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Why Design?

Why Design?. What do you want to do when you grow up?.

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Why Design?

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  1. Why Design?

  2. What do you want to do when you grow up? • Some 70-year-olds still struggle with this question, but you are expected to start thinking about an answer at 14. If you have a driving passion for something, you might already know the answer. If that’s you, congratulations. If, instead, you’re like most people, then you don’t know for sure what you want to do. This is where this information should help you.

  3. Have you considered a career in Design and Technology? • Namely; science, engineering, technology or design • Perhaps you think that the subject matter is too hard or would limit what you can do. The truth is the opposite: a good background in any of these subjects can open doors in any sector and lead you to interesting and unexpected work.

  4. Making Decisions • Your decisions are more complicated than those of past generations. • First the world you will work in will change rapidly because of the internet and the digital revolution, which has always been part of your life but barely existed when you were born.

  5. Second, the nature of employment itself is changing. Your career will include multiple employers and jobs, and you will always need to keep learning new skills. So don’t write off technical subjects – the fewer choices you close off now, the more options you will have later. There are big and very diverse opportunities in • SET STEM and D & T

  6. Why not do some research? • Aerospace and Defence • www.just4Aviation.net • www.aviationjobsearch.com • www.sbac.co.uk • www.rafcarees.com • www.bnsc.gov.uk

  7. Agriculture • www.lantra.co.uk • www.ajobin.com Automotive • www.remittraining.co.uk • www.the-mia.com

  8. Construction • www.bconstructive.co.uk/career/ • www.cibse.org • www.best-ltd.co.uk • www.abe.org.uk

  9. Electronics • www.iee.org/EduCareers/Schools • www.careers-scotland.org.uk • www.prospects.ac.uk • Energy and Utilities • www.euskill.co.uk • www.british-energy.com

  10. Food & Drink www.improveltd.co.uk www.foodtechcareers.org Healthcare www.nhscareers.nhs.uk www.connexion-direct.com/jobs4u www.careers-scotland.org.uk www.ipem.ac.uk

  11. Industrial Design www.yourcreativefuture.org www.ied.org.uk Sustainable Technologies www.sgr.org.uk/ethics.html www.bwea.com www.sd-commission.org.uk www.sustainabledesignnet.org.uk

  12. Transportation • Travel planners are much in demand to deliver the governments £181billion, ten year transport plan which includes upgrading the West Coast rail line, new signalling nationwide, Heathrow’s terminal 5 and the M25’s widening. • www.ihie.org.uk Road transport careers • www.transportationopportunities.org.uk

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