UKRI Stories | The engineer studying climate change at sea - 101 Jobs That Change the World (Ep 16) @UKResearchandInnovation | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Meet Jeff Benson, an Instrumentation Engineer at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). He and his team take care of over 2000 different types of scientific equipment, from temperature sensors to autonomous underwater vehicles like famous autosub Boaty McBoatface. This involves things like maintaining the equipment, testing it and helping scientists understand how best to use it in their research.
Jeff spends a lot of his time at NOC's headquarters in Southampton, but also accompanies researchers on voyages on NOC's two research vessels, the James Cook and the Discovery.
Jeff's work enables vital research into the world's oceans, such as how they're being affected by climate change. This is important for predicting how the oceans will change in future and the knock-on impacts on things like weather patterns, ecosystems and coastal regions.
Some of these studies have been going on for over a decade - which means a lot of changing batteries on remote sensors, checking them for damage and collecting data.
Jeff says "I like my job a lot. I mean, I think it's the best job in the world. I've been to places that very few people in the world have been, I've seen things that very few people in the world have seen, and I've met some amazing people as well."
See more world-changing jobs like these on our playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkjB0VcEl5P9yPj9tljiU1PMhadR7iU1C
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Welcome to 101 Jobs That Change The World - our campaign to highlight some of the many roles that contribute to success of the research and innovation system. In these videos you’ll meet the people who work – often behind the scenes – in a wide variety of fulfilling and interesting roles beyond the traditional image of a researcher or innovator. Our 101 Jobs profiles offer a glimpse into the lives of the varied people who are working across the research and innovation system, some in remote or unusual locations. Their jobs are essential to the creative, dynamic research and innovation system we need to tackle huge challenges like Covid-19, climate change, how we’ll live and work in the future – and they really do change the world.
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Meet Jeff Benson, an Instrumentation Engineer at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). He and his team take care of over 2000 different types of scientific equipment, from temperature sensors to autonomous underwater vehicles like famous autosub Boaty McBoatface. This involves things like maintaining the equipment, testing it and helping scientists understand how best to use it in their research.
Jeff spends a lot of his time at NOC's headquarters in Southampton, but also accompanies researchers on voyages on NOC's two research vessels, the James Cook and the Discovery.
Jeff's work enables vital research into the world's oceans, such as how they're being affected by climate change. This is important for predicting how the oceans will change in future and the knock-on impacts on things like weather patterns, ecosystems and coastal regions.
Some of these studies have been going on for over a decade - which means a lot of changing batteries on remote sensors, checking them for damage and collecting data.
Jeff says "I like my job a lot. I mean, I think it's the best job in the world. I've been to places that very few people in the world have been, I've seen things that very few people in the world have seen, and I've met some amazing people as well."
See more world-changing jobs like these on our playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkjB0VcEl5P9yPj9tljiU1PMhadR7iU1C
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Welcome to 101 Jobs That Change The World - our campaign to highlight some of the many roles that contribute to success of the research and innovation system. In these videos you’ll meet the people who work – often behind the scenes – in a wide variety of fulfilling and interesting roles beyond the traditional image of a researcher or innovator. Our 101 Jobs profiles offer a glimpse into the lives of the varied people who are working across the research and innovation system, some in remote or unusual locations. Their jobs are essential to the creative, dynamic research and innovation system we need to tackle huge challenges like Covid-19, climate change, how we’ll live and work in the future – and they really do change the world.
We are UK Research and Innovation, the body that allocates government funds for research. You can read more about what we do here. And if you liked this video, follow us on these channels:
Medium: medium.com/@UKRI
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YouTube: youtube.com/c/UKResearchandInnovation
Or sign up for our weekly newsletter public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKRI/subscriber/new?topic_id=UKRI_newsletter
Want to know more about this campaign? See all our profiles here: ukri.org/our-work/101-jobs-that-change-the-world
And if you want to know more about the range of careers in research, visit the government careers site: nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-categories/science-and-research
#CareersInEngineering #CoolJobs #101jobs #ItTakesUsAll #WhatsYourRole #ChangeTheWorld
