Year 10 In-Comm Visit

Following an in school STEM taster day, a group of Year 10 students went to In-Comm Training Provider in Aldridge to take part in some other STEM actitivies. The students were given the opportunity to explore the site and get an insight into the different companies that send their apprentices to In-Comm, as well as some of the apprenticeship jobs on offer.

They had a talk from Mark at Brandauer about the roles their apprentices have, and the progression routes they offer, before seeing some of the apprentices from a variety of companies carrying out their education.

Following this, the students were given a short talk about what they could do before being set a challenge of designing and building a device to move a ping pong ball 200mm horizontally and 200mm vertically. They were shown how to use pneumatics and given a variety of equipment they could use.

The students were then given a talk by two of the current apprentices, Lydia (an ex-Aldridge School pupil) who works for Collins Aerospace as a Hydro Mechanic and Ellis who works for Assa Abloy as a Maintenance Engineer. Lydia and Ellis then judged the students’ efforts. The apprentices were impressed with the models produced and presentations given by the students.

A great day of learning for our students and a big thank you to In-Comm, Brandauer, Collins Aerospace and Assa Abloy for providing the opportunity.