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There are hundreds of great careers to choose from here in Cornwall. We’ve picked 30 of them to give you some ideas about what people are currently doing in the county, how they have got to where they are now and what sort of qualifications they need to do their jobs.

Everyone in this publication has volunteered to share their story to help and inspire you to take your next steps.

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They’ve made it in Cornwall –

now it’s your turn.

Sound Engineer

01 Wendy Birkbeck

Assistant Head Teacher

02 Ben Bosworth

Low Carbon Design Leader

03 James Browning Managing Director/ Social Entrepreneur 04 Katy Bruce

Trainee Legal Executive

05 Caroline Carroll Development Officer 06 Sophie Cowles Senior Writer/ Business Partner 07 Katherine Davis Veterinary Surgeon 08 Louise Fletcher

Lecturer of Sport andPublic

Project and Performance Co-ordinator 11 Anthony Greenwood Commercial Photographer 12 Dr Sanjeev Gupta Consultant Physician 13 Matt Johnston

Cameraman and Editor

14 Abby Keverne Marketing Executive 15 James Leitch Process Development Technologist 16 Sam Lucas Marketing Executive 17 Sophia McGrath Administrative Assistant 18 Marisa Martin Shop Manager Youth Worker 21 Steven Nicholas IT Engineer 22 Sharon O’Sullivan Physiotherapist 23 Anna Penrose

Business Workshop Manager

24 Sally Reed Chartered Accountant 25 Charlotte Rollason Assistant Buyer 26 Mandy Smith Support Worker 27 Kimara Street Scientific Officer 28 Henry Ward Yacht Designer 29

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If someone is leaving school and thinking about doing this then they offer AS Level Music Tech and Diplomas in Music Technology. I really, really, really enjoy what I’m doing. I think of myself as one of the luckiest people in the world because I effectively get to do what is a hobby for a living.

Employer: Self-employed at Cabin Fever Audio Productions, Lanner

Starting Salary: £12,000-£15,000

Key Tasks:

• Managing accounts • Marketing

• Studio recording • Live sound engineering • Band managing • CD printing

Hoby’s Route: National Diploma in Media followed by an HND in Sound Engineering

HOBY ALLEN

Home town: Camborne

WENDY BIRKBECK

Home town: Liskeard

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www.cuc.ac.uk/itsmylife

If you're passionate about making a difference and love interacting with young people then teaching could be for you. It's not an easy job, I wouldn't want to pretend that it is, but the rewards are tremendous. There are many ways to become a teacher, having a good degree in your subject area is important, as is previous experience of working with children, however there are many routes into teaching from the Schools Direct programme to Troops to Teachers. If you want it badly enough you will find a way to get there.

Becoming a teacher is one of the best decisions I have ever made, it's what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Employer: Liskeard School and Community College, Liskeard

Starting Salary: £21,804

Key Tasks:

• Responsible for improving teaching and learning across the school • Developing new technologies • Student and staff leadership training

Wendy’s Route: GCSEs and A Levels in History, Geography and English Literature,

Degree in History and Society, PGCE in History with Citizenship

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For me it’s about

passion and making

something happen that has

the potential to impact on

someone’s life. The smallest

things can have the

biggest impact.

James Browning

Managing Director/Social Entrepreneur Questions and Answers Community Interest Company, Redruth

Progressing into a career in architecture you would obviously need a degree in Architectural Studies and I’ve got a Masters in Architectural Studies as well. It is a focussed career choice to move into architecture so you’ve got to have an interest in the construction industry in the first place and from that strength across the board in different subjects is very important.

Employer: PBWC Architects, St Ives

Key Tasks:

• Design and coordination of construction projects • Low carbon advice

• Analysis of construction projects • Low carbon analysis of PBWC Architects

Ben’s Route: A Levels in Maths, Physics and Art, BSc in Architecture, MA in Architecture,

CEPH (Certified Passivhaus Designer)

BEN BOSWORTH

Home town: Penryn

JAMES BROWNING

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I’m very lucky to work

in a profession that has a

very real and direct impact

on the world in which we

live and as I was born and

grew up in Cornwall I’ve

chosen that as the place I

can have that impact.

