NSSCO Design and Technology (6187) case studies
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The NSSCO Design and Technology (6187) is a Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary Level subject for learners who want to move from drawing ideas to making real products. It suits candidates who enjoy solving practical problems, working with materials in a workshop, and explaining design decisions in writing and sketches. The NSSCO Design and Technology (6187) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,306 words.
1Specifying a coastal bus-shelter bench on a fixed budget
A coastal municipality has asked a school design class to specify a replacement bench for a bus shelter 60 m from the high-water mark. Salt spray reaches the site, relative humidity averages 85% and annual rainfall is about 1,100 mm.
867 words, about 4 min2Rescuing a book stand after a failed prototype trial
A Grade 11 learner with juvenile arthritis has limited grip: she can lift about 1 kg and cannot pinch hard. She needs a book stand for a wheelchair-accessible desk 730 mm high that will hold a 1.6 kg textbook open at a tilt between 55° and 70°, adjusted with one hand.
868 words, about 4 min3A sagging car-park gate: hinges, fixings and closing force
A school workshop has built a pedestrian gate for the staff car park: 1.8 m wide and 1.5 m high, frame of 40 × 40 × 2 mm square tube with 1.2 mm sheet infill, total mass 42 kg. It hangs on two hinges 600 mm apart on the hanging stile, with a latch at the free edge.
847 words, about 4 min4Diagnosing a 12 V solar study-room lighting fault
A rural school runs a 12 V off-grid lighting system in its after-school study room: three 12 V LED luminaires rated 8 W each, a 150 W panel, a 10 A PWM charge controller mounted beside the battery, and a 12 V 100 Ah lead-acid battery. The panel is roof-mounted 5 m from the controller and is connected with 1.5 mm² copper that has two twisted-and-taped splices in the roof space; the run from controller to luminaires is 18 m one-way in 2.5 mm² copper.
838 words, about 4 min5Batch-producing 250 flat-pack book stands to tolerance
A workshop has an order for 250 flat-pack book stands for the school library. Each stand is cut from 12 mm plywood: two sides, a sloping base and a back, assembled with a slot-and-tab joint, two 8 mm dowels and PVA.
886 words, about 4 min