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  From bicycle spokes to engine cogs

  Richard Kirkland got into engineering through his love of tinkering with mountain bikes, motorbikes and restoring cars. Now he puts these skills to use as an apprentice with international car manufacturer...

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  McLaren mean machines

  Chris Gosling joined McLaren's graduate programme four years ago and now has a big input on the engineering of super-fast cars like the one in this video!

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  On the road

  Emma works as a vehicle maintenance apprentice. Hear why the apprentice route worked for her and how she's gaining qualifications as she goes.

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  Going underground

  Tube Lines make sure that the London Underground system works well. The company also has an apprentices programme that is a great door into the world of engineering.

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  The right formula

  With near endless budgets and the constant pursuit of faster lap times, is the adrenalin fuelled world of Formula 1 the ultimate dream job for automotive engineers? We spoke to Katriona Jones, a composite design engineer for Williams to find out more.

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  A model apprentice

  Despite just having finished his 4 year apprenticeship at Jaguar Land Rover, 21-year-old Allan Howling has been heavily involved with modelling the CX-75, the company’s electric concept supercar. Responsible for the electrical systems during the model vehicles ‘reveal’ at the Paris Motor Show, his work was seen by – and has wowed - the world’s press.

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  It's a material world

  Rebecca Lees, aged 26, has just come off a graduate trainee programme at Jaguar Land Rover after two years. A materials engineer, already, she’s been central to developing the company’s landmark Range Rover Evoque - which goes on sale next summer. Mixing luxury materials with recycled ones, the Evoque aims to be the cleanest, greenest Range Rover ever and makes a bold new statement about where the company – and engineering design – is going.