Guidance

DESG graduate scheme: engineering system anchors

Guide to the career anchor areas available on the Defence Engineering and Science Group (DESG) graduate scheme.

• From: Ministry of Defence and Defence Equipment and Support
• Published: 1 March 2011
• Last updated: 28 December 2016
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  1. 28 December 2016

     Details of graduate scheme details updated.

  2. 22 October 2014

     Replaced the previous engineering system anchors booklets with the latest version of the 'Making your engineering system anchors choice' booklet.

  3. 18 February 2014

     Added an updated version of the guide to engineering system anchors

  4. 26 June 2013

     Updated ESA documents

  5. 1 March 2011

     First published.

Documents

Making your engineering system anchor choice (revised October 2014)

PDF, 371 KB

Details

The DESG graduate scheme is streamed by engineering system anchors. These represent areas of work in which engineering graduates’ professional development can be rooted in within the MOD. These include:

• aero
• land
• maritime: naval architecture
• maritime: marine engineering
• nuclear: weapons
• nuclear: propulsion
• weapons: weapons
• weapons: ordnance, munitions and explosives
• maritime combat systems
• Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR)