A day in the life of a health and safety engineer - with VGC Group

Learning outcomes

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  Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects

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  Improve attainment and progress in STEM subjects

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  Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers

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  Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering

Gatsby benchmarks

The Gatsby benchmarks are a framework for good careers guidance for schools across all of England and in some areas across the rest of the UK. This experience helps your school to reach the following benchmarks:

• Learning from career and labour market information
• Linking curriculum learning to careers
• Encounters with further and higher education

Essential skills

The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:

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  Planning - Setting goals and designing routes to achieve them

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  Listening - Receiving, retaining and processing information