ENGINEERING
THE RIGHT START TO YOUR CAREER
Iconic – CF’ s prill tower near the A19 fly-over.
L ove STEM subjects but have no idea what a STEM job looks like? Seen the CF logo on the prill tower near the A19 fly-over and wondered what happens there?
If the answers are yes, now’ s the time to shed some light on:
• Who they are
• What they do
• STEM careers
CF is the UK’ s leading fertiliser manufacturer, and their mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably.
Put simply, that means making, packing and distributing fertiliser and chemicals in the most environmentally friendly way.
They take this and being a good employer very seriously. And the third thing they take very seriously is being a good neighbour.
But what does that mean?
Being a good neighbour to CF means giving back to their local community and they do this in three main ways:
1. Making donations to deserving causes, clubs and charities 2. Volunteering 3. Going out into schools, colleges and universities
While a donation might help buy a new kit for your football team, the third point could transform your future.
GCSEs, A Levels, BTEC, T Levels, apprenticeships. Five ways you could be studying STEM subjects.
But how do you go from enjoying
MYTH BUSTER
It’ s not smoke coming out to the chimneys at CF’ s Billingham complex, it’ s water vapour.
Teamwork – CF Fertilisers, Billingham. Instrument electrical engineer Julian Passman( left), with electrical apprentice Louis Williams( centre) and former apprentice now process operator Joe Hepple by the nitric acid plant.
and being good at them to using them to get a job? And what even are those jobs?
Well, when CF employees go out into schools, colleges and universities, they talk about all of this, including jobs such as being:
• An engineer
• An operator
• A lab technician
• A planner
Problem solving – instrument electrical engineer Julian Passman( left) and electrical apprentice Louis Williams look for a fault on the distributed control system field instrumentation.
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