Railway Engineering
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In York and Liverpool
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Suitable for: Year 9 Students aged 13-14 Years old
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This course gives you the inside track on careers in this fast moving sector. Cutting across many disciplines, it explores the design, construction and operations of railways and gives a valuable insight into what our future railways could look like.
What will I be doing?
• Designing and building trains, railway systems and components in a series of hands-on workshops run by railway engineering professionals
• Collecting data from your design-and-make railway project and analysing it to make better decisions and evaluate performance
• Meeting and working with engineers from the railway industry, drawing on their knowledge and putting your new skills into practice
• Taking part in question-and-answer sessions, with experts on hand to answer all your queries
• Understanding the importance of budgets in the development of railway projects, allowing you to calculate the financial implications of your decisions
• Learning about some of the dynamic career opportunities in the railway engineering sector
• Improving skills in team building, communication, time management, problem solving and presentations
Railway Engineering