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Computer vision engineer

Occupation · ISCO 2511what the job is

Mathematics, Mathematics and Statistics at GCSE, then a Level 7 apprenticeship or a degree.

Closest route from school
Level 7

the nearest apprenticeship standard, a master’s degree · 3 standards and 10 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content

Which subjects to pickSchools where they are taken most

Level 7 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.

At school · Years 9–13

Which subjects build towards it?

10GCSE and A level subjects share ideas with this job; GCSE Mathematics is the closest

Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.

DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today

GCSE Mathematics1.00
A level Mathematics0.98
GCSE Statistics0.69
A level Further Mathematics0.60
GCSE Geography0.37

Mathematics leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: kinematics, construction, integer, mean.

All subjects and shared ideas10
SubjectMatchShared ideas
GCSE Mathematics1.00kinematics, construction, integer, mean, outlier
A level Mathematics0.98kinematics, integration, outlier, data distribution, standard deviation
GCSE Statistics0.69format selection, outlier, mean, standard deviation, qualitative data
A level Further Mathematics0.60kinematics, integration
GCSE Geography0.37mean, chart, qualitative data, quantitative data, presentation
A level Geography0.34mean, qualitative data, quantitative data, data quality, data presentation
GCSE Computer Science0.33integer, string, data structure, privacy
A level Computer Science0.29documentation, computer programming, modelling, data structure
GCSE Psychology0.28mean, qualitative data, quantitative data, non-verbal communication
GCSE Business Studies0.22chart, qualitative data, quantitative data
After school · 16–19 and beyond

Which apprenticeships lead here?

3Skills England standards match this job

Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.

Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Advanced robotics engineerLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · closest match · shares digital image processing, principles of artificial intelligence, statistics · ST1381Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · start straight after GCSEs · shares machine learning, principles of artificial intelligence, perform data cleansing, statistics · ST0795Operational research specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · business and administration · shares machine learning, computer programming · ST0884
England

Where are these subjects taken most?

Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Mathematics, Mathematics and Statistics, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.

Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.

DfE subject entries

Aylesbury Grammar SchoolAylesbury, Buckinghamshire · GCSE Mathematics, A level Mathematics, GCSE StatisticsKing Edward VI Grammar School, ChelmsfordChelmsford, Essex · GCSE Mathematics, A level Mathematics, GCSE StatisticsWilson's SchoolWallington, Sutton · GCSE Mathematics, A level Mathematics, GCSE Geography
More schools9
Cambridge Academy for Science and TechnologyCambridge, Cambridgeshire · GCSE Mathematics, GCSE Statistics, A level MathematicsUTC PortsmouthPortsmouth, Portsmouth · GCSE Mathematics, A level Mathematics, GCSE StatisticsStanground AcademyPeterborough, Peterborough · GCSE Mathematics, GCSE Statistics, A level MathematicsThe Henrietta Barnett SchoolLondon, Barnet · GCSE Mathematics, A level Mathematics, GCSE GeographySt Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar SchoolOrpington, Bromley · GCSE Mathematics, A level Mathematics, GCSE GeographySt Bernard's Catholic Grammar SchoolSlough, Slough · GCSE Mathematics, A level Mathematics, GCSE StatisticsSutton Grammar SchoolSutton, Sutton · GCSE Mathematics, A level Mathematics, GCSE GeographyIlford County High SchoolIlford, Redbridge · GCSE Mathematics, A level Mathematics, GCSE GeographyBingley Grammar SchoolBingley, Bradford · GCSE Mathematics, GCSE Statistics, A level Mathematics
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ESCO · 2511

What the job is

Computer vision engineers research, design, develop, and train artificial intelligence algorithms and machine learning primitives that understand the content of digital images based on a large amount of data. They apply this understanding to solve different real-world problems such as security, autonomous driving, robotic manufacturing, digital image classification, medical image processing and diagnosis, etc.

Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union.

This is a model of overlapping content, not careers advice or entry requirements, which employers and training providers set. Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union. Apprenticeship standards: Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School subjects and entries: Department for Education. Links between them are made by sch.today. Methodology.