Cutting/shaping · JHS3 Career Technology

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B9.3.2.1.2 - Demonstrate how to use shaping and cutting tools and equipment for producing artefacts/products

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Select the appropriate cutting or shaping tool for a given material (wood, sheet metal, fabric, clay, or food) and justify their choice.
Demonstrate, in groups, the correct and safe use of at least one cutting or shaping tool to produce a simple artefact or product.
Write and present the step-by-step procedure for making their chosen product, using clear and ordered language.
Demonstrate how to care for and maintain at least three different cutting or shaping tools used in various trade workplaces.
Appraise their own and peers’ finished products against simple criteria such as accuracy, neatness, and safety of use.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Tools, Equipment and Processes (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Cutting/shaping (3.2)
Content standard: B9.3.2.1 - Demonstrate the understanding of cutting/shaping tools and equipment used for making artefacts/ products and care and maintain
Indicator: B9.3.2.1.2 - Demonstrate how to use shaping and cutting tools and equipment for producing artefacts/products
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 2 (Week 14 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Career Technology, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 94
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Demonstrate how to use cutting and shaping tools and equipment for making products, in groups.
E.g. -Wooden cabinets
- Sheet metal dust bins
- Bricks/blocks
- Dresses-practise more designing and cutting out on paper
- Meals-practise biscuit cutting into different shapes and practise designing of fruits into different shapes e.g., water melon, pawpaw, cucumber, carrot
2. Write the procedure/steps involved in making the products, and discuss in class.
3. Exhibit products for appraisal.
4. Demonstrate how to care for and maintain cutting and shaping tools and equipment used in the following trade work places:
E.g.
- Food laboratory (kitchen)-wash, clean and sterilise tools
- Sewing workshop/laboratory-dust, wipe, oil tools
- Building site-wash and dry the wooden tools
- Wood workshop-clean and oil wood chisels and saws regularly-
- Metal/plastic workshop-clean and oil metal parts of tools