Engineering Friday, 22 February 2019

What’s happening here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2YurW2Dn4A

TEEP Agree the Learning Outcomes Learning Objectives To understand the work of an engineering company: Dyson

Learning Outcomes Progress – Identify the type of work that an engineering company does. Good Progress – Describe the type of work that an engineering company does Exceptional Progress – Compare and contrast the type of work that an engineering company does

Dyson Dyson Ltd is a British technology company established by James Dyson in 1991. It designs and manufactures household appliances such as vacuum cleaners, hand dryers, bladeless fans, heaters and hair dryers. As of February 2017, Dyson had more than 8,500 employees worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DHAnmTCS5Q

Products Dyson produce different products, these include:

Organisation Dyson has more than 8,500 employees (2018 figure) Dyson’s headquarters and offices are in Wiltshire; it has manufacturing plants in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.

Organisation As a British Engineering Company Dyson made the decision to stop manufacturing in the United Kingdom and move this part of its business to Asia, why do you think Dyson did this? https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/dyson-injects-100m-to-expand-tuas-plant

Write a fact file about Dyson, include the following topics: Products they produce How many people they employ, and where. Later you will add: The different jobs that Engineers and others who work for Dyson do. Use the following resources to help you find this information: Printed copies of the slides www.dyson.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_(company) BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award Engineering Student Book

Progress – Identify the type of work that an engineering company does. Good Progress – Describe the type of work that an engineering company does Exceptional Progress – Compare and contrast the type of work that an engineering company does