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Standards for K-12 Engineering Education?

86 STANDARDS FOR K–12 ENGINEERING EDUCATION?

Field of
Unit Education Unit Titles Pre- Hours
requisites
Code

MEM 1 Apply principles of Occupational Health & Safety in
.2FA* 030707 work environment. none 20

MEM
18.1AB* 030707 Use hand tools. none 20
MEM 1 030707 Use power tools/hand held operation. none 20
8.2AA*
Develop an individual career plan for the
VBN768* 030799 none 20
engineering industry.
VBN769* 030707 Perform basic machining processes. none 40

VBN77O* 030101 Apply basic fabrication techniques. none 40

Apply electrotechnology principles in an engineering
VBN771* 031399 none 20
work environment.
Use computers for engineering related work
VBN772* 030799 none 20
activities.
VBN773* 030701 Produce basic engineering sketches and drawings. none 20
Perform basic computational principles in
VBN774* 030799 none 20
engineering work activities.
Use basic engineering concepts to plan the
VBN776 030101 none 20
manufacture of engineering components.
VBN777 030799 Handle engineering materials. none 20

VBN769
Produce basic engineering components and products
VBN778 030101 VBN77O 60
using fabrication and machining.
VBN773
Core hours 340

Table 3 A Sample of Standards Used in Victoria

2.3 South Africa: Further Education and Training
In South Africa, grades 10 through 12 are called Further Education and Training (FET). Grades
1 through 9 are called General Education and Training (GET), and the first year of schooling is
called a Reception Year (grade R). GET has a national curriculum and is further divided into the
Foundation Phase (grades R-3), the Intermediate Phase (grades 4-6), and the Senior Phase
(grades 7-9).

Since the curriculum revisions of 1998 and 2002, technology education has been a compulsory
part of the GET curriculum. These revisions must be seen against the background of political

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