National 5
Practical Metalworking · National 5
Bench skills, machining and metalwork project work.
What Practical Metalworking is about
Practical Metalworking teaches workshop skills in metal: measuring and marking out, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing, with safe working practice throughout.
What it offers you
A strong route into engineering, fabrication and construction apprenticeships.
Papers & marking schemes
2025
2 files2024
2 filesSQA publishes the most recent five years of papers. Older papers and specimen papers live on their site — open Practical Metalworking National 5 on sqa.org.uk.