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1. Do 91% of engineering employers in Great Britain employ:

a) 5 employees or less?

b) 50 employees or less?

c) Between 50 and 100 employees?

2. In the next 10 years total employment in engineering will decline. Choose the occupational groups that you think will be hardest hit:

a) Skilled trades and operatives

b) Professional and operative

c) Professional and skilled trades

3. True or False? Engineering workers are:

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False

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Frequently employed part time
Unlikely to be female
Often self-employed
In the future, fewer in number, but more highly qualified

4. The largest science industry employment in the UK is concentrated in:

a) The South West of England

b) The South East and East of England

c) In Scotland

5. True or false: A typical member of the scientific workforce is:

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Working part time
Ageing and near retirement
Young and working full time
Unlikely to be self-employed

6. In the scientific workforce there are skills shortages in (choose2):

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Good quality technicians
Factory operatives
Graduates who can demonstrate good quality skills in chemistry, biology and maths

7. Choose skill areas that future science professionals, will need to be especially good at (in addition to biology and chemistry):

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Future skills for:

Less requirements for:

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Process engineering
Design and technology
IT
Discipline specific skills
Mathematics and statistics
Modern foreign languages
Chemical sciences
Biological and medical sciences

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