Pottery and Ceramics MQF 2

Entry Requirements

No specific entry requirements are needed for this level.

Duration

8 week course with 3 contact hours per week

Learning outcome

“Expected learning outcomes for this course include:

Knowledge
• Understand ceramic terminology, processes, tools, equipment, and stages of production.
• Identify types of clay, their properties, origins, and suitability for use.
• Understand health, safety, environmental, and sustainability principles, including recycling and responsible material use.
• Understand the function, operation, and safe use of kilns in the ceramic process.
Skills

• Apply safe practices, including proper material handling, workspace organisation, and storage.
• Explore and use hand-building techniques to create and develop forms.
• Apply design thinking and aesthetic principles in planning and producing work.
• Use surface finishing techniques to improve the visual and tactile quality of pieces.

Competence

• Use appropriate tools, materials, and techniques for ceramic production safely.
• Apply hand-building methods (pinch, coil, slab, mould) to produce functional and artistic forms.
• Integrate decorative and finishing techniques effectively.
• Carry out a simple design process from idea to final product.
• Develop ideas suited to materials and methods, with guidance.
• Plan, evaluate, and refine ceramic work using basic design and aesthetic principles

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Delivery method

Face to face lesson and hands on practice

Certification/Award

An award certificate accredited by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority will be awarded to learners who attend a minimum of 80% of the course and achieve an overall mark of 45% or higher in their tasks.

Language of instruction

Bilingual