City College Plymouth Hosts ‘A World of Work Taster Day’ in Collaboration with Morgan Sindall and Key City Partners

City College Plymouth was proud to host a major careers event on Friday 28 November, welcoming Year 8, 9 and 10 students from Tor Bridge High for an inspiring ‘A World of Work Taster Day’, delivered in partnership with Morgan Sindall Construction and a range of industry collaborators.

Designed to broaden young people’s understanding of future career pathways, the event was a stimulating mix of hands-on experiences and thought-provoking activities. Included on the day were CV and interview sessions, career workshops, drone demonstrations, a project tour and interactive session with Citybus, a groundworks ‘Foundation to Success’ with CSquared, and many more interactive activities, all designed to spark inspiration and conversations about what the future could look like for young people in the city, and where their careers could take them.

Lauren Farley, Social Value Advisor at Morgan Sindall Construction in the South West, who arranged the event, highlighted the wider purpose of the day, saying: “This event was all about opening doors for young people and helping them realise just how many exciting pathways the world of construction and the wider city has to offer. By working closely with City College Plymouth and our fantastic industry partners, we’ve been able to give students the confidence to explore futures they may never have considered before. Seeing them engage with all the tasters was brilliant, and we’re proud to play a part in broadening their understanding of where their talents could take them.”

Jason Beverly, Customer Experience Manager for Plymouth Citybus, explained how the sessions helped students see the transport industry in a new light, saying: “We’re engaging with students, giving them demonstrations not just of how the bus company operates, but also showing them engineering aspects – from diesel engine models to building an electric circuit. It opens their eyes to the careers available and helps them think about Citybus in a completely different way.”

Dan Burnard, lecturer for Construction and the Built Environment at City College Plymouth, praised the impact of exposing students to less familiar areas of industry, saying: “It’s been really good to invite Tor Bridge in today and to have students who have not even been considering engineering or construction careers seeing things like digital tech, drones, and real-life engineering in action. That different perspective is incredibly useful for raising aspirations in young people.”

Tor Bridge High’s Louise Humpherson described the day as transformative for the school’s students. “These sessions have been absolutely amazing for our young people,” she said. “Students have gained insight into so many sectors – not just the typical ones they imagine. They’ve had hands-on experiences, from wiring a plug to taking part in groundwork activities. I think it’s given them food for thought in terms of the different job roles within those kinds of areas, which has been really positive. It’s also interesting to see the project work that’s going on within the city centre that lots of our students will see on a regular basis. For some, this is their first opportunity to be outside of the school environment and to see the main further education College within their city, and to see the sort of departments and facilities that are around on the site and things that they could potentially be doing as a student themselves in the future. This is their opportunity to have a look at that first hand. It’s been great to give them a really wide.breadth of information today of what their potential career paths could be and what they could do after they leave school.”

City College Plymouth is committed to working with partners such as Morgan Sindall Construction to deliver opportunities for young people across the city, and it’s hoped that the taster day is to be the first of many such opportunities for schoolchildren across the next twelve months.