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Unlike Peter, she takes fitness seriously, and worries a lot about
her weight and what she’s eating. She watches TV programmes on
health and diet avidly.
Emma is 18. Now that she’s left school she’s got a job as a
trainee with a nation-wide chain of printing shops, learning the
business of design and printing. After her year of work experience
she wants to go to college to study graphic design.
Jack is 16, and is still at school. He’s taking his General
Certificate of Secondary Education this summer, including English,
Mathematics, science and a language. He hopes to pass in at least 8
subjects. He wants to get a job in business, management or
engineering. That will require staying on at school to pass advanced
level exams, and then studying for a degree or diploma, either at a
Polytechnic or a University. He’s keen on outdoor pursuit, and often
goes away for a weekend camping and hiking with friends on school
outings.

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Peter and Lucy Goodwin both work in manufacturing
companies near their home. Emma Goodwin is spending a year
between school and college gaining work experience with a local
business.
Peter works for a major British engineering company, Doughty.
He is a skilled manual worker supervising a machine that checks that
parts have been properly engineered. It is a responsible job, because
those parts then go into aircraft landing gear. Any mistake at the
manufacturing stage would have very serious consequences for
aircraft safety. Peter was given special training to operate the machine
he works on. Although it is controlled by a computer programme, his
job is still a skilled one; he has to programme it each time and make
sure it is carrying out the right programme. Peter belongs to a trade
union which negotiates his pay and conditions with the company
management. As a part of a scheme run by the company he also owns
shares in the business, and a keen interest in its commercial
performance.
Lucy works part time as a stock controller for a large
confectionery manufacturing company. The tills in customers’ shops
are linked into a computer network so that new goods can be ordered
from distributors and manufacturers as stocks of the old ones are

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