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Intermediate Certificate: 3D Design (Furniture, Interior and Product) (School Pupils Only)

This program sets you up with the must-have skills to kickstart a cool career in the design world. Dive into exciting projects that will push your practical skills and design know-how to the next level. With subjects woven together, you'll tackle assessments for different areas within single projects. Expect hands-on design projects as the main focus, spiced up with a sprinkle of written assessments.

Course information

Duration:

  • The course would be Tuesday and Thursday 2pm till 4pm.
  • Starting the last week in August for 30 weeks.
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What skills will I learn?

  • You'll acquire and enhance hands-on woodworking expertise, research abilities, design history comprehension, and model-making proficiency.
  • Additionally, the course emphasises critical thinking, problem-solving, collaborative teamwork, presentation capabilities, and the development of digital and technical skills, along with fostering effective communication abilities.

What will I study?

  • Art and Design: Design Activity
  • Design and Manufacture: Design
  • Art and Design Surface Decoration Introduction

Application Information

What further study options are available?

  • Completion of this course may lead to any of our NC courses: NC Furniture, NC Architecture with Interiors or NC Built Environment which may then progress to any of our Built Environment HNC level courses.
  • Our HN level courses are linked with many Scottish Universities offering direct entry where we have agreed articulation routes and minimum entry requirements are met.

What career opportunities are there?

  • There are lots of opportunities to work in this area and with further study you could start your dream career in 3D design as a product designer, interior designer or furniture designer.
  • These also include lesser known specialisms such as an exhibition designer and visual merchandiser or could even be the starting point of a career in civil engineering or quantity surveying.