Explain the importance of “reduce, reuse, and recycle” and life cycle assessment (LCA) when designing, manufacturing, and marketing a product.

Explain the need for environmental stewardship and describe how the manufacturing industry can act in an environmentally responsible way (e.g., by harvesting raw materials in a sustainable manner, using energy from renewable sources, making products that can be recycled, ensuring ethical treatment of people affected by manufacturing activities.

Describe the past and present effects of manufacturing on society (e.g., changes in work environments and lifestyle brought about by the Industrial Revolution, rising standards of living, widespread availability of consumer goods, effect of resource extraction on Aboriginal communities, effect on developing countries that accept industrialized countries’ waste), and predict how manufacturing will affect society in the future.

Identify the economic benefits that the manufacturing industry can provide at the local and provincial levels.

Evaluate from various perspectives (e.g., safety, technical, financial, environmental, ethical) the effects of new and emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g., wireless technology in cell phones and personal digital assistants [PDAs], improved materials and design in sports equipment that offer better protection, collision avoidance safety feature on motor vehicles) on culture and society.