Electrical engineer
Design and Technology, Physics and Mathematics at A level, then a Level 6 apprenticeship or a degree.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, a bachelor’s degree · 15 standards and 10 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 6 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.
Which subjects build towards it?
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
Design and Technology leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: design for manufacture, control system, material selection, computer-aided design.
All subjects and shared ideas10
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| A level Design and Technology | 1.00 | design for manufacture, control system, material selection, computer-aided design, trigonometry |
| GCSE Physics | 0.85 | electrical power, energy transfer, ohm's law, transformer, energy efficiency |
| A level Mathematics | 0.74 | equilibrium, dynamics, statics, kinematics, integration |
| GCSE Computer Science | 0.63 | embedded systems, testing, graphics, vulnerability, ethics |
| A level Biology | 0.62 | conclusion, circuit diagrams, data presentation, data recording, energy transfer |
| GCSE Chemistry | 0.54 | material property, equilibrium, material selection, model limitation, data interpretation |
| GCSE Design and Technology | 0.43 | fabrication, material selection, design brief, material property, emergent technologies |
| GCSE Art and Design | 0.31 | annotation, environment, material, issue, experimentation |
| GCSE Biology | 0.27 | conclusion, scientific method, statistical analysis, data presentation |
| A level Further Mathematics | 0.18 | kinematics, integration |
Which apprenticeships lead here?
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
Where are these subjects taken most?
Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Design and Technology, Physics and Mathematics, 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
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What the job is
Electrical engineers design and develop electrical systems, electrical equipment, components, motors, and equipment with the feature of energy transmission. They engage in large scale projects such as the design and maintenance of power stations, and the distribution of power to smaller applications such as household appliances.
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.