Teenagers enjoy electric summer school
Caleb and Joel learning about electricity at the UK Power Networks summer school. Photo: UK Power Networks.
Employees at UK Power Networks took their teenagers into work to learn about the electricity industry.
The summer school initiative is part of the company’s activities to encourage more young people to progress within Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) and to look ahead to potential careers.
The event at the Bury St Edmunds Barton Road building gave 13 to 17 year olds the chance to see how the industry and company works to keep the power flowing to 8.5 million homes and businesses.
Caleb and Joel who both enjoyed the day, said they were interested in careers in engineering.
Caleb,13, said: “I enjoyed it, I had no idea what they did here or how transformers scale the electricity down.”
And Joel, 15, added that he was particularly interested in the apprenticeship scheme which took on 26 new recruits this year.