Year 10 Work Experience week 12th-16th May
Year 10 Work Experience – Placement opportunity
AECOM, who are based in St Albans, are running a structured work experience during the week of 12 May 2025. The activities detailed are:
The student will get experience within all 3 of their main divisions, Buildings, Environment/Water & Transportation – this will be project based and enable the student to better understand the company and how the different departments interact. A specially adapted induction to the company will be given on the first day.
Under supervision by a qualified/experienced member of staff and following assessment and training activities may include:
- Health and Safety Talk
- Site visit – (on provision that parental and/or school approval has been given) but will be supervised at all times
- Various project design tasks – problem solving/using analysis package where relevant
- AutoCAD, Dialux and Revit will be taught
- Bridge building challenge – Team work
- An insight into marketing & communications activities
- Graduate presentations – Their work experience so far and details of projects different divisions get involved with
Students should have a keen interest in Engineering and be studying Maths.
Placements are open to any school undertaking work experience that week and are taken up very quickly. If your son or daughter is interested in arranging this as a private placement, they should contact Patsy Coote directly (patsy.coote@aecom.com) for an application form and complete a work experience private placement form available from Mrs Davey.
Mrs Davey
Assistant Headteacher
