identifying, with reasons, some modern, smart and technical fabrics and wearable technology woven, knitted and non-woven suited to sports, health and fitness, safety and novelty applications fabric constructions identifying specific applied finishes that could be applied to make fabrics and products the factors that influence fabric warmer, safer, easier to care for, more comfortable to wear choices for fashion and textile products answering practice exam questions under timed conditions from example assessment materials (AQA website), past papers or developed by the teacher. Learners could discuss modern, and technical their answers in small groups and suggest improvements. fabrics wearable technology the need for applied finishes. Factors involved in the choice of a range of components used in the manufacture of textile products. Learners should develop knowledge and understanding of the recommendations for the aftercare of textile products and the meaning of care label symbols. Unit 3 preparation for written paper (commercial practice) – Weeks Specification content Teaching and learning 30–31 Commercial practice Learners should revise commercial practice by completing a range of relevant activities that might include: Learners should revise: quizzes and multiple-choice questions the applications of CAD and analysing a fashion product to consider the systems that might have been used in its CAM in commercial manufacture manufacture and the benefits of analysing a range of different textile products to identify where CAD and CAM might have them been used in their design and manufacture
woven, knitted and non-woven fabric constructions the factors that influence fabric choices for fashion and textile products modern, and technical fabrics wearable technology the need for applied finishes. Factors involved in the choice of a range of components used in the manufacture of textile products. Learners should develop knowledge and understanding of the recommendations for the aftercare of textile products and the meaning of care label symbols. identifying, with reasons, some modern, smart and technical fabrics and wearable technology suited to sports, health and fitness, safety and novelty applications identifying specific applied finishes that could be applied to make fabrics and products warmer, safer, easier to care for, more comfortable to wear answering practice exam questions under timed conditions from example assessment materials (AQA website), past papers or developed by the teacher. Learners could discuss their answers in small groups and suggest improvements. Unit 3 – preparation for written paper (commercial practice) Weeks Specification content Teaching and learning 30–31 Commercial practice Learners should revise: the applications of CAD and CAM in commercial manufacture and the benefits of them Learners should revise commercial practice by completing a range of relevant activities that might include: quizzes and multiple-choice questions analysing a fashion product to consider the systems that might have been used in its manufacture analysing a range of different textile products to identify where CAD and CAM might have been used in their design and manufacture