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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Research materials
   • Assess aesthetic requirements of materials and identify potential options that meet requirements
   • Evaluate intended use against the functional features of different materials
   • Identify and consider new and emerging finish technologies for their application to project brief
   • Identify application requirements in terms of available expertise
   • Evaluate finish properties for their safety and sustainability
   • Source and compare information about costs and availability against project brief
2. Research technologies
   • Assess product requirements and identify potential technology options for design and production
   • Evaluate intended use against outputs of different technological approaches
   • Identify and consider new and emerging production technologies for their application to brief
   • Identify application requirements in terms of available expertise, equipment and other relevant resources
   • Assess technological options against production output requirements including volume, quality and speed
   • Source and compare information about costs and availability against project brief
3. Determine project requirements
   • Review and clarify project brief with client to confirm requirements
   • Confirm and evaluate parameters and constraints from requirements
   • Select work resources based on needs of project
   • Identify and assess aspects of brief that inform finish selection
   • Identify key project stakeholders and establish required communication protocols
   • Assess aesthetic requirements of materials and identify potential options that meet requirements
   • Evaluate intended use against the functional features of different materials
   • Identify and consider new and emerging finish technologies for their application to project brief
   • Identify application requirements in terms of available expertise
   • Evaluate finish properties for their safety and sustainability
   • Source and compare information about costs and availability against project brief
   • Assess product requirements and identify potential technology options for design and production
   • Evaluate intended use against outputs of different technological approaches
   • Identify and consider new and emerging production technologies for their application to brief
   • Identify application requirements in terms of available expertise, equipment and other relevant resources
   • Assess technological options against production output requirements including volume, quality and speed
4. Refine ideas and recommend solution
   • Explore and refine ideas about materials and technology through a process of reflection and testing
   • Provide clear and relevant research information highlighting findings and rationale for materials and technologies chosen

Performance Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has completed the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, and demonstrated the ability to:

investigate materials and associated technologies that respond to three different design briefs and which individually or cumulatively involve at least two types of materials, and in doing so:

evaluate the variations in costs and quality outcomes associated with different materials and technologies for each of the three design briefs.

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Knowledge Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has knowledge of:

elements and principles of design, their interrelationships and how they are used in materials selection

how different technologies can be used to achieve design elements, and how materials and technologies interact

emerging industry technologies and the potential for application to meet a design brief

production methodologies of furniture (or similar) manufacturers, including suitability of different methods for a range of output volumes

design techniques for products based on materials selection

materials used to produce products, including:

their specifications, behaviours and limitations

wood, plastics, metals and other commonly used materials

how to structure and present research information and recommendations.

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