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ARTIST (301/ART)

1. Keep a sketch book for six months to give evidence of regular application of the subject and produce it at the examination.

2. Know:

a) six media

b) the materials on which the media named above can be used

c) the techniques peculiar to three different media

d) the equipment required to work in the medium of his choice

e) the basic art terms used in at least three media

3. Practical:

a) draw or paint an animal, bird or flower of known species

b) make a perspective drawing of a simple cube angled to the viewer

c) make a perspective drawing of a group of objects or buildings (size not

less than 30 x 25 cm)

d) draw or paint a 'still life' set by the instructor (size not less than 30 x 25 cm)

e) draw or paint a landscape (size not less than 45 x 30 cm)

4. Using pencils or paint, rough out a scene from a story set by the examiner, adding as much detail to part of it as time permits.

Note:

Practical tests may be done in the candidate's own lime and submitted at the examination together with a signed statement by a responsible person certifying that they are the unaided work-of the candidate.

COLLECTING (302/COL)

1. Keep albums, scrap-books, specimen trays, etc. properly captioned and show they have followed the pursuit for at least six months from the date of entering for this Proficiency Subject.

2. Those who have already built up collections must show a current and ongoing interest.

3. Must produce the collection at the examination and give 75% satisfactory answers to the examiner's questions (verbal) which must include how the interest started and the candidate's general knowledge of the subject of his collection,

4. Be able to name the tools and describe their uses for the collection,

5. Give a brief account on how you started your collection and what really inspired you most.

6. Having achieved your collection, describe how you can reach out to convince others in this collection.

Note:
Photograph albums will NOT count unless they relate to one specific subject which cannot be collected, such as cloud formations, protected plants, buildings of architectural interest, railway engines, etc.

ELECTRICAL REPAIRS (303/ELR)

1. Know the basic formulae used in electricity and the relationship between volts, amperes, ohms and watts.

2. Know the basic tools required to make up a kit for domestic electrical repairs.

3. Know the limitations of what work may be carried out by an amateur and what requires professional attention.

4. Know the importance of switching off the mains supply when carrying out work on the electrical installation. Know how to change or repair a mains fuse.

5. Know the importance of an Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker and how to reset it.

6. Know the colour coding for a 3-core wiring system.

7. Know the types and sizes of plugs, fuses and cables to be used for various domestice quipment.

8. Know how to fit a wall socket or any other fixture in the mains circuit and why their tasks should be undertaken by a professional.

9. Be able to replace a fluorescent tube and know the principle on which it works.

10. Understand the effects of moisture or condensation when handling electrical appliances and installations.

11. Know how to clean and maintain household equipment and if faulty, recognise the type of defect which require professional repair. At the examination, detect and repair a simple fault in one of the appliances.

HOMECRAFT (304/HCF)
1. Be able to plan a week's work in the house, allocating time to cleaning, cooking, shopping, laundry, household maintenance and recreation.

2. Know how to keep simple household accounts.

3. Know the routine for house cleaning.

4. Know the importance of cleanliness in general, with particular emphasis on

a) the care of cooking utensils and equipment including refrigerators, cookers, washing machines.

b) cleaning equipment, eg vacuum cleaners, brushers, duster, tea-towels, etc.

c) tooth-brushes, face-cloths, towels, etc.

d) shoes and clothings

e) baths, basins and sinks, WCs, drains, waste-bins and dustbins, etc.

5. Know the basic rules for storing food in a refrigerator and a deep freezer.

6. Sketch their own idea of a well planned kitchen measuring not more than 4 m by 3 m to incorporate convenience, safety, good storage for non-refrigerated foods and general tidiness. Take the sketch to the examination and answer questions on the reasons for their arrangement,

7. Know the safe way to place saucepans with long handles on a cooker, particularly where there are young children in the home.

8. Be able to lay a table with place settings for four people for the main family meal and a table for six for a dinner party.

9. Know how to receive and entertain guests, pout drinks and serve tea or coffee.

10. Be able to launder personal clothing and small household items by hand or machine, as appropriate.

11. Know the meaning of symbols on clothing for washing/ironing/dry cleaning, etc and the recommended methods and temperatures for laundering manmade materials.

