What you'll be able to do

• Know the breadth and importance of an industry within the environmental and land-based sector, including its economic and social impact.
• Understand business resources and structures, including human resources, financial resources, and organisational structures.
• Understand the business marketplace, including market analysis, competitor analysis, and customer behaviour.
• Understand how to use financial and physical record keeping systems to manage business operations effectively.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the principles of business improvement within land-based industries.
• Understand the requirements for business improvement within land-based industries.
• Identify opportunities for practical business improvement in a land-based context.
• Plan opportunities for practical business improvement in a land-based context.
• Develop a land-based business idea, considering its feasibility and potential.
• Prepare a comprehensive business plan for a land-based business idea.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand design processes used in blacksmithing and metalworking.
• Understand the design development cycle and its various phases.
• Understand cultural associations relevant to design in blacksmithing and metalworking.
• Understand design for need and the designer’s responsibilities to the wider community in the context of blacksmithing and metalworking.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the methods used for site evaluation prior to blacksmithing installations, including risk assessment and environmental considerations.
• Understand construction and installation costings and record-keeping procedures for blacksmithing projects.
• Produce a complex blacksmithing construction, demonstrating technical proficiency and problem-solving skills.
• Perform site installation operations for blacksmithing projects, adhering to safety regulations and industry best practices.

What you'll be able to do

• Apply blacksmithing construction methods to create functional and aesthetic pieces.
• Demonstrate the principles and practical application of working with dissimilar metals in blacksmithing.
• Produce a finished, forged, complex element or motif using blacksmithing techniques.
• Produce accurate workshop drawings for complex elements and motifs to guide the forging process.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the metals and associated forms of supply commonly used in fabrication processes.
• Mark out and cut materials to a parallel line development specification.
• Use fabrication bending/forming equipment to produce a parallel line development sheet fabrication.
• Use fabrication joining methods to create a parallel line development sheet fabrication.

What you'll be able to do

• Use materials effectively, minimising waste and maximising resource utilisation.
• Cut material to the required specification within a product-based task, ensuring accuracy and precision.
• Form complex components to the required specification within a product-based task, demonstrating skill and control.
• Join material to the required specification within a product-based task, ensuring structural integrity and aesthetic quality.

What you'll be able to do

• Demonstrate commonly used forgework techniques, including drawing down, upsetting, bending, and punching.
• Demonstrate solid fuel forge hearth control, maintaining appropriate temperatures for different forging processes.
• Maintain common forge tooling, ensuring it is in good working order and properly stored.
• Understand the effects of forgework and heat on steel, including hardening, tempering, and annealing.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the scope and structure of the UK blacksmithing industry, including its key sectors and stakeholders.
• Understand the historical development of the UK blacksmithing industry, tracing its origins and evolution over time.
• Understand the influences of government policies and relevant trade organisations on the UK blacksmithing industry and career prospects.
• Know the scope of the blacksmithing industry in other countries, comparing and contrasting its characteristics with the UK industry.

What you'll be able to do

• Demonstrate the principles and practical application of processes used to produce tooling for blacksmithing.
• Demonstrate the principles and practical application of processes used to produce decorative elements and motifs in blacksmithing.
• Demonstrate the principles and practical application of heat treatment processes used in blacksmithing.
• Understand common faults that can occur during blacksmithing processes and how to rectify them.

What you'll be able to do

• Produce two-dimensional drawings using a Computer Aided Design (CAD) package.
• Edit and modify two-dimensional drawings using a Computer Aided Design (CAD) package.
• Understand the processes involved in the production and modification of two-dimensional drawings using a Computer Aided Design (CAD) package.
• Understand the usefulness of Computer Aided Design (CAD) packages in land-based industries.

What you'll be able to do

• Produce simple technical drawings in a format that conforms to relevant industrial conventions, including dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Apply the parallel line and radial line surface development methods to produce a working pattern for metalwork projects.
• Produce observed drawings of metalwork objects and structures, accurately capturing their form and detail.
• Apply scale, proportion, and perspective to effect and produce presentational/working drawings for metalwork projects.

What you'll be able to do

• Know and understand the standard conventions used in the production of detailed technical working drawings for fabrication.
• Accurately use the parallel line method of surface development to produce a working pattern for fabrication.
• Accurately use the radial line method of surface development to produce a working pattern for fabrication.
• Accurately use the triangulation method of surface development to produce a working pattern for fabrication.

