Instrumentation engineer
Design and Technology, Mathematics and Physics at A level, then a Level 6 apprenticeship or a degree.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, a bachelor’s degree · 9 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: material property, product life-cycle, design for manufacture, computer-aided design.
All subjects and shared ideas10
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| A level Design and Technology | 1.00 | material property, product life-cycle, design for manufacture, computer-aided design, trigonometry |
| A level Mathematics | 0.55 | integration, equilibrium, dynamics, statics, kinematics |
| GCSE Physics | 0.31 | free body diagram, equilibrium, vibration, radiation |
| GCSE Computer Science | 0.29 | graphics, vulnerability, ethics, embedded systems, testing |
| GCSE Biology | 0.20 | conclusion, scientific method, statistical analysis, data presentation |
| GCSE Design and Technology | 0.20 | design brief, fabrication, material property, material selection, emergent technologies |
| A level Business Studies | 0.17 | investment appraisal, product life-cycle, change management, leadership |
| A level Biology | 0.15 | conclusion, circuit diagrams, data presentation |
| GCSE Chemistry | 0.15 | equilibrium, material property, material selection |
| A level Further Mathematics | 0.14 | 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, Mathematics and Physics, 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
More schools9
What the job is
Instrumentation engineers envision and design equipment used in manufacturing processes for controlling and monitoring various engineering processes remotely. They design equipment for the monitoring of production sites such as manufacturing systems, machinery uses and production processes.
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.