Manufacturing engineer
Biology, Design and Technology and Mathematics at A level, then a Level 6 apprenticeship or a degree.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, a bachelor’s degree · 3 standards and 4 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
Biology leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: data recording, data presentation, conclusion, circuit diagrams.
All subjects and shared ideas4
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| A level Biology | 1.00 | data recording, data presentation, conclusion, circuit diagrams, measurement uncertainty |
| A level Design and Technology | 0.63 | casting, moulding, circuit diagrams, material selection, quality control |
| A level Mathematics | 0.47 | mechanics, force, data presentation |
| A level Sociology | 0.24 | conclusion, data collection |
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 Biology, Design and Technology 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
Manufacturing engineers design manufacturing processes for different kinds of production processes. They integrate those specificities and constraints posed by the industry or the product being produced with general and wide-spread manufacturing engineering principles into the design and planification of manufacturing processes.
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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.