Aisling Buckley speaks to secondary school
students about her typical day as an engineer

Engineers' Week is run by Engineers Ireland as part of their STEPS to engineering programme – it is a week long programme of nationwide events with the aim of celebrating the world of engineering and raising awareness about choosing engineering as a career.

This year Engineers’ Week ran from 8th – 13th February 2010 and a number of RPS engineers took part in the programme by visiting primary and secondary schools around the country and speaking to students about choosing engineering as a career.

Aisling Buckley, RPS Senior Design Engineer based in Cork was one of the volunteers who presented at the Tyndall Institute for secondary students on Tuesday 9th February: ‘Engineers Week is a great initiative. It’s important for students who are considering a career in engineering to meet engineers, ask them questions – and realise how diverse a career in engineering can be.’

Cormac Bradley, RPS Construction Manager, presented to fourth class students at St Patrick’s Primary School, Dublin on Wednesday 10th February:  ‘The enthusiasm of the students was very encouraging and their active participation in the presentation meant that there was an understanding of the message I was trying to get across’.

It is hoped that initiatives such as this can create a positive awareness and spark enthusiasm among students about the engineering profession.

For further information, check out www.engineersweek.ie