LE-TEC tackles skills shortage

LE-TEC HAS LAUNCHED a new campaign to boost recruitment among youngsters in landbased engineering.

The @wearelandbased campaign features a website (https://wearelandbased.engineering/) providing “all the tools for your future career in one place”. These include interactive maps to not only locate educational facilities, but also to find potential future employers. The website also houses information for parents and teachers to help them answer any questions that teenagers may have.

Ruth Bailey, CEO of the AEA, said: “This campaign brings the industry together and gives a collective voice to help share and promote what we as an industry have to offer to a wider audience. It is aimed at 13 to 17 year olds and pulls together a whole array of careers information, from an educational standpoint showing the qualifications you can achieve, to some of the amazing new technologies that you could be working with, and, of course, highlighting the jobs and companies that could be open to you as a youngster just about to start your career. It’s really exciting!”