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7–10Industrial Technology 7–10 Syllabus (2025)

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Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 4/5

Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.

Electronics industry specialisation
Materials and resources
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  • Recognise the use of electricity in everyday contexts

  • Identify everyday products made from electronic components

  • Explore materials used in electronic projects

  • Explore how mining raw materials impacts Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Communities

  • Investigate the materials and resources needed to make an electronic project

  • Explore how raw, recycled or repurposed materials are used in an electronic project

  • Explore ethical considerations when sourcing raw materials

  • Select appropriate materials or components to make electronic projects

  • Prepare components for assembling or making electronic circuits

  • Explore finishes that could be applied to an electronic project

  • Participate in ways to recycle and conserve materials

Tools and equipment
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  • Recognise a range of tools used when working with electronics in everyday contexts

  • Explore a range of tools used for assembling electronic circuits or casings for an electronic project

  • Identify tools required for a specific electronic project

  • Identify how to set up and care for tools and equipment when working with electronics

  • Select a range of tools for a specific electronic project

  • Create an oral, visual, written or multimodal text to communicate safe use of tools and equipment for an electronic project

Processes, techniques and applications
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  • Identify risks and hazards in an electronic project

  • Apply safe work practices when handling and using materials, tools and equipment

  • Recognise techniques, materials or equipment used when engaging with electronics in the classroom

  • Explore how a simple circuit operates

  • Identify and use basic electronic components

  • Participate in using input and output devices for an electronic project

  • Follow the steps to assemble an electronic circuit

  • Select a range of materials, tools and hardware components for an electronic project

  • Use appropriate tools and equipment when making an electronic project

  • Participate in soldering electronic components in a circuit

  • Engage in using machinery when making a component or product

  • Explore advanced manufacturing techniques used to make electronic products

  • Explore digital design tools used in an electronic project

  • Work collaboratively to complete an electronic project

  • Demonstrate tool care and safe set-up

  • Use practical processes when making an electronic project

  • Follow the steps to complete an electronic project

  • Collaborate to evaluate processes used in making an electronic project

  • Participate in testing electronic circuits

  • Reflect on techniques and processes used to make an electronic project

  • Communicate about the process used in an electronic project

  • Identify production techniques, materials or equipment used by the electronic industry

Electronic industries in context
  • Identify work and enterprise skills required in the electronics industry

  • Recognise ethical or cultural practices in the making of products

  • Identify the effects of sustainable practices on the local community

  • Identify the effects of production on a local community

  • Explore new and emerging technologies used in the electronics industry to design, develop or make products

  • Recognise how new and emerging technologies support access to employment opportunities in the electronics industry

  • Locate opportunities in the local community to design or make

  • Participate in community activities involving designing or making

  • Explore the work of trades and professions in electronic-related industries

  • Explore community activities and employment opportunities in electronic-related industries

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