12. Be able to maintain and mend clothes, e.g. sew on buttons correctly and securely, repair hems and underwear, valet a man's suit and ladles' coats, etc.

13. Be able to hang a picture to show it to advantage, securely, neatly and without damaging the wall and be able to plug a wall using a 'Rawiplug'.

14. Be able to repair a dripping tap and change the fluorescent tube of a light fitting.

15. Be able to suggest the colour plan for a four-room flat and have knowledge of the types of paint required for walls, doors and iron grilles.

16. Know the basics of preparing coffee/tea, sandwiches and French toast.

17. Give a list of tools which you feel is required in a home and state the purpose(s) of each.

18. Know the correct colour coding for electric wires and be able to wire a three-pin plug and the correct type of wires/cables for specific equipment.

19. Know the limitations when using a three-way adaptor plug.

20. Be able to mend a fuse.

21. Know the basic causes of fire in the home and the safety precautions to take to avoid them, e.g. when televisions sets and electrical equipment are not in use, airing clothes, emptying ash-trays, etc.

22. Know the basic safety precautions to take against burglary, (Practical tests will be conducted where appropriate.)

LIBRARIAN (305/LIB)

1 Know the formal of a book, i.e. the author, title, publisher, date of publishing, the preface, contents, index, bibliography, etc.

2 Understand the functions of the various library departments, including 12 hours practical work, in a library over a period of 3 months.

3 Attend an organised tour of the National Library.

4 Understand the classification, cataloguing, shelving of fiction and nonfiction books. Know about access to large permit books, records, cassettes and music scores.

5 Perform practical work to include retrieval of information and finding from catalogues and standard reference books, atlases, road maps, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, Guinness Book of Records, Yearbooks, Whitaker's Almanac, Who's Who, etc.

6 Be able to make practical use of the library catalogue/index to find specific books.

7 Be able to discuss:

(1 ) A book of own choice

(2) A biography of someone who has lived with a disability problem

(3) Write a short essay (not more than 2,000 words) on their impressions of the course they have taken.

MARTIAL ARTS (306/MAT)
Pass the first four recognised gradings (which will require about one year of learning the particular martial art) and produce the necessary document (s) as proof.

MUSICIAN (307/MSC)

1. Be able to play a musical instrument - brass, woodwind or percussion; have a working knowledge of the care and maintenance of the chosen instrument.

2. Attain a pass at the ABRSM Grade III (practical) examination for an instrument of choice

3. Attain a pass at the ABRSM Grade III (theory) examination.

PHOTOGRAPHY (308/PHO)

1 . Have a basic knowledge of available types of camera and their general/ special features.

2 Know the emulsion films and their uses.

(a) Black and white film
(b) Colour negative film

(c) Colour reversed film

3 Know the types of developers for film processing and paper processing.
4 Understand film 'speed'- ASA or ISO.

5 Understand the relationship of apertures, shutterspeed, focus and depth of field.

6 Process a roll of black and white film.

7 Print a picture from the negative.

8 Produce at the examination -

(i) Colour or black and white photographs (5" x 7") of the following and explain how the photograph is taken

(a) Indoor portrait - by artificial light

(b) Indoor portrait - by nearby window with natural light

(c) Sport-action photograph (outdoor or indoor)

(d) Pictorial

(ii) Six 3R prints together with negatives of work undertaken over a period of three months on a self-chosen subject.

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE (309/CPU)

1. The ability to show certain level of computer literacy.

2. Know the basic parts of the Computer.

3. Familiar with some of the computer accessories/ peripherals.

4. Familiar with some of the application software.

5. Able to use one of the application software. e.g. Wordprocessor, Data Management or Spreadsheet.

6. The ability to run the DOS (Disk Operating System)/ Windows

7. Knowledge of the Hard Dsk Management.

8. To produce a certificate of attendance of attending a intermediate course on computer knowledge /Application software.

- (certificate pending the decision make by the CPB committee).

Minimum duration: 10 hours

COMMUNITY SONG (310/CMS)

A member who qualified for the Community Song Badge must be:

Able to sing all the compulsory songs listed below.
Able to sing 50% of the optional songs listed below.

Assessor:
School music teacher
Any qualified music instructors.

LIST OF COMPULSORY SONGS:

LIST OF OPTIONAL SONGS:

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