunities for refinement and re-thinking and make adjustments as required
- Articulate the design process and the final solution through effective documentation of work
- Present maquettes and models that meet project requirements to key people