Manufacturing Team Challenge
Conceiving, designing, and completing a manufacturing project as part of an effective and efficient team of specialists.
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Why is this skill important?
While individual skills are important, being able to work with others as part of a team is the key to the success of any project.
This skill challenge brings together a team of complementary specialists that could include project management, electronics, programming, machining and computer-aided design. Time, cost and quality are all factors in this competition.
It means that in addition to your individual talents you must contribute to the team as a whole, showing self-awareness, interpersonal skills and thinking outside the boundaries of your own area of expertise.
Could this skill be for you?
If you like:
- Making things
- Complex problems
- Working as a team
You should also take a look at:
- Manufacturing and Engineering Technology
The Challenge
Important elements of the challenge include:
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In a team, competitors will carry out a computer-aided design in preparation for the manufacturing task.
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Next, the team will set up and machine all components required for the project.
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Each team will manufacture, assemble and test the project.
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The capacity to work within and contribute to a team is vital to this Skill.