Ben Bosworth

Low Carbon Design Leader PBWC Architects, St Ives

Employer: Questions and Answers Community Interest Company, Redruth

Key Tasks:

• Overall responsibility for Questions and Answers Community Interest Company • Business development • Strategy • Staff management • Finance and budgeting • Developing and leading on new initiatives

James’s Route: GCSEs, Install and Supporting IT Systems Level 3, C&G 7303 Adult

Teaching Certificate, IV Internal Verifiers Award, NVQ in Management

Low Carbon Design Leader

Managing Director/Social Entrepreneur

I wanted to challenge myself, hence why I set up Questions and Answers. I very much wanted to be in control, to be in the position of setting something up from scratch and to be able to make a difference without having to report to several other layers of management. I wanted that freedom to work for myself really.

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CAROLINE CARROLL

I decided to go back into education. I liked Maths and I liked Science, so I found myself doing a Foundation Degree in Renewable Energy Technology. Within a few months I became very very passionate about mitigating climate change and after finishing my BSc at Cornwall College I saw a job advertised in planning, working on similar types of projects. I took the chance and four years later I’m now doing some really exciting stuff in a job that I love.

Employer: Cornwall Council, Countywide

Key Tasks:

• Supporting corporate and service objectives in promoting sustainable energy • Providing high quality advice to applicants, the public and other council services

Caroline’s Route: FdSc Renewable Energy Technologies,

BSc Environmental Resource Management, MSc Energy Policy

Development Officer

Employer: Foot Anstey LLP, Truro

Starting Salary: £18,000-£21,000

Key Tasks:

• Legal work • Preparing cases • Assisting the team

Katy’s Route: GCSEs and A Levels, FdSc in Law, BSc Law with Business Studies,

Chartered Institute of Legal Executives Level 6 Higher Professional Diploma in Law

KATY BRUCE

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If someone was looking into a career like mine I’d encourage them to work hard and decide on the career path they want. Local colleges offer very good degree level courses partnered with other universities and if you approach local leading law firms to gain experience this may even open an opportunity to start building your career.

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I moved down to Cornwall from London to do my MA and I always intended to go back but having come down here I completely fell in love with Cornwall. There are a lot of creative agencies and there are also people like Unlocking Potential helping graduates move into this kind of job so there are a lot of opportunities for work. There is a lot of support for business start-ups, so if you can’t find the type of job you want to do down here you can create it, like I did, which is fantastic.

Employer: Zammerchat, Penryn

Starting Salary: £19,000-£22,000 Key Tasks: • Copy writing • Content strategy • Client liaison • Project management

Sophie’s Route: GCSEs, A Levels in Psychology, Philosophy, English and Maths,

BA English Literature, MA Professional Writing

SOPHIE COWLES

Home town: Falmouth

KATHERINE DAVIS

Home town: St Erth

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There are lots of vets throughout Cornwall and there is certainly demand for the work. From a veterinary nursing point of view we’ve got excellent training facilities here in Cornwall so there’s no need to leave the county.

Employer: Duchy Veterinary Group, Redruth

Starting Salary: £18,000-£25,000

Key Tasks:

• Consultations • Management of inpatients • Operating and recording results • Paperwork

Katherine’s Route: A Levels in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths,

Degree in Veterinary Science

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In order to pass on my passion to students I inform them of my pathway and how I got into teaching. I also get them out there, getting involved in things like the Surf Lifesaving Clubs to use the Cornish environment to increase their passion for health and fitness.

Employer: Cornwall College, Camborne

Key Tasks:

• Plan and prepare lessons

• Teaching from BTEC Level 2 to degree level

• Teaching groups of learners from a range of backgrounds, abilities and ages

Louise’s Route: GCSEs, Degree in Sport, Health and Fitness, PGCE

LOUISE FLETCHER

ALAN GEORGE

Home town: St Austell

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I’m a massive sport fan and always wanted to work in sport. I was able to bring a lot of sports business knowledge to the firm and, combined with my father’s background of running a company, the two of us have knitted together really well.

Employer: Gala Events and Cornish Sporting Club, St Austell

Key Tasks:

• Organising and promoting a variety of different sporting and music events across the UK

Alan’s Route: GCSEs, A Levels in Business Studies, English and BTEC in Sport,

Degree in Sports Management

Lecturer of Sport and Public Services

Director

I’d always harboured

ambitions of living in

Cornwall and there are

definitely opportunities –

I’d say business studies is a

good grounding for people

moving forward.

