Peterhead engineering firm Score Europe is taking steps to forge closer links with primary schools in the area.
The firm has already given 80 children an insight into its facilities, work-scope, training and educational opportunities during a week of guided tours, an experience it now hopes to offer all primary schools in the area.
The potential future engineers discovered how valves and actuators operate, the need for 100-tonne overhead cranes, what is meant by pressure, how test cells function and the importance of safety.
They were shown examples of strip-down assembly and testing of components, and how and why industrial gas turbines are used.
The importance of maths was highlighted by apprentices and training staff and a short presentation was given outlining the progression of aeronautical engineering developed from the idea of bird flight to rocket and jet innovation. This was followed by a practical exercise on building a glider out of paper.
At the end of the tour the children were given certificates.
Score runs a Modern Apprentice scheme, which highlights the importance of STEM – science, technology, engineering and maths within education and employability.