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 — See all updates

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)
Published 1 March 2011
Last updated 28 December 2016 + show all updates

  1. Details of graduate scheme details updated.

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

  3. Added an updated version of the guide to engineering system anchors

  4. Updated ESA documents

  5. First published.