Alan George

Director, Gala Events and Cornish Sporting Club, St Austell

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I decided to take this career path because I really enjoy organising and the variation of project work. My A levels focused my career path for either psychology or business.

Employer: Cornwall Housing, Truro

Key Tasks:

• Project support

• Development and coordination of policy document management systems • Ensure policies are reviewed

• Collate service data

Zoe’s Route: GCSEs, A Levels in Psychology, Business and Media Studies, Degree in

Psychology, MA in Project Management

ZOE GOFTON

Home town: St Agnes

ANTHONY GREENWOOD

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There is a lot of

opportunity for project

management in Cornwall as

there are a lot of great

projects and developments

going on.

Zoe Gofton

Project and Performance Co-ordinator Cornwall Housing, Truro

Both my degrees have been instrumental in getting me where I am today. If I was starting out in Cornwall again I would advise anyone to get out there and network and just enjoy doing what they do, because if they are good at what they do they will get noticed.

Employer: Self-employed at Anthony Greenwood Photography, Falmouth

Starting Salary: £25,000-£40,000 Key Tasks: • Photography • Marketing • Networking • Sales • Editing

Anthony’s Route: GCSEs, A Level Art, Foundation Degree in Art and Design,

Degree in Design for Sustainability, Degree in Fine Art

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There are lots of very bright young people who come into medicine and by and large they are very focussed and know they have chosen a life of medicine. One of the things that becomes difficult for them is to then decide what speciality they want to go into – do they want to become a hospital doctor and then a consultant physician at some point or do they want to remain in primary care and be a GP? Of course there are lots of different specialities in a hospital – emergency medicine, cardiology, neurology.

Employer: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, Truro

Key Tasks:

• Speciality Head Physician for the Medical Admissions Unit • Working closely with the emergency department

Sanjeev’s Route: Indian equivalent of A Levels, 4 years of training to get an MD in India,

5 years of medical school in India

DR SANJEEV GUPTA

Home town: Threemilestone

MATT JOHNSTON

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There are a lot of opportunities for young people coming out of uni in Cornwall. Find out the field you want to go into, research the people running the business, contact them directly and see if you can get your foot in the door.

Employer: Cornish Living TV, Roche

Key Tasks:

• Camera work • Liaising with clients • Setting up equipment • Footage and file archiving • Editing

Caroline’s Route: GCSEs, A Levels in Film Studies, Media, Art and Design and Physics,

Foundation in Art and Design, Degree in Film

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There are lots of opportunities for young people in Cornwall. I found my job through Unlocking Potential, which really helped me because I felt that the job was probably a bit too high for my skills and experience but they put me on lots of training courses and provided mentoring.

Employer: Tregothnan, Truro

Key Tasks:

• PR

• Social Media

• Website content and maintenance • New product development • Brand management • Sales

• Design

Abby’s Route: A Levels, BA (Hons) English Literature and Creative Writing,

Chartered Institute of Marketing Professional Diploma

ABBY KEVERNE

Home town: Helston

JAMES LEITCH

Home town: Exeter

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Employer: Ginsters, Callington

Starting Salary: £22,000

Key Tasks:

• Ensuring the smooth transition of products from kitchen to bakery scale • Maintaining the consistency and quality agreed with the customer while ensuring

products meet the food safety criteria required

James’s Route: GCSEs, A Levels in Maths, Chemistry and Biology, BSc in Food Science

Marketing Executive

Process Development Technologist

Cornwall has a number of food manufacturers who are able to offer me the challenges and opportunities to develop my career in the food industry. There are a number of different food manufacturers in Cornwall with some great opportunities to progress. The role that I went into in process developments is fantastic for seeing all sides of the food industry.

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Employer: Sullivan Cuff Software Ltd, Tolvaddon

Starting Salary: £18,000-£22,000

Key Tasks:

• Developing marketing campaigns • Creating advertisements

Sam’s Route: GCSEs, A Levels, BA Business Enterprise

SAM LUCAS

Home town: St Ives

SOPHIA MCGRATH

Home town: Penryn

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There are lots of opportunities in Cornwall if you look for them. Doing what I do I’ve found that there are a lot of opportunities but you really have to get out there. I really enjoy working for PFA Research because it’s really vibrant and there are a lot of different things going on. There’s always something new and changing so I’m always having to keep on my toes to learn more.

