Installation engineer
Design and Technology, Physics and Computer Science at A level, then a Level 6 apprenticeship or a degree.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, a bachelor’s degree · 13 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: computer-aided design, statistics, material property, material selection.
All subjects and shared ideas10
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| A level Design and Technology | 1.00 | computer-aided design, statistics, material property, material selection, design for manufacture |
| GCSE Physics | 0.88 | force, power, pressure, electrical safety, solar system |
| GCSE Computer Science | 0.65 | wireless network, hardware, network security, operating systems, graphics |
| A level Mathematics | 0.52 | equilibrium, dynamics, statics, kinematics, integration |
| GCSE Chemistry | 0.51 | material property, material selection, model limitation, data interpretation, equilibrium |
| GCSE Design and Technology | 0.40 | material property, material selection, design brief, fabrication, emergent technologies |
| GCSE Biology | 0.26 | conclusion, scientific method, statistical analysis, data presentation |
| GCSE Physical Education | 0.23 | data evaluation, performance analysis |
| A level Biology | 0.20 | conclusion, circuit diagrams, data presentation |
| A level Further Mathematics | 0.16 | 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.
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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 Computer Science, 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
Installation engineers oversee and manage the installing of structures, which take often many years to design and construct. They ensure safety, avoid risks and they aim to the optimalisation of costs. Installation engineers also create constructive designs of systems and perform installation system testing. They determine the material needed for the construction of these systems and the costs, and use CAD software to design these systems.
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.