	KEY SKILLS VEHICLE PROJECT - BUYING A VEHICLE
Download PDF version of this Project OBJECTIVE To select a vehicle that you would like to own/drive. You must research the list price engine capacity dimensions fuel consumption of 20 models from at least five manufacturers. These can be cars, motorcycles or trucks (but not a combination). This research must be carried out using both magazines and the Internet.The price range for your selected vehicles must be as follows: For motorcycles - £1,000 to £12,000 For cars - £10,000 to £40,000 For trucks - £30,000 to £100,000 You must carry out all the relevant tasks as listed in the work instructions below, to present with your findings in a summary report, in which you will identify your selected vehicle from the research and state your reasons for the choice. WORK INSTRUCTIONS Keep all rough working notes and calculations – to be handed in with your project. All IT work to be saved to a disk – to be handed in with your project. Each document that is created should include a header containing YOUR NAME, YOUR GROUP NAME, TASK NUMBER. (See Helpsheet – Headers and Footers ).

KEY SKILLS

VEHICLE PROJECT - BUYING A VEHICLE

Download PDF version of this Project

OBJECTIVE

To select a vehicle that you would like to own/drive. You must research the

list price engine capacity dimensions
fuel consumption

of 20 models from at least five manufacturers. These can be cars, motorcycles or trucks (but not a combination). This research must be carried out using both magazines and the Internet.The price range for your selected vehicles must be as follows:

For motorcycles - £1,000 to £12,000 For cars - £10,000 to £40,000
For trucks - £30,000 to £100,000

You must carry out all the relevant tasks as listed in the work instructions below, to present with your findings in a summary report, in which you will identify your selected vehicle from the research and state your reasons for the choice. WORK INSTRUCTIONS

Keep all rough working notes and calculations – to be handed in with your project.
All IT work to be saved to a disk – to be handed in with your project.

Each document that is created should include a header containing YOUR NAME, YOUR GROUP NAME, TASK NUMBER. (See Helpsheet – Headers and Footers ).

Tasks 1, 2 & 3	Tasks 4, 5 & 6	Tasks 7, 8 & 9	Tasks 10, 11 & 12
Task 13	Tasks 14 - 16
SUMMARY OF GUIDELINES ON ASSIGNMENT PRESENTATION ALL WORK TO BE SAVED ON DISK. A HEADER TO BE INCLUDED ON EACH DOCUMENT. NUMBER EACH DOCUMENT AS THE TASKS ARE COMPLETED. GIVE EACH TASK A TITLE. MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE WORK INSTRUCTIONS FOR EACH TASK. SIGN EACH DOCUMENT TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS YOUR OWN WORK. ON COMPLETION OF ALL TASKS WITHIN THE ASSIGNMENT, WRITE YOUR REPORT AND REFER TO THE RELEVANT PAGE NUMBERS AS YOU INCLUDE THEM IN THE REPORT. CREATE A CONTENTS PAGE THAT WILL DIRECT THE ASSESSOR THROUGH YOUR ASSIGNMENT. THE COMPLETED ASSIGNMENT WILL CONSIST OF: A FRONT COVER CONTENTS PAGE HARD COPIES OF IT TASKS CALCULATIONS OF FUEL COST FUEL GRAPH SCALE DRAWING REPORT

Task 13

Tasks 14 - 16

SUMMARY OF GUIDELINES ON ASSIGNMENT PRESENTATION

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ALL WORK TO BE SAVED ON DISK. 
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A HEADER TO BE INCLUDED ON EACH DOCUMENT.

NUMBER EACH DOCUMENT AS THE TASKS ARE COMPLETED.

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GIVE EACH TASK A TITLE. 
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MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE WORK INSTRUCTIONS FOR EACH TASK.

SIGN EACH DOCUMENT TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS YOUR OWN WORK.

ON COMPLETION OF ALL TASKS WITHIN THE ASSIGNMENT, WRITE YOUR REPORT AND 
REFER TO THE RELEVANT PAGE NUMBERS AS YOU INCLUDE THEM IN THE REPORT.

CREATE A CONTENTS PAGE THAT WILL DIRECT THE ASSESSOR THROUGH YOUR ASSIGNMENT.

THE COMPLETED ASSIGNMENT WILL CONSIST OF:

A FRONT COVER
CONTENTS PAGE
HARD COPIES OF IT TASKS
CALCULATIONS OF FUEL COST
FUEL GRAPH
SCALE DRAWING
REPORT