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Remote sensing technician

Occupation · ISCO 3111what the job is

Geography and Mathematics at A level, then a Level 6 apprenticeship or a degree.

Closest route from school
Level 6

the nearest apprenticeship standard, a bachelor’s degree · 1 standard and 2 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content

Which subjects to pickSchools where they are taken most

Level 6 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.

At school · Years 9–13

Which subjects build towards it?

2GCSE and A level subjects share ideas with this job; A level Geography is the closest

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

A level Geography1.00
A level Mathematics0.46

Geography leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: geospatial data, data quality, data presentation.

All subjects and shared ideas2
SubjectMatchShared ideas
A level Geography1.00geospatial data, data quality, data presentation
A level Mathematics0.46data presentation, accuracy
After school · 16–19 and beyond

Which apprenticeships lead here?

1Skills England standard match this job

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

Geospatial mapping and science specialist (degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · construction and the built environment · closest match · shares remote sensing techniques, geodesy, geographic information systems · ST0492
England

Where are these subjects taken most?

Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Geography 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

Treviglas AcademyNewquay, Cornwall · A level Geography, A level MathematicsLeigh Academy TonbridgeTonbridge, Kent · A level Geography, A level MathematicsHarefield SchoolUxbridge, Hillingdon · A level Geography
More schools9
Sherburn High SchoolLeeds, North Yorkshire · A level Geography, A level MathematicsSouth Nottinghamshire AcademyNottingham, Nottinghamshire · A level Geography, A level MathematicsWye SchoolWye, Kent · A level Geography, A level MathematicsKew HouseLondon, Hounslow · A level Geography, A level MathematicsUplands AcademyWadhurst, East Sussex · A level Geography, A level MathematicsMeden SchoolMansfield, Nottinghamshire · A level Geography, A level MathematicsAbingdon SchoolAbingdon, Oxfordshire · A level Mathematics, A level GeographyThe John Lyon SchoolHarrow-on-the-Hill, Harrow · A level Geography, A level MathematicsTorquay Boys' Grammar SchoolTorquay, Torbay · A level Geography, A level Mathematics
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ESCO · 3111

What the job is

Remote sensing technicians collect airborne data. They utilise equipment aimed for the collection of data and determination of geographical points in order to help in a variety of operations such as land conservation, urban planning, and military operations.

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