Background to The Critical Engineer Partnership

The Critical Engineer project is funded by the Scottish Government’s Advancing Manufacturing Challenge Fund - which is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

West College Scotland has developed the concept of ‘The Critical Engineer’ to help small businesses understand and prepare for Manufacturing 4.0. Our concept recognises that the changes that businesses need support to undertake are as much cultural, as technical. ‘The Critical Engineer’ is a vision of the employee in your business who will act as catalyst for change:

‘The Critical Engineer is someone already in your organisation. They have the capacity for continuous learning and thrive in an environment of exponential technological change and is central to helping your firm grow and prosper. The Critical Engineer accepts responsibility for their own behaviour and practice, demonstrates an awareness of others that enables her to mobilise and inspire individuals and groups; and they act as an agent of positive change’.

The Critical Engineer project is funded by Scottish Funding Council, Scottish Government’s Advancing Manufacturing Challenge Fund - which is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.