Mechanical engineering technician
Design and Technology, Mathematics and Design and Technology at GCSE, then a Level 3 apprenticeship straight after school.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, the same level as A levels · 6 standards and 10 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 3 — 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, material selection, design constraint, component.
All subjects and shared ideas10
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE Design and Technology | 1.00 | material property, material selection, design constraint, component, corrosion |
| A level Mathematics | 0.81 | trigonometric identity, exponential function, calculus, si unit, graph |
| A level Design and Technology | 0.72 | casting, corrosion, non-destructive testing, system design, material property |
| A level Geography | 0.43 | mass balance, data analysis technique, data collection |
| A level Art and Design | 0.36 | technology, material |
| GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition | 0.35 | food security, food safety |
| A level History | 0.35 | historical development, historical significance |
| A level Physics | 0.35 | radian measure, si unit |
| GCSE Mathematics | 0.31 | exponential function, graph |
| GCSE Chemistry | 0.26 | corrosion, material property, material selection |
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, Mathematics and Design and Technology, 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
Mechanical engineering technicians provide technical support to mechanical engineers in producing and manufacturing mechanical machinery. They help make designs and adjustments, and perform tests. They also develop layouts and drawings, collate and interpret data and write reports.
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.