Practical Metalworking
Develop safe, accurate metalworking skills through practical tasks.
Add to my subjectsNational 5 Practical Metalworking is not listed for a national written exam in the 2027 diet. Its assessment is not an exam date we can infer.
Ask your school or college for practical, performance, project or portfolio dates and submission deadlines. Use the official course page below for the requirements at your level.
The subject at a glance.
- Bench skills
- Machine processes
- Fabrication and finishing
These are broad subject themes, not an exhaustive syllabus or a promise of topic coverage at every level. Use your qualification-level specification and confirm taught options, coursework and practical requirements with your teacher.
A useful way to prepare
Work safely and check dimensions at each stage. Ask your teacher for your assignment and practical schedule.
Check with your school or college
- Your exact qualification entry, taught options and personal exam timetable.
- Coursework, practical and performance deadlines; these are not all in the national exam timetable.
- Permitted equipment, arrival instructions, rooms and any approved assessment arrangements.
The dates worth keeping.
- National exam period
- 26 April–3 June 2027
- National contingency day
- Results day
These are national times in British Summer Time (BST), not prelim dates or your personal exam arrangements. Your school or college confirms rooms, seat numbers, extra time, practical assessments and coursework deadlines. Keep the contingency day available as advised by your centre.
Source: Qualifications Scotland 2027 timetable, Version 02, August 2026. Checked . Check for updates before relying on a downloaded calendar.
Official timetable updates