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| Company objective & values |
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| Company role |
| This
logistics company receives products from China via shipping
agents, and stores and delivers them to customers. Approx
50 staff, the majority in the warehouse. |
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| Key skills & competences |
- Warehousing, driving and fork lift truck skills.
- Health & Safety in a busy environment with
many moving vehicles
- Spacial awareness and physical fitness
- Awareness of world geography, trade routes and
differing cultures
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| Links with national curriculum |
| Strong |
Geography |
Worldwide and
UK geography |
| Useful |
Physical Education |
Physical Fitness is imperative
for warehouse operators |
| Strong |
PSHE |
An understanding of differing
social cultures |
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| Areas that could be used in lessons |
- Use of maps to show areas for collection and delivery,
trade routes etc
- World geography and the impact on the business
- Differing social cultures and impact on the business
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| How could it be made interesting
and appropriate? |
- A project on the peoples and cultures of the world
and geographical areas.
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| Background information |
- Due to the Health and Safety risks, it is not
possible to visit the site, but the Managing Director
is happy to visit schools.
- There are no restrictions on schools or numbers
in Vale Royal
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