MATSEC SEC Design and Technology case studies
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The MATSEC Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) in Design and Technology is a Maltese national qualification taken by secondary-school candidates, typically around the end of compulsory schooling, and is also used by private candidates and mature learners returning to study. It suits students who enjoy solving practical problems: designing a product for a real user, choosing suitable materials, planning how it will be made, and communicating the idea through sketches, working drawings and a finished artefact. The MATSEC SEC Design and Technology case studies are 5 cases and about 3,246 words.
1Tablet holder for a care home: interpreting user trial evidence
Year 11 students at a Maltese secondary school are designing a tablet holder for a care home in Sliema. The brief: hold a 10-inch tablet at an angle between 30° and 70°, allow one-handed adjustment by residents with limited grip, be cleanable with alcohol wipes, and cost no more than €12 per unit for 24 units.
720 words, about 4 min2Seafront bench slats: material choice on a fixed budget
A seafront café in Marsaxlokk is replacing the slats on 12 outdoor benches. Each slat is 2.4 m × 95 mm × 22 mm.
649 words, about 3 min3Pillar drill incident: root causes and hierarchy of control
In a school workshop, 16 students share one pillar drill. A student is drilling 6 mm holes in a 3 mm aluminium plate held by hand.
594 words, about 3 min4Acrylic keyring batch: nesting, process choice and fume control
A school enterprise has an order for 300 acrylic keyrings for a charity. Each keyring is 60 mm × 40 mm × 3 mm cast acrylic with a 5 mm lanyard hole.
601 words, about 3 min5Drawer unit drawing conflict: dimension chain and recovery
A workshop is making 10 kitchen drawer units. The carcass is 500 mm wide externally, built from 18 mm melamine-faced chipboard.
682 words, about 3 min