GCSEs

All applicants will need GCSEs to show that they have the ability to progress in the metals industry. As well as passes in English, Maths and Science employers will also be very interested in applicants who have the new GCSEs in vocational subjects.

Vocational GCSEs …

• are taught in schools, sixth form colleges and colleges of further education
  
  
• aim to enable students to start getting the skills for working life in the 21st century
  
  
• include visits to metal companies, group project work, solving examples of real situations in business, using materials produced by companies.

Metals employers will particularly value GCSE passes in: Applied Business, Applied ICT, Engineering, Manufacturing and Applied Science.