Environmental engineer
Statistics, Mathematics and Mathematics at GCSE, then a Level 4 apprenticeship or a degree.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, one step above A levels · 3 standards and 9 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 4 — 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
Statistics leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: control chart, box plot, normal distribution, continuous data.
All subjects and shared ideas9
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE Statistics | 1.00 | control chart, box plot, normal distribution, continuous data, standardisation |
| GCSE Mathematics | 0.56 | correlation, prediction, sample size, distribution, box plot |
| A level Mathematics | 0.49 | central tendency, normal distribution, data distribution, correlation, probability distribution |
| GCSE Biology | 0.32 | prediction, correlation, hypothesis testing, presentation |
| A level Geography | 0.22 | correlation, measurement error, data collection |
| A level Sociology | 0.20 | stratification, value, data collection |
| GCSE Geography | 0.17 | sample size, presentation, data collection |
| A level Media Studies | 0.14 | distribution, value |
| A level Computer Science | 0.07 | computer programming, standards |
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 Statistics, Mathematics 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
Environmental engineers integrate environmental and sustainable measures in the development of projects of various natures. They seek to preserve natural resources and natural sites. They work together with engineers from other fields to envision all the implications that projects might have in order to design ways to conserve natural reserves, prevent pollution, and deploy sanitary measures.
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.