Sixth form students starting their second year of the extended engineering diploma have recently taken part in an event to build a mock-up electrical distribution system in conjunction with JCB Academy partner, National Grid. Former Academy student and National Grid project engineer, Chanda Kabwe, along with sixth form teacher, Mr. Ryan, selected the most detailed plan to be built and tasked the students who devised it to manage the project. On the day the project management team met with several challenges including an irate farmer (played by Chanda), a most keen H&S inspector (played brilliantly by Dr. Jones) and an unruly mob of year 12 business students protecting a “wildlife preserve” and overcame them all to successfully connect the customer to the “supply”.
