CAD   -   CAM  -  CIM
CNC   -   CADD

Use of computers in design - CAD, DTP, CNC, CAM. 
Use for manufacturing, e.g. self adhesive signs,
prototyping, etc. e.g.stereolithography 
Draw packages Use of digital cameras and image
manipulation. Choose and size text. Cutters and plotters

Basic Structures

Recognise structures in man made and natural materials.
Frames - rigidity. Tension, Compression, Torsion, Shear
Safety factors - Loading.

Packaging

Be aware of the main aims of packaging:
Protect, Promote, Preserve, Contain, Inform
Legislation, distribution, storage, consumer preference - 
implications for packaging. Consumer rights.

Quality Control &
    Quality Assurance

Distinguish between and identify uses in production.
Implications for successful products and satisfied
customers. Relationship of  the original specification to
the final product.

Health & Safety

Solvents,  Glues & processes.  Use information to assess
unfamiliar risks. Environmental management & COSHH

Colour Printing
                   methods

Letterpress, gravure, lithography, sheet-fed offset,
web-fed offset.  Printing plate production.  Understand
the terms: process camera, colour separation, register,
CMYK, process colours.   Printing principles

Flow Charts -
(Critical path
               analysis)

Symbols used in flow and block diagrams.
Order of working, ( Importance to maximising use of time and resources. )

Testing & Trialling

Evaluation, customer testing, proposals for modifications.
Testing for quality assurance,  Evaluate against  'fitness
for purpose' , the design need, need of intended users.
Sustainable resources, recycling, redundant products, safe disposal.  Pollution.  Analysis of manufacturing techniques including use of jigs, templates, patterns.

Materials

Use of paper, card and boards, grid paper, isometric
paper, layout paper, cartridge paper.  Corrugated card,
coated boards, oiled (stencil) card. Foamboard,   
SMART Materials    Speciality boards  Chipboards (Graphic)

Polymers

Thermoplastics and processes (line bending, vacuum
forming, injection moulding, etc.)
Thermosetting plastics. Biodegradable plastics.