VOCATIONAL WORK
V. Ryan © 2002 - 2009
(STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
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Diplomas and Vocational work provide pupils and students with a way of learning that is based the study of business and industry. Furthermore, it allows pupils/students to study in a business and industrial context. Below are diploma/vocational projects whereby pupils build a portfolio of work based on their own research and investigation, linked closely to business and industry methodology. This section has close links with the design process section, equipment and processes, gears, mechanisms, microcontroller and electronics sections of this site so it is advisable to use both together. |
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THE CD-ROM STORAGE PROBLEM |
COMPANY ORGANISATION |
SCALES OF PRODUCTION |
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This unit takes pupils through the stages involved in the design of a storage unit and involves working as part of a team |
This unit looks at the way departments are organised and the way they function within a company. The work roles of people in departments are investigated. All work in the classroom should be linked to a visit to a company. |
In this unit pupils will study 'scales of production', including single item, batch and continuous production. Industrial visits or video examples of each scale are essential for this section of the course |
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| 1. Setting the Scene | 1. Organisational Structure | 1. Scales of Production ? | ||
| 2. Key Needs (1) | 2. Company Work Roles | 2. Continuous Production | ||
| 3. Key Needs(2) | 3. Departmental Functions | 3. Batch Production | ||
| 4. Design Brief | 4. Work Role Responsibilities | 4. Single Item Production | ||
| 5. Client Needs | 5. Interaction of Departments | 5. Examples - Continuous Prod. | ||
| 6. Product Constraints | 6. Examples - Batch Prod. | |||
| 7. Functional Details |
QUALITY ASSURANCE |
7. Examples - Single Item | ||
| 8. Basic Designs |
In this small project pupils put together a report on quality assurance with regards to the manufacture of the CD-ROM storage unit. |
8. Single Item - | ||
| 9. Design Team Meeting | Materials/Components | |||
| 10. Presentation to the Group | 9. Single Item - Sequence drawing | |||
| 11. Design Requirements | 10. Single Item - Health and | |||
| 12. Ideas and Features | Safety | |||
| 13. Stages of Production | 1. Introduction | 11. Batch Prod. Conditions in the | ||
| 14. The Specification | 2. Quality Checks | Workplace | ||
| 15. Team Discussion | 3. Identifying Defects | 12. Continuous Prod. Conditions | ||
| 16. Selected Solution | 4. Defective Products | in the Workplace | ||
| 17. Sequence Drawing | 5. Industrial Quality Checks | 13. Continuous Prod - | ||
| 18. Product Feasibility | Materials/Components | |||
| 19. Proposal Feasibility | 14. Continuous Prod- Sequence | |||
| 20. Planning for Mass Production | Drawing | |||
| 21. Quality Control | 15. Continuous Prod - Health and | |||
| Safety | ||||
| 16. The Report | ||||
| 17. Quality Control | ||||
| 18. Quality Control - Block | ||||
| Diagram | ||||
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SCALES OF PRODUCTION - CASE STUDIES |
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When designing a product you will have to decide how it will be manufactured (made) in industry. Your final design could be manufactured by continuous production, batch production or single item production Your choice will depend on a number of factors, the most important being the customer or number of customers. Below is a simple Case Study of each scale of production. When you are working on a project you will need to explain how your design could be manufactured through each scale. |
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The manufacture of an individually designed and hand-made guitar. |
The manufacture of a (batch) - large number of bicycles |
The continuous manufacture - production 24 hours a day - of car bodies. |
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