Record of changes for Industrial Technology
All changes made to the Industrial Technology 7–10 (2019) syllabus are recorded here. Learn about these updates.
About the record of changes
This record details amendments to the syllabus and assessment requirements.
Changes are also communicated via NESA official notices or news items in NESA News.
For more information, contact: curriculum@nesa.nsw.edu.au
Discontinuation of Industrial Technology: Ceramics, Leather and Polymers Years 7–10
(Official notice NESA 37/19)
From Term 1 2020, students will no longer be able to start a 200-hour course in Industrial Technology Ceramics, Leather and Polymers focus areas. These focus areas have been discontinued in the new Industrial Technology syllabus.
Any student who started a 200-hour course in these focus areas in 2019 can complete the course during 2020.
The discontinued courses are listed below:
- Industrial Technology – Ceramics 200 hours (1804)
- Industrial Technology – Ceramics (Life Skills) (1842)
- Industrial Technology – Leather 200 hours (1812)
- Industrial Technology – Leather (Life Skills) (1846)
- Industrial Technology – Polymers 200 hours (1818)
- Industrial Technology – Polymers (Life Skills) (1849)
During 2020, Year 10 students can start and finish a 100-hour course in the Industrial Technology focus areas of Ceramics, Leather or Polymers.
The courses that can be started and finished in 2020 are listed below:
- Industrial Technology – Ceramics 100 hours (1805)
- Industrial Technology – Ceramics (Life Skills) (1842)
- Industrial Technology – Leather 100 hours (1813)
- Industrial Technology – Leather (Life Skills) (1846)
- Industrial Technology – Polymers 100 hours (1819)
- Industrial Technology – Polymers (Life Skills) (1849)
Additional advice about implementation is available on the syllabus landing page.
For more information, contact:
curriculum@nesa.nsw.edu.au
Course performance descriptors for Industrial Technology Years 7–10 syllabus (2019)
(Official notice NESA 25/19)
Course performance descriptors have been published for the Industrial Technology Years 7–10 (2019) syllabus.
Teachers should use these course performance descriptors to determine Stage 5 grades. The descriptors have been developed from the Common Grade Scale and provide a description of typical performance in this course at each grade level.
Further advice to guide teachers in using course performance descriptors is available at Awarding Grades.