'Green' Bin trucks at Farid Hillend Engineering - A Primary Engineer & Transport Scotland Series⚡

🎙️ About this episode In this session, you’ll meet David Hepburn, Technical Engineering Manager at Farid Hillend Engineering who explains how refuge collection vehicles (also known as bin trucks) are made and how they work. David also explains some of the challenges they faces such as: • How they make sure all the rubbish and recycling is separated out properly • How they 'go green' and make an electric bin lorry This interview is perfect for Key Stage 2 (7-11) and Key Stage 3 (11-14). 💡 Now it’s your turn! How would you make a bin truck more environmentally friendly? 🧑‍🔧 Why these interviews matter As part of our ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’ competition, teachers get the opportunity to be introduced to an engineer, in-person or virtually. Our video series with Transport Scotland, does just this! The series introduces pupils to inspiring people from companies in the Heavy-Duty Vehicle (HDV) sector, who illustrates what it’s like to work there and some of the challenges they face in their work such as achieving Net Zero, which in turn inspires pupils’ imaginations to solve these problems! This engagement also helps broaden knowledge among pupils age 3-19 of the range of careers available in this sector, raises career aspirations and dismantles stereotypes. 📚 What your class can do next After watching this episode, pupils are encouraged to: Look around them and identify a problem they’d like to solve. Create an annotated drawing of their engineering idea. Write a letter to an engineer explaining why their idea should be built. All entries are reviewed by professional engineers, and every single pupil who participates receives a named and graded certificate! Learn about the competition and enter here: https://leadersaward.com/the-competit... 📧 Need help / Have questions? If you have any questions or need support, please contact our Service Delivery Coordinators via [email protected]