CUAWOO502 — Investigate woodworking materials and processes
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What an assessment for CUAWOO502 must cover
36 assessable components: 4 elements (19 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 8 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 6 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Research woodworking materials and processes
- 1.1Research ways that other artists have used different woodworking materials and processes to achieve different effects and identify intellectual property requirements
- 1.2Research physical properties and capabilities of a range of woodworking materials
- 1.3Investigate how different materials and woodworking techniques best combine to achieve different technical effects
- 1.4Investigate safety issues associated with different materials and processes
- 1.5Collate and store safety and technical data to meet safety requirements for use
- 1.6Determine cost and supply issues for different materials
2 Select woodworking materials and processes for exploration
- 2.1Seek and participate in professional discussions about characteristics and opportunities of particular woodworking materials and processes
- 2.2Evaluate creative and professional opportunities offered by different woodworking materials and processes for own approach to work
- 2.3Identify and assess limitations and constraints of particular materials and processes
- 2.4Select a particular range of materials and processes that suit own practice
3 Integrate woodworking materials and processes into own work
- 3.1Explore own new and different ways of working with materials and processes to achieve new effects and desired outcomes
- 3.2Challenge and stretch the capabilities and uses of different materials and processes through experimentation on samples, practice pieces or a work in progress
- 3.3Proactively identify and resolve technical problems with material use
- 3.4Develop own ways of working with materials and processes to create individual style
- 3.5Develop a coherent body of woodworking work that shows command of selected woodworking materials
- 3.6Use safe work practices for handling materials and disposal of waste
4 Manage woodworking materials
- 4.1Establish supply of woodworking materials which meets price, quality and delivery expectations
- 4.2Develop ways of working with materials that minimise waste
- 4.3Maintain quality and maximise shelf-life of woodworking materials through appropriate handling and storage
Performance evidence
- research the properties, capabilities and use of an extensive range of woodworking materials to inform own work practice
- refine the use of woodworking materials through a process of thorough experimentation and practice to create a coherent body of woodwork which: • shows a command of chosen materials • demonstrates the development of an individual style • supports own ideas for work.
- Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.
Knowledge evidence
- describe intellectual property considerations relevant to producing woodwork
- identify an extensive range of information sources that support research in woodworking materials
- describe, for an extensive range of materials used to produce wood objects: • physical properties and capabilities • the characteristics of materials under different treatments and how they work to achieve different effects • limitations and constraints in achieving effects
- describe how different materials and woodworking techniques combine to achieve different technical effects
- explain ways to use, adapt, combine and challenge the capabilities of an extensive range of woodworking materials to develop an individual professional style
- summarise supply sources for an extensive range of woodworking materials used in professional practice
- describe, for woodworking materials, typical types, content and use of safety and technical data including Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
- explain key safety requirements for woodwork.
Foundation skills
- Reading: Interprets and evaluates complex and unfamiliar information to identify key information about materials
- Oral Communication: Initiates and participates in complex discussions, encouraging contributions, eliciting different perspectives on effective material use, clarifying, summarising and building constructively on the input of others
- Numeracy: Interprets budgetary constraints and supplier prices and calculates sometimes complex order costs
- Navigate the world of work: Takes responsibility for compliance with legal, safety and sustainability practices associated with creative work
- Interact with others: Encourages contribution of creative and technical ideas from other artists Fosters a collaborative approach to professional skills development through sharing and receiving knowledge, experience and information with other artists as an integral part of artistic work relationships and seeks mentoring as required
- Get the work done: Develops broad, flexible conceptual plans to develop own artistic knowledge and professional style with materials, identifying and responding to issues as they arise Takes responsibility for completing own research and creative works from design inception to realisation, managing own time and productivity to sequence stages Manages own decisions about use of materials through research and selection according to interest Resolves problems with materials technique through practice, experimentation and analysis Creates opportunities to use a more innovative approach and personal style
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What does an assessment tool for CUAWOO502 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CUAWOO502 needs to address all 36 unit components: 4 elements with 19 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 8 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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