Top STEM / Engineering ‘Green’ Careers

Air Quality Engineer If you’re looking for jobs that help the environment without degrees, then you’ll want to consider options other than air quality engineer. This particular position generally requires a bachelor’s degree at a minimum with a focus on environmental engineering, and potential employers look kindly on completed internships. That’s not an inconsequential amount of personal investment, but it …

Year 13 Female Apprenticeship Offers

With some girls already been offered fantastic apprenticeship opportunities, it looks like it’s going to be another successful year for our Year 13 girls at The JCB Academy Sixth Form. Molly Bettson – Rolls-Royce – Level 6 Project Management Degree Apprenticeship Georgia Fry – JCB – Level 6 Engineering Degree Apprenticeship Holly Goring – Atkins – Level 6 Civil Engineering …

Hitachi Energy Apprenticeship

Service Specialist Apprenticeship opportunity with Hitachi Energy   This opportunity will allow you access to exciting projects within High Voltage allowing you to learn from some of the best talent in the business. We will give you all the tools needed to start building your career with us and share our own experiences with you enabling you to be best …

Fundraiser with Tasty Treats and Tasty Tackles

Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Fundraiser   As part of their business course, Lorena Ionescu and Bobby Hilton arranged a sixth form charity football match today to raise funds for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.   The game, which took place at Rocester F.C. resulted in a 2-2 draw at the final whistle. A penalty was missed in the first 10 minutes but …

PlayStation F.C. Schools Cup FIFA 22 Championship Semi-final

It’s the semi-finals tonight of our PlayStation F.C. Schools Cup FIFA 22 Championship. The winners will go through to next weeks final, with the overall winner representing the academy at West Brom’s football ground in the national finals in May.

English Half-Term Challenge

Your Challenges Over half term, we are challenging you to either write a short story or write a review of book or magazine you have recently read. All learners who enter will receive 15 house points. Entries will be put on display in the Academy to show off your creativity, and to also encourage others to read for pleasure. All …

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Apprentice Plant Maintenance Technician – Vacancy

Job title: Apprentice Plant Maintenance Technician Department: Workshop Responsible to: Workshop Manager Based at: Common Road, Stafford, but will be require travel to client’s sites throughout the UK Job Type: Full Time Salary:  Applicable National Minimum Wage             Job summary Plant fitters repair, service and maintain light and heavy plant equipment. This includes machinery such as bulldozers, …

F1 in Schools Challenge

Learners at The JCB Academy are competing in the F1 in Schools Challenge. F1 in Schools is a global competition in which teams of learners deploy CAD/CAM software to collaborate, design, analyse, manufacture, test, and then race miniature compressed air powered cars made from a variety of materials using the most modern of manufacturing methods, such as 3D Printing. The …

FIRST Lego League Robotics Challenge

Nine of our learners have recently taken part in the FIRST Lego League Robotics challenge at Newcastle College. Learners competed against 18 other schools and won the Best Engineered Robot award. The learners programmed their robot to navigate a course on a challenge table and complete missions/obstacles along the way to score points. Academy learners have experience in programming robots …