Two pupils from a Shrewsbury school are learning all about engineering during a work experience placement at Salop Design & Engineering this week. Martin Pengilley with Director Christopher Greenough and Tom Halford outside Salop Design & Engineering Ltd.
Martin Pengilley, 15, and Tom Halford, 14, are both students at Meole Brace School Science College and have joined the team to find out more about their possible future careers. Martin Pengilley said: My Dad is an engineer so following in his footsteps is always something I have been interested in. The opportunity for a weeks placement here is a real boost for helping me to decide my future career. Tom Halford added: The placement has been very interesting so far, there are so many aspects to engineering, we are being given a taster of everything that takes place here at Salop Design & Engineering.
Director Christopher Greenough said: This is a great opportunity for the students; it gives them experience of a real working environment and teaches them how to put their education to use in the engineering industry. The UK engineering industry is going to have a shortage of engineers in the next few years so we need to be looking for and helping to develop the next generation.
Mr Lumley, PSHE and Careers Coordinator at Meole Brace School said: The Work Experience programme is an important part of our KS4 curriculum and we greatly value the opportunities given to our students by local businesses and organisations. Thank you.
Salop Design & Engineering is one of the leading Manufacturers of Metal Pressings and Assemblies in the Midlands.