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For AS91340, the achievement criteria "describes the way elements of design are used within the selected design movement/era", do student have to describe both function and aesthetics of the design movement or is it functions and/or aesthetics?
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I notice that the DVC standard 91064 (orthographic drawings) says that the drawings should comply with NZS1100.101 Technical Drawing Principles. However, according to Standards New Zealand this standard has been withdrawn. Can someone please clarify for me whether I can still use this standard or, if not, which standard I should be using instead? P.S. I am new to teaching this subject so apologies if the answer is obvious! Thanks very much.
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I am planning to do this tech standard 91643 but am ambivalent about doing cream puffs. I could do the pies but what restrictions are there on the processes. For example, could we make Mexican enchiladas from scratch – tortilla making to sauces and chili usage? Or is it restrictive?
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Can you advise how many units minimum have to be made for AS91056 (1.13) please? The multi-unit manufacturing standard.
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I have level 2 students working on AS91345 Implement advanced procedures using textile materials to make a specified product with special features this year and wanted to know if they were to make a skirt with two layers (lining and a chiffon layer) with gathers or pleats at the waist onto the waistband if french seams, rolled hems on the chiffon and the gathering and pleating would that be advanced enough?
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I have a level 3 class doing AS91624 Demonstrate understanding of a structural system. The TKI example on timber-framed buildings directs you to the NZ building code 3604 and these are the current techniques used in New Zealand for NZ sourced timbers. My class are researching structures built with a global product that called ETFE (ethylene tetrafluroethylene) roofing material, which was used as the transparent, polymer roofing material at the new Forsythe Barr Stadium in Dunedin. The configuration of the roofing structure are customised for a particular span and height and not common knowledge as the code predominantly provides timber specs. Do you have any reference material that would explain the steel configurations required for large spanning structures? Because the EFTE polymer is a global material can it be considered as a current technique used in New Zealand?
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AS91621 (3.21) Implement complex procedures using textile materials to make a specified product: What does managing the inclusion of structural or style features, for example, tucks, pockets, opening, closures, weather proof storage mean?
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Am I able to use (L2) AS 91356 Develop a Conceptual design to design for a hard materials project and then AS 91344 Implement advanced procedures using resistant materials to make a specified product with special features to build it? I have heard previously that the two standards should not be run within the same project. Also are there any examples of L2 and L3 courses that schools run posted anywhere?
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2.21 AS91345 Garments with special features. Would "tailored collars and cuffs" be two special features or are they counted as one? It is stated on the achievement standard they are: 1. Collar 2. Cuffs or 1. Collar and cuffs 2. Set in sleeves
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Can you please clarify the intent of AS 91069 and the term "student generated". In particular, note 4 which states "The organised body of work being promoted must be student-generated in response to a design brief and may also include design work sourced through research." We assume the intent of the standard is the way the students have presented the work and how they have created a composition not the content being presented i.e this does not have to be their own work it could be another designers work as shown in the exemplars online. Are we correct in saying that the intent is on 'layout, composition and visual impact' for AS91069; whereas 'modes and media' come more into the mix for AS91343.