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      Cambridge Nationals Engineering Design Unit R105 03 June 2020

      Important changes to Unit R105 for first teaching September 2020

      We’ve made some changes to the content of Unit R015: Design briefs, design specifications and user requirements. This is a mandatory, externally assessed unit in the following qualifications:

      Entry code Qualification title Qualification number
      J831 OCR Level 1/Level 2 Cambridge National Award in Engineering Design 601/1410/1
      J841 OCR Level 1/Level 2 Cambridge National Certificate in Engineering Design 601/1411/3

      The revised content will be implemented for first teach in September 2020, and for first assessment in January 2021.

      As a result of feedback received, we’ve made these changes covering each of the Learning Outcomes (LOs) in the unit because we were told that:

      • some of the terminology and related content was out-of-date making it difficult to deliver
      • the organisation of the content across the LOs needed some improvement, to offer better grouping of related subject areas.
      • some of the LOs were not clear in specifying the level of detail required when candidates respond to exam questions, specifically those areas where a direct question may be asked (signified by an i.e in the content).

      You’ll note there are no significant changes to what candidates must learn, rather how we have expressed ourselves in the specification to offer you clarity.

      A revised version of the specification containing these changes is available on the Cambridge Nationals Engineering Design web page.

      To support your delivery, we’ve published a scheme of work which can be downloaded from our Planning and teaching, Schemes of work web page or at the link below:

      R105: Design briefs, design specifications and user requirements 

      In addition, Hodder Education are due to publish an endorsed textbook before the new school year. The sample pages, inspection copies and pre-order are available through the Hodder Education website.

      If you have any queries about this update, please call our Customer Support Centre on 01223 553998 or email vocational.qualifications@ocr.org.uk.

      Qualifications

      • Engineering Design Level 1/2 Award/Certificate - J831, J841
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