Year 13 8FTK – Food Technology (NCEA L3)
Course Option Description
Head of Learning Area (HOLA): Ms G. Small.
Why this course:
Food Technology allows you to work creatively and analytically to identify, trial and evaluate potential solutions, and eventually put your ideas into practice. It is a fun but challenging subject that is approved for university entrance. Technology is the way of the future and there are numerous jobs and scholarships available for those that wish to pursue it. Whether or not you plan to engage in a career in food technology, you will develop a level of technological understanding that will enable you to be involved as an informed participant in an ever changing society. Food Technology will allow you to look at the world differently.
Course information:
The aim of this course is to explore complex concepts and procedures used in food technology. As well as developing your cooking skills, you will be given the opportunity to complete a major ten-credit project which will involve you working with a client or stakeholder to develop a solution for a need or opportunity that you have established through research and exploration of a context and its associated issues.
Prerequisites
Level 2 Food Technology (7FTK) with a minimum of 10 credits. There may be consideration given to a student who has followed a successful alternative pathway. These cases will be individually decided after discussion between the student and caregiver, the Teacher in Charge and the HoLA.
Assessment Information
This course is assessed using Achievement and/or Unit Standards. Please note exact standards are subject to change and individual assessment programmes may be provided in consultation with student and teacher.Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Generic Technology 3.1 - Undertake brief development to address an issue within a determined context
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Generic Technology 3.3 - Develop a conceptual design considering fitness for purpose in the broadest sense
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Generic Technology 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of material development
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Processing Technologies 3.60 - Implement complex procedures to process a specified product
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 20
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.