Highways England visit school for special careers day

Primary school children in Bristol learn more about the work of Highways England at a special careers day.

St Werburgh’s Primary School held a careers event last Friday (10 June), where Highways England was represented for the third year running.

The event also involved Year 6 pupils from neighbouring schools Glenfrome and St Barnabas Church of England Primary.

Traffic officers Dave Britton and Nigel O’Regan, together with technical leader Garry Packer and south west Communications Manager Charlotte Appleby, joined representatives from a variety of professions and organisations, including law, construction, archaeology, theatre and TV production, IT, engineering and further education.

During the event, traffic officers gave numerous talks to the pupils on the role they play in maintaining safety across the strategic road network in the south west. The pupils were also given the opportunity to look around and sit in one of Highways England’s Land Rover Discovery patrol vehicles.

Technical leader Garry Packer outlined the technological and engineering opportunities within Highways England, as well as the variety of apprenticeship schemes on offer.

He said: “Events such as these are all about raising the pupils’ aspirations, the feedback from the schools has been great, and it was a good opportunity to explain our multi-faceted work, and the wide range of career opportunities there are within the business.

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