Work Experience
Since 2009 Portsmouth Aviation have been able to offer Work Experience students placements within both the areas of Design and Engineering. Placements have been offered to students from;
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Portsmouth Grammar School
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Westergate Community School Chichester
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Warblington School
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Admiral Lord Nelson School Portsmouth
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Park Community School Havant
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Oaklands Catholic School Waterlooville
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Mayfield School Portsmouth
Work Experience Testimonials
"My work experience for Portsmouth Aviation was an eye opening adventure. Initially when asking for work experience at Portsmouth Aviation I thought that I would be shadowing an employee of the company. However we were given tasks to develop products, which made it easier for me to decide whether I liked engineering or not. As well as being given fun interesting tasks to do they were happy to answer any question we had. Portsmouth Aviation was a joy to be a part of for one week and the people working there were helpful and kind, teaching me the fundamentals of engineering.
Many thanks"
Michael Robinson.
"The work laid out for us to do was not at all what I expected it to be. The puzzle designing was my favourite part, and although the talk about our product at the end was pretty scary, it was fun to do it in the end. It was also very interesting learning about all the steps that you have to take to to create a product and then order the correct quantity of supplies to make 50. Finally it was a very nice gesture from Portsmouth Aviation to actually build a version of the puzzle we decided to produce. I throughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone who is thinking of pursuing a career in engineering."
Tom McHale
"Portsmouth Aviation is the gem in our work experience crown: the five-day programme of assessing, designing and manufacturing a puzzle is second to none and provides our students with an excellent, hands-on introduction to engineering. We are very grateful for the participation of Portsmouth Aviation in our work experience programme."
Andrew Hogg
Head of Careers
Portsmouth Grammar School
"I would like to thank you for the weeks work experience I participated in. It was a fantastic insight into engineering and life beyond school and I feel I have come away with a clearer path to my future. The course was really well structured and great fun with plenty of challenges along the way. Good luck with next years bunch and thank you for all your work in helping us."
Harry Hailwood