As part of Pegler Yorkshire’s community
engagement activities, Farah Yasin from the Marketing Department went back to
school to help out with this year’s TEKK Challenge. Here she describes how the
10-week programme has helped pupils get to grips with science, technology,
engineering and maths skills…
The TEKK Challenge is a programme designed
to develop STEM skills in 9-12 year olds. It gives a group of young people an
opportunity to get hands on experience forming a company to meet a
technological challenge.
This year, as a TEKK Ambassador I worked
with Kingfisher Primary School over 10 weeks in 2 hour sessions to help support
the programme, and make sure it stayed on schedule!
The pupils had to form a “company”, create
a corporate image, design a model, build and test a prototype, make a
presentation and then enter the final competition against other participating
schools.
As a TEKK Ambassador I knew it was important
to ensure that all the children participated and felt involved in the task. Outside
the sessions, I also spent some time doing personal research on building and
construction to help provide ideas on building and jointing techniques.
Being part of the challenge was an
enjoyable experience and an opportunity to give something back to the
community. Initially it was quite challenging going from a quiet office
surrounding to a loud classroom environment but after settling in it was very rewarding
and I felt like I helped the children grow on the STEM skills as well giving
them an insight into this business and the variety of roles and careers
available here.
As well as my time, Pegler Yorkshire also presented
personalised goodie bags to the Kingfisher Primary pupils which included a
certificate and some merchandise.
And the icing on the cake was that
Kingfisher Primary won the TEKK Challenge Construction Award at the celebration
event! Well done team!!
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As part of our commitment to our local community, we’ve been supporting a number of initiatives designed to help young people make their way in the business world.
By Amy Sedgwick, Market Manager – Press Systems, Pegler Yorkshire.
As part of Pegler Yorkshire’s community
engagement activities, Farah Yasin from the Marketing Department went back to
school to help out with this year’s TEKK Challenge. Here she describes how the
10-week programme has helped pupils get to grips with science, technology,
engineering and maths skills…
As a specifier or contractor of commercial plumbing
and HVAC systems you are probably already familiar with the benefits of using
stainless steel pipework systems.
As a manufacturer, we know only too well
the truth of the saying “you’re only as good as your last performance”. Our
customers (and their customers) judge us on their most recent experience of our
heating and plumbing solutions, which is one of the reasons we are continually
evolving our ranges, as well as our processes, to make sure we provide the very
best products and services.
Clive Gill, Technical Information Administrator, has been responsible for managing the processes we use to share product data with our customers for over 10 years. He shared his experience of getting to grips with Building Information Modelling (BIM) at last year’s Bathroom Manufacturers Association (BMA) BIM Workshop which took place just before its annual Bathroom and Kitchen Business Conference.
Well over half the work being carried out by heating engineers and contractors is on “live” sites, where traditional jointing methods can add extra workload in terms of paperwork and meeting health and safety requirements. Switching to modern press-fit jointing methods minimises on-site risks and means contractors can get on with the job in hand safely and quickly.