Engineering.

Marine engineer Spencer Johns takes us on a tour of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's headquarters in Poole. As a part of a team of engineers he is responsible for keeping the RNLI's fleet of boats up and running. This is the first of a pair of programmes following people employed...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Available Light Productions (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: [England] : Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education, 2006.
Series:Education in video
FE: skills for life in context ; 7
FE: skills for life in context ; 8
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Marine engineer Spencer Johns takes us on a tour of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's headquarters in Poole. As a part of a team of engineers he is responsible for keeping the RNLI's fleet of boats up and running. This is the first of a pair of programmes following people employed in the engineering industry throughout their working day to reveal the Level 2 literacy, numeracy and ICT skills they need to use. Together with the accompanying web site, www.teachers.tv/skillforlife, which features a range of linked interactive tasks, the FE: Skills for Life in Context series is designed to help 14-19 year old students on vocational courses with their literacy, numeracy and ICT skills.
Spend a day with trainee mechanic Louise Upton. Working at her parent's garage we follow her as she takes a car through its MOT and service. Louise has a very hands on role, every day is different. This is the second of a pair of programmes following people employed in engineering throughout their working day to reveal the Level 2 literacy, numeracy and ICT skills they need to use. Together with the accompanying web site, www.teachers.tv/skillforlife, which features a range of linked interactive tasks, the FE: Skills for Life in Context series is designed to help 14-19 year old students on vocational courses with their literacy, numeracy and ICT skills.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012).
Physical Description:1 online resource (28 min.).