Key Stage 4

The department offers various subjects at Key Stage 4.

GCSE Design and Technology

The course offered by CCEA is the only Technology and Design qualification that provides all candidates with a foundational core of knowledge in electronic and microelectronic control systems, mechanical and pneumatic control systems, and product design.  This specification provides a good foundation if you would like to study technology and design related subjects at a more
advanced level.

CCEA GCSE Technology and Design Specification

GCSE Construction and the Built Environment

You will develop an understanding of construction and the built environment, the importance of health and safety in the construction industry, and the employment opportunities in the industry. You will also develop a working knowledge of CAD, which is used throughout the construction industry.

CCEA GCSE Construction and the Built Environment Specification

GCSE Motor Vehicle and Road Users Studies

Studying Motor Vehicle and Road User Studies will expand your knowledge of the motor vehicle. The course covers the safe use of the road as a pedestrian, cyclist or as a future motorist.  You will gain an understanding of the motor vehicle, the responsibilities of being a road user, maintaining a vehicle and the components of cars.

CCEA GCSE Motor Vehicle and Road Users Studies Specification

Key Stage 5

Various pathways are offered at Key Stage 5:

GCE Design and Technology

This specification gives you the opportunity to get involved in the world of design. It will equip you with the skills required to take an initial idea through the process of design, utilising a range of scientific and engineering principles, with the ultimate goal of realising a practical outcome.  It promotes the concept of design allied with the application of scientific principles to realise solutions to real-life problems and everyday situations.

CCEA GCE Technology and Design Specification

BTEC Level 3 Construction

The Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment is intended as a Tech Level qualification, equivalent in size to 2 A Levels and, as such, is designed to meet two-thirds of a full-time curriculum. It allows you to develop significant core knowledge and an extensive range of optional areas to allow more depth in areas of your choice.

Unit 1: Construction Principles (this unit has a substantial mathematical content)

• Construction materials
• Solving practical construction problems
• Human comfort

Unit 2: Construction Design (Completed in Year 14)

• The construction design process
• Project information and building design production
• Construction methods and techniques

Unit 4: Construction Technology (Completed in Year 14)

• Understand common forms of low-rise construction
• Examine foundation design and construction
• Examine superstructure design and construction
• Examine external works associated with construction projects

Unit 5: Health & Safety in Construction

• Understand how health and safety legislation is applied to construction operations
• Carry out the development of a safe system of work for construction operations
• Understand the need for the review of safety systems for construction operations

BTEC Level 3 Construction Specification

BTEC Level 3 Engineering

This BTEC National qualification is for post-16 learners wishing to specialise in a specific industry, occupation or occupational group. The qualification gives learners specialist knowledge and technical skills, enabling entry to an Apprenticeship or other employment, or progression to related higher education courses.

Unit 1: Engineering Principles (this unit has a substantial mathematical content)

• Algebraic and trigonometric mathematical methods
• Static engineering systems
• Dynamic engineering systems
• Fluid and thermodynamic engineering systems
• Static and direct current electricity and circuits
• Magnetism and electromagnetic induction
• Single-phase alternating current

Unit 2: Delivery of Engineering Processes Safely as a Team

• Examine common engineering processes to create products or deliver services safely and effectively as a team.
• Develop two-dimensional computer-aided drawings that can be used in engineering processes.
• Carry out engineering processes safely to manufacture a product or to deliver a service effectively as a team

Unit 3: Engineering Product Design and Manufacture

• Design triggers, challenges, constraints and opportunities, and materials and processes
• Interpreting a brief into operational requirements and analysing existing products
• Using an iterative process to design ideas and develop a modified product proposal
• Technical justification and validation of the design solution

Unit 10: Computer Aided Design in Engineering

• Develop a three-dimensional computer-aided model of an engineered product that can be used as part of other engineering processes
• Develop two-dimensional detailed computer-aided drawings of an engineered product that can be used as part of other engineering processes
• Develop a three-dimensional computer-aided model for a thin walled product and a fabricated product that can be used as part of other engineering processes.

BTEC Level 3 Engineering Specification