Trip to Jaguar Land Rover

TRIP TO JAGUAR LAND ROVER

On the 10th of November, the DT Department set off to the Jaguar Land Rover Factory in Solihull. Here we had an insightful day into Jaguar Land Rover and the opportunities available to us. We spent the morning in smaller groups where we had a really interesting tour around the different parts of the factory. We were shown almost every stage in the process and it was amazing to see the journey from a piece of aluminium all the way to the final product. We learnt all about the different manufacturing processes and quality controls used in the process. This was really rewarding and allowed us to further understand topics we had learnt about in our DT lessons.

In the afternoon we were split into either smaller groups. In these groups we competed against each other in an exciting series of activities which incorporated the things we had learnt about when going around the factory. Such as how a successful manufacturing process works, with set workstations that each had set tasks with time limits. All the tasks required teamwork and communication skills just like those that are needed on the production line.

We were also told a lot about the various apprenticeship opportunities available to us. This includes high level apprenticeships which they encouraged us to apply for after sixth form.

Overall the day was really interesting. Everyone really enjoyed the group tasks and found the tour really fascinating. Thank you to Mrs Kelly and Miss Tilt for organising the trip and taking us to Jaguar Land Rover.

Imogen Shiels