What you'll be able to do

• Demonstrate the principles and practical application of various forging processes.
• Assess the condition of forge tooling and undertake necessary maintenance to ensure its safe and effective operation.
• Demonstrate the principles and practical application of gas furnace control for blacksmithing and metalworking processes.
• Understand the health and safety management requirements and procedures that must be followed in a forge environment to ensure a safe working environment.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the various purposes for which horseshoes are used.
• Safely and effectively use specialist tooling required for horseshoe production.
• Demonstrate the principles and practical techniques involved in producing standard horseshoe types.
• Demonstrate the principles and practical techniques involved in producing horseshoes to meet specific, pre-defined specifications.

What you'll be able to do

• Demonstrate the principles and practice of oxy-acetylene welding techniques.
• Demonstrate the principles and practice of manual metal arc welding techniques.
• Demonstrate the principles and practice of metal arc gas shielded welding techniques.
• Demonstrate the principles and practice of oxy-acetylene and plasma arc cutting techniques.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the key elements of a large scale design project brief for blacksmithing and metalworking.
• Develop and effectively communicate large scale design ideas using appropriate methods.
• Make large scale models and prototypes to test and refine design concepts.
• Assess working methods and techniques to realise an effective design outcome for a large scale blacksmithing or metalworking project.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the history of ironwork and its development over time.
• Explore and develop large-scale creative ideas for ironwork and metalwork projects.
• Record information accurately relating to the design and production of large-scale metalwork.
• Analyse the results of the design and production process for large-scale metalwork.
• Present the results of the design and production process for large-scale metalwork effectively.
• Produce a large-scale decorative forged artefact to a professional standard.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare equipment and consumables for manual metal arc welding tasks.
• Understand the factors that influence the quality of manual metal arc welds.
• Produce positional fillet welds using manual metal arc welding equipment.
• Produce positional butt welds using manual metal arc welding equipment.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare equipment and consumables correctly for metal arc gas shielded welding tasks.
• Understand the factors that influence the quality of metal arc gas shielded welds, including welding parameters and material properties.
• Produce positional fillet welds using metal arc gas shielded welding equipment to meet specified quality standards.
• Produce positional butt welds using metal arc gas shielded welding equipment to meet specified quality standards.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare equipment and consumables correctly for specific oxy-acetylene welding tasks
• Understand the factors that influence the quality of oxy-acetylene welds, including material preparation, gas pressures and welding techniques
• Produce positional fillet welds using oxy-acetylene welding equipment to meet specified quality standards
• Produce positional butt welds using oxy-acetylene welding equipment to meet specified quality standards

What you'll be able to do

• Work effectively to produce work that meets the requirements of given design briefs
• Understand health and safety requirements and procedures applicable in workshop environments
• Understand how legal requirements and constraints affect the work of blacksmiths and metalworkers
• Communicate professionally with other parties, including clients, suppliers and colleagues

What you'll be able to do

• Use repoussé techniques to create decorative metalwork.
• Employ a range of decorative skills in blacksmithing and metalworking projects.
• Know the techniques used in blacksmithing restoration, including repair and conservation methods.
• Understand the history of decorative ironwork, including its evolution and cultural significance.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the requirements of a small-scale design project brief in blacksmithing and metalworking.
• Develop and communicate design ideas for small-scale blacksmithing and metalworking projects.
• Construct small-scale models and prototypes to test design ideas.
• Assess working methods to achieve an effective design outcome in blacksmithing and metalworking.

What you'll be able to do

• Develop creative ideas for small scale blacksmithing and metalworking projects.
• Produce decorative forged samples demonstrating a range of techniques.
• Accurately record, thoroughly analyse, and clearly present the results of investigations and experimental work related to blacksmithing and metalworking.
• Produce a small scale decorative forged artefact, applying appropriate techniques and demonstrating a high level of craftsmanship.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand health and safety regulations and procedures related to the forge workshop environment, including risk assessments and safe working practices.
• Understand the range and use of tools, equipment and materials commonly found in the forge workshop, including hammers, tongs, anvils, forges, and various metals.
• Use tools, equipment and materials commonly found in the forge workshop to perform basic blacksmithing and metalworking tasks, following safety guidelines and industry standards.
• Maintain physical resources in a forge workshop, including cleaning, sharpening, and storing tools and equipment properly.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify and research a suitable topic for an investigative project within the environmental and land-based sector.
• Plan an investigative project in the environmental and land-based sector, including defining objectives, methodology, and resources.
• Carry out an investigative project in the environmental and land-based sector, collecting and analysing relevant data.
• Report on the findings of an investigative project in the environmental and land-based sector, presenting conclusions and recommendations.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the range of opportunities available within the environmental and land-based industries.
• Prepare for a work-based experience in the environmental and land-based industry, including identifying learning objectives and understanding workplace expectations.
• Undertake a work-based experience in the environmental and land-based industry, applying relevant skills and knowledge.
• Review a work-based experience in the environmental and land-based sector, evaluating performance and identifying areas for development.