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Thermal engineer

Occupation · ISCO 2149what the job is

Design and Technology and Physics 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 Design and Technology 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 Design and Technology1.00
GCSE Physics0.51

Design and Technology leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: performance modelling, electronic system, circuit diagrams, product life-cycle.

All subjects and shared ideas2
SubjectMatchShared ideas
A level Design and Technology1.00performance modelling, electronic system, circuit diagrams, product life-cycle, material property
GCSE Physics0.51vibration, radiation
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

Space systems engineerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · closest match · shares heat transfer processes, report test findings · ST0856
England

Where are these subjects taken most?

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

Millom SchoolMillom, Cumberland · A level Design and Technology, GCSE PhysicsSir William Ramsay SchoolHigh Wycombe, Buckinghamshire · A level Design and Technology, GCSE PhysicsKnole AcademySevenoaks, Kent · A level Design and Technology, GCSE Physics
More schools9
University Technical College LeedsLeeds, Leeds · GCSE Physics, A level Design and TechnologyWMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)Birmingham, Solihull · GCSE Physics, A level Design and TechnologyGreater Peterborough UTCPeterborough, Peterborough · GCSE Physics, A level Design and TechnologyUTC OxfordshireDidcot, Oxfordshire · GCSE Physics, A level Design and TechnologyShireland Collegiate AcademySmethwick, Sandwell · GCSE Physics, A level Design and TechnologyTownsend Church of England SchoolSt Albans, Hertfordshire · GCSE Physics, A level Design and TechnologyWMG Academy for Young EngineersCoventry, Coventry · GCSE Physics, A level Design and TechnologyHalliford SchoolShepperton, Surrey · GCSE Physics, A level Design and TechnologyThe JCB AcademyRocester, Staffordshire · GCSE Physics, A level Design and Technology
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ESCO · 2149

What the job is

Thermal engineers design systems which provide heating or cooling, using thermodynamics, that transfer heat or energy through liquids and gases. They also construct these systems, and perform test to ensure proper functionality.

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.