Technology Life Skills Stage 6 Syllabus (2010)
About the course
The Technology Life Skills Stage 6 course allows teachers to develop a program of study that draws from two or more courses across the technologies.
Study of the Technology Life Skills Stage 6 course should contribute to students’ understanding of research, design, systems and environments, as well as their ability to manipulate and produce products.
Students acquire knowledge, understanding and skills in order to solve problems and meet identified needs within the context of a design process. They are provided with opportunities to engage in a diverse range of practical and creative activities using a variety of resources, materials, tools and techniques.
The structure of the Technology Life Skills Stage 6 course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the collaborative curriculum planning process. Students may study outcomes and content selected from two or more of the following courses:
- Agriculture
- Computing Technology
- Design and Technology
- Food Technology
- Industrial Technology (including one of the following focus areas: automotive, electronics, graphics, metal and engineering, multimedia, timber products and furniture)
- Textiles and Design (including one or more of the following focus areas: apparel, furnishings, costume, textile arts, non-apparel)
Content for the Technology Life Skills Stage 6 course should be carefully selected so as not to duplicate content for a student also studying any of the above as a single course.
Board Developed Course
Course number(s):
- 16686 Technology Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16686 Technology Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
Prerequisites: A student studying any Stage 6 Life Skills course will usually have completed one or more courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content in Years 7–10, except under special circumstances.
Corequisites: Nil
Eligibility: Life Skills Eligibility
Study via self-tuition: No
Exclusions: The following are excluded where the equivalent content is being undertaken within the Technology Life Skills Stage 6 course:
- 11010 Agriculture (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15010 Agriculture (2 units – HSC)
- 16681 Agriculture Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16681 Agriculture Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 16623 Computing Technology Life Skills (Year 11, 2 units)
- 16623 Computing Technology Life Skills (Year 12, 2 units)
- 11080 Design and Technology (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15080 Design and Technology (2 units – HSC)
- 16682 Design and Technology Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16682 Design and Technology Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 11175 Enterprise Computing (Year 11, 2 units)
- 15175 Enterprise Computing (Year 12, 2 units)
- 11180 Food Technology (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15180 Food Technology (2 units – HSC)
- 16683 Food Technology Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16683 Food Technology Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 11200 Industrial Technology (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15200 Industrial Technology (2 units – HSC)
- 16684 Industrial Technology Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16684 Industrial Technology Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
- 11370 Textiles and Design (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15390 Textiles and Design (2 units – HSC)
- 16680 Textiles and Design Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16680 Textiles and Design Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
On entering students for the Technology Life Skills Stage 6 course, the principal is certifying that the student is eligible and the decision is the result of the collaborative curriculum planning process.
Students are expected to address or achieve one or more of the Technology Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes. They need not address or complete all of the content to demonstrate achievement of an outcome.
The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways. Industries related to this course will be dependent on the content selected for study. For information about potential career paths, please see Your Career.
What are Life Skills courses
All students are entitled to participate in and progress through the curriculum. Life Skills courses provide course options for students with intellectual disability or imputed intellectual disability in Years 11–12 who cannot access related general education courses.
Students with disability can access syllabus outcomes and content in a range of ways, including through a range of adjustments to teaching, learning and assessment activities. Decisions regarding curriculum options should be made in the context of collaborative curriculum planning.
Assessment support and advice
Teaching and learning support
Use these materials to guide and plan your teaching and assessment. Sample materials illustrate different approaches to teaching, learning and assessment in a range of school settings. Teachers can use them without modification, change them or construct their own.
Read more about supporting students with special education needs.
The Life Skills outcomes worksheet can be used to collect information on the outcomes that a student has achieved before recording them in Schools Online.
Technology Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes worksheet (DOCX 32.99KB)