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Project Brief

A guide to the Engineering Technology Portfolio

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Booklets offering guidance to teachers and students on possible approaches to successfully completing the Engineering – Technology Project: Design/Manufacture. Tá an leabhar ar fáil i leaganacha Gaeilge agus Béarla.


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Technology Project - Design	Technology Project - Manufacture	Tionscadal Teicneolaíochta - Déantúsaíochte

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Guide to the Engineering Technology Project: Design (H/L)


Guide to the Engineering Technology Project: Manufacture (O/L)

Other Sample Project Briefs (Exemplar from Leaving Certificate Technology )

	Sample Brief Layout from LC Technology H/L		Sample Brief Layoutfrom LC Technology O/L

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Practical Examinations


SolidWorks 2009 Drawings & Models
	2009 Examination

SolidWorks 2006 Drawings & Models
	2005 Examination	2007 Examination

Examination Files
	Examination 2005	Examination 2007

Marking Schemes
	Examination 2012

Jpeg Files
	2005 Examination	2007 Examination

Additional Marking Schemes & Examination Papers:

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Engineering Theory


Chief Examiners Reports
	2011 Examination

Sample Answers & Marking Schemes
	Sample Answers & Marking Scheme 2012 HL	Sample Answers & Marking Scheme 2012 OL
	Sample Answers & Marking Scheme 2010 HL	Sample Answers & Marking Scheme 2010 OL
	Sample Answers & Marking Scheme 2009 HL	Sample Answers & Marking Scheme 2009 OL

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	AISTRIÚCHÁN AR SCÉIM MHARCÁLA_2012_HL	AISTRIÚCHÁN AR SCÉIM MHARCÁLA_2012_OL
	AISTRIÚCHÁN AR SCÉIM MHARCÁLA_2009_HL	AISTRIÚCHÁN AR SCÉIM MHARCÁLA_2009_OL

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Prescribed Topic

Previous Topics
The special topic prescribed topic for the Leaving Certificate Examination in 2017 was:
"Principles and applications of robotic control in motor vehicle manufacture"
The special topic prescribed topic for the Leaving Certificate Examination in 2016 was:
"Basic principles of operation and applications of rapid prototyping processes."
The special topic prescribed topic for the Leaving Certificate Examination in 2015 was:
"Basic principles of operation and applications of fuel injection systems in petrol powered cars."
The special topic prescribed topic for the Leaving Certificate Examination in 2014 was:
"Basic principles of operation of nuclear power plants."
The special topic prescribed for the Leaving Certificate Examination in 2013 was:
"Basic principles of operation and applications of the Stirling engine from its invention in 1816 to its modern uses".
The special topic prescribed for the Leaving Certificate Examination in 2012 was:
"Basic principles and applications of laser technology."
The special topic prescribed for the Leaving Certificate Examination in 2011 was:
“Basic principles and processes in the operation of incineration technology.”

Junior Certificate Metalwork

Chief Examiners Reports
	2010

Marking Schemes & Sample Answers
	2012 Marking Scheme (HL) - Practical & Theory	2012 Marking Scheme (OL) - Practical & Theory
	2008 Exam Marking Scheme - Sample Answers	2007 Practical Examination
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Solid Works Drawings (Ver 9)
	2011 O/L Metalwork Project
	2011 Drawing provided by Aidan Cullen, Mount Sion CBS, Waterford.
	2010 H/L Metalwork Project	2010 O/L Metalwork Project
	2009 Practical Examination

Jpeg Files
	2007 Practical Examination (Jpeg)





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"Principles and applications of robotic control in motor vehicle manufacture"