Building Futures: Students Explore Construction Careers with Tyson 

Last week we continued our collaboration with Tyson Construction in inspiring future construction industry careers.  

Ms Smith and Mrs Lockwood took 15 young people, who attended the previous week's Tyson talk to the building site at Quinn Street, Leyland. Pupils were able to see the footings of homes and the incoming services, tarmac roads and parking being laid, main drain lines being laid and staff facilities such as the canteen and site office. 

Ms Smith said, "It was good for pupils to see paper plans in their actual current form. Pupils learnt a lot about site considerations, how things were constructed and other interesting building facts. Pupils were keen to see the canteen, but were disappointed it was not as good as their's in school and one pupil was disappointed there was no tuck shop! Questions regarding pay and interesting finds on digging were posed amongst the flurry of expected and unexpected questions."

Philip Helm, Business Development Director at Tyson Construction has since contacted the school and said "I just wanted to say how impressed I was throughout. The school visit was really well organised and the pupils were engaged, well-behaved and asked some fantastic questions — both in the classroom and during the site visit. Their enthusiasm was brilliant to see".

Lead Practitioner for Personal Development, Ms Smith plans to take the same pupils again in September to see the site rise from the ground and hopefully again in future months to completion.