Resources
Engineering career route maps
Opportunities for engineers exist at all levels and these career route maps from Neon show various routes through education and training to become a professional engineer in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Engineering Careers - Apprentice Mechanical Fitter
In this video Dean Scaife talks about the skills he needs as he works as an Apprentice Mechanical Fitter. He discusses why his job is important in the overall scheme of the ship build and how he can apply the skills he uses in his job to his everyday home life. He also speaks about properties of metals and other...
Engineering Careers - Foreman Fitter
Stephen Turpin is a Foreman Fitter who has worked his way up through the ranks to his current role. Here he talks about how he climbed up the career ladder and why maths, physics and chemistry is important in his role. He also talks about the importance of ship design and the satisfaction of seeing the ship sail...
Engineering Careers - Mechanical Design Engineer
In this video Sam Creed discusses how playing with Lego in his youth sparked his interest in engineering and how those skills and experiences still apply in his role today. He also touches upon problem solving and how building 'big robots' can be really satisfying.
Engineering careers - Naval architect
In this video you hear from Matt Slater who is a Naval Architect. He talks about what his job entails such as ship design and ship building, along with how team work is important and other skills such as IT fits into his role.
Engineering Careers - Principal Engineer
In this inspiring video, John Eldridge who is a Principal Engineer explains why curiosity is so important when it comes to STEM skills. He also discusses that this job is being involved with some of the biggest machines on Earth and the varied routes you can take to get into...
These resources cover many types of engineering, but the common theme is that they contain activities that pupils could complete to show how engineers solve problems through the application of science and design.
The 'What is engineering?' resource contains a useful presentation 'Engineers don't all wear...
Here are 5 videos of people who work at Cammell Laird, the shipyard responsible for the building of the RRS...
Engineering changemakers
This guided reading activity sheet introduces six engineers and the work that they do. There are differentiated questions for pupils.
Children's colouring book released by Leeds College of Art and the University of Leeds.