Section A: Core Technical Principals

• New and Emerging Technologies
• Energy Generation and Storage
• Developments in New Materials
• Systems Approach to Designing
• Mechanical Devices
• Materials and their Working Properties

Section B: Specialist Technical Principals

• Selection of Materials or Components
• Forces and Stresses
• Ecological and Social Footprint
• Sources and Origins
• Using and Working with Materials
• Stock Forms, Types and Sizes
• Scales of Production
• Specialist Techniques and Processes
• Surface Treatments and Finishes
• Papers and Boards
• Timber Based Materials
• Metal Based Materials
• Polymers
• Textile Based Materials
• Electronic and Mechanical Systems

Section C: Designing & Making Principles

• Investigation, Primary and Secondary Data
• Environmental, Social and Economic Challenge
• The Work of Others
• Design Strategies
• Communication of Design Ideas
• Prototype Development
• Selection of Materials and Components
• Tolerances
• Material Management
• Specialist Tools and Equipment
• Specialist Techniques and Processes