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GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT TASKSMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGYGRADE 12 2008ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONThis guideline consists of 2 pages.

Mechanical technology 2 DoE/Examination Guidelines Amendments 2008NSCThe practical assessment task for 2008 was reviewed and the followingrecommendations are put forward for your kind consideration.THREE QUESTIONS:Due to total amount of different tasks set in the Practical Assessment Task (PAT) of 2008the PAT seems to be too difficult to complete during one year. The teachers could beguided and assisted in a very short time to clarify and implement the suggested PAT.It is therefore recommended that the PAT be adjusted as follows:• The scenarios of question one (pg 9) and question two (Pg 14) will be usedas the Practical Assessment Task (PAT) for 2008. One of these scenarioscan be chosen as the PAT for 2008. The Technological process need to beincluded in the required Design Portfolio.Please note: The word (elevate) used in the scenario on pg 9 must bereplaced with the word support.• Question one ( joining methods pg 8) could be used as aninvestigation task for the school based assessment ( CASS)The scenario given (Motor Trestle) should be used as PAT.• Question two (pg 11-13) will be used as a simulation task forthe school based assessment ( CASS).The scenario given (Machine part) should be used as PAT• Question three (pg 16-18) could be used as an investigation task for theschool based assessment ( CASS).The working drawing (Figure 1 on pg 10) is included as an example and innovations canbe done by the learners.The working drawing (Figure 5 on pg 14) needs to be corrected by adding the diametersymbols ( ∅ ) on the drawing.Thank you for your kind assistance in this delicate matter.2