Employer: PFA Research, Penryn

Key Tasks:

• Survey data entry • Telephone interviews/surveys • Communicating and dealing with customers

Sophia’s Route: GCSEs, A Levels in English Literature, History, Politics,

Biology and Art, Degree in English Literature

Marketing Executive

Administrative Assistant

What got me into this job was my tenacity for business and a drive towards the marketing side of things. I’d advise any budding young marketing entrepreneur to work really hard, get an internship if possible like I did in my final year and supplement it with whatever additional qualifications you can.

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What inspired me at first was the website and how different it looked to other brands. My mum was in retail and I’ve been brought up around it. I love working in Cornwall because of the environment. Our offices are based on the cliff tops in St Agnes and it’s a luxury coming into work every day.

Employer: Finisterre, St. Agnes

Key Tasks:

• Serve customers and make their experience in the shop memorable • Regular merchandising

• Greeting customers who enter the shop • Stock control

• Management

Marisa’s Route: GCSEs, A Levels in English Language, French, Art and Design and Business

Studies, Degree in Event Management

MARISA MARTIN

BENJAMIN MILBY

Home town: St Merryn

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In terms of opportunities it’s about making the most of what is available, making the most of your CV and having the confidence to pick up the phone and make your first impression count. I would say to anybody to research companies and think about what you really want to do and what you are interested in.

Employer: The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow

Starting Salary: Competitive

Key Tasks:

• Organising internal and external recruitment processes • Managing employment related documents • Maintaining a broad network of contacts

Benjamin’s Route: GCSEs, A Levels, BSc Business Management,

MSc Business Management

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Schools don’t really do youth work qualifications so if you want to be a youth worker you have to do it at college or degree level. To get into uni I had to have four different subjects at A Level.

People always talk about their dream jobs and mine was to be a youth worker in the Camborne, Pool and Redruth area because I’ve grown up here and I know the kind of issues young people face.

Employer: Cornwall Neighbourhoods for Change, Redruth

Key Tasks:

• Build up young people’s skills to help them to progress into employment, education, volunteering or apprenticeships

Tasha’s Route: GCSEs, A Levels, BA Hons Youth and Community Work

TASHA MITCHELL

STEVEN NICHOLAS

Home town: Newquay

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It’s primarily my degree that got me here. For anybody looking to do this sort of career I’d suggest studying hard and choosing the right course, preferably at university level. Also send out your CV to the companies you want to work for.

Employer: Datasharp UK, Truro

Starting Salary: £17,500-£20,000 Key Tasks: • Network management • Network deployment • Voice over IP • Telephony • Troubleshooting

Steven’s Route: A Levels in IT, Maths and English, IT specialist course,

FdSc in Computing and Networking

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If you want it, if you believe in it, you can do it. You need to work hard and apply yourself for three years whilst you study and even when you have qualified your learning doesn’t stop there. It’s continued professional development. That’s the great thing about being a physio, if you want to learn you keep learning.

Employer: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, Truro

Key Tasks:

• Delivering high quality care to a variety of patients • Assessing and treating patients

• Working independently as well as part of a multi disciplinary team

Sharon’s Route: Equivalent of GCSEs and A Levels in Ireland, Diplomas in Yoga and

Sports Massage, BSc in Equine Science and Management, BSc in Physiotherapy

SHARON O’SULLIVAN

Home town: St Agnes

ANNA PENROSE

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There are tonnes of opportunities in Cornwall and I think that it’s a case of going out there, finding them and putting yourself out there. Traditional perceptions of what Cornwall offers are starting to diminish.

Employer: Unlocking Potential, Penryn

Key Tasks:

• Working with business owners and senior level managers • Putting together Fast Forward groups • Talking to businesses • Organising workshops • Sourcing speakers

Anna’s Route: Degree in Business Administration

Physiotherapist

Business Workshop Manager

People think you have to go

to the cities to get opportunities

but there are a lot more people

in the cities so the competition

is just as fierce. If anything you

can find some real gems in

Cornwall, which you couldn’t

find elsewhere.

