Skills

Thirty skills across six sectors. Each one is judged against a test project written with employers.

Design, build and troubleshoot a network for a small company, live.

Turn a messy business problem into software that a non-technical client can use.

Build a working site and its backend from a client brief, in a sealed environment.

Develop a pattern on paper, then make it in metal so every seam closes.

A team of two builds a robot that has to complete tasks it has never seen before.

Design, build, program and debug a small embedded product.

Panel build, wiring and programming for a process that must fail safe.

Two competitors, one automated station, and a system that has to run a full cycle.

Threads, tapers and bores held to microns on a live machine.

Programme, set and cut parts that have to fit each other, not just the drawing.