Discontinuation of Industrial Technology: Ceramics, Leather and Polymers Years 7-10
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.
- Effective
- Term 1, 2020
- Reference
- NESA 37/19
Who needs to read this?
- Principals
- Curriculum co-ordinators
- Careers advisers
- Head Teachers Technologies
- Year 10 and 11 advisers
- Technologies Teachers
Effective: Term 1, 2020
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 and the advice for implementation page .
For more information, contact:
curriculum@nesa.nsw.edu.au
Notice information
- Topic
- Curriculum
- Learning Area
- Technological and Applied Studies
- Stages
- Stage 5 (Years 9 and 10), Stage 6 (Years 11 and 12)