Anna Penrose

Business Workshop Manager Unlocking Potential, Penryn

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There are two ways of becoming a Chartered Accountant. You can either leave school at 16 and go in as an apprentice, spending one day a week in college and the rest of the time with your employer. Or you can get your degree and go into accountancy after that as a graduate. Once you’re qualified you have that qualification for the rest of your life.

Employer: Sally Reed Ltd, Launceston

Starting Salary: £18,000-£22,000

Key Tasks:

• Assist small businesses to understand financial responsibilities • Help people manage their business

• Spur internal growth

• Assist with payroll and tax returns

Sally’s Route: A Levels in Maths, English, French and Economics, BSc in Economics,

ACA Chartered Accountant

SALLY REED

Home town: Launceston

CHARLOTTE ROLLASON

Home town: Penryn

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Even though I don’t specialise in textile design and print here, my degree at Falmouth University gave me the knowledge for the department that I work in and really pushed me to want to be in this industry.

Employer: Seasalt, Falmouth

Starting Salary: Dependent on Experience

Key Tasks:

• Assist the Buying and Planning Manager with the development of the range plan for each season • Develop and implement phase plans and calendars for each sales channel

Charlotte’s Route: NCFE Level 2 Creative Craft in Fashion, Edexcel Level 3

BTEC National Diploma in Art and Design, BA (Hons) Textile Design, FRA Short Course – Introduction to Buying and Range Planning

Chartered Accountant

Assistant Buyer

You can get a lot of

help from companies like

Seasalt to develop in your

field. The opportunities are

there - you just have to

take them.

Charlotte Rollason

Assistant Buyer, Seasalt, Falmouth

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My past qualifications didn’t help me in the field I’ve gone into but the qualifications I’m doing now will hopefully help me progress further in my career and I could become a senior or a manager.

Employer: Regard Partnership, Camborne

Starting Salary: Meets National Minimum Wage

Key Tasks:

• Supporting service users • Administering medication

• Liaising with Health and Social Workers

Mandy’s Route: NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care, Certificate in Professional

Development through the completion of three degree-level SUCCESS modules, including Principles of Nutrition

MANDY SMITH

Home town: Porthleven

KIMARA STREET

Home town: Penzance

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I love being out and

about on boats, seeing the

coastline of Cornwall and

also handling shellfish,

marine mapping and

surveying. It’s a completely

different world to what a lot

of people do day to day.

Kimara Street

Scientific Officer,

Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority, Penzance

There are a few opportunities but I think the best thing to do is to get out there and do as much volunteering as possible, it’s definitely the key to opening doors and finding out who’s doing what locally.

Employer: Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority, Penzance

Starting Salary: £19,685-£23,708

Key Tasks:

• Supporting the Senior Scientific Officer and Principal Scientific Officer • Assist or lead on all aspects of marine surveys • Acting as crew, towing the research vessel and undertaking routine maintenance on the research vessel

Kimara’s Route: GCSEs, A Levels in Biology, Maths and English,

FdSc in Marine Science, BSc in Environmental Science

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At school the three main subjects I chose were Graphic Communication, Product Design and Art, which gave me good creative skills and got me onto a Transport Design course at the University of Huddersfield. When I discovered networking I found this to be a very important tool to have as it enabled me to get my third year placement and some great industry experience.

Employer: Cockwells, Falmouth

Key Tasks:

• Creating conceptual yacht designs before developing them to client required specifications

• Creating technical drawings to allow the boat building team to construct the yachts

Henry’s Route: SCEs in Graphic Communications, Art and Design, Product Design, Maths

and Physics, Powerboat Level 2, BA (Hon) Transport Design

HENRY WARD

REBECCA WILLS-DEVLIN

Home town: Redruth

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What has really helped me the most is my background in English, which I’ve followed from GCSE to Masters, so I’ve got a good understanding of literature, language and grammar that is really useful for my role.

Employer: Cornwall Housing, Truro

Key Tasks:

• All internal and external written communications • Public relations • Write and issue press releases to the media • Social media • Branding • Processing all publication ordering

Rebecca’s Route: A Levels in English, Law, Psychology and History,

Degree in English Literature, MA in English

Yacht Designer

Communications Officer

There are a lot of

opportunities for students

coming out of university and

college now. I think it’s about

deciding what you want to

do and making sure you take

jobs that will get you there,

even if it’s not what you

want immediately.

Rebecca Wills-Devlin

Communications Officer Cornwall Housing, Truro

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