Updated for the new GCSEs, Collins Real-World Technology provides invaluable insight into industrial practices. With knowledge, skills and processes juxtaposed with their application in the working lives of designers and manufacturers, the books successfully bring together workshop and classroom activity with real-world practice in product design. The book contains: Techniques linked to the real world so pupils can understand the relevance of their work to industrial manufacturing Comprehensive coverage of the forming and fabricating processes A chapter examining the Design and Technology projects from schools and colleges