The lubricants sector offers careers across chemistry, engineering, manufacturing, sustainability, technology, logistics, sales and communications. Yet too many young people do not know these opportunities exist. We cannot expect them to choose an industry they have never encountered or solve tomorrow’s skills shortage by waiting for vacancies to appear.
That is why LUBE Media created LUBELife and our STEM Ambassador Programme. Working with the Baker Dearing Educational Trust, we are connecting industry professionals with technically minded students across its network of University Technical Colleges. StudySmarter helps companies continue that journey by reaching students, graduates and early-career professionals.
This issue celebrates the organisations supporting STEM initiatives. BASF, ABN Resource and Plan.Grow.Do. share their commitment to developing future talent. We also meet three young industry employees who explain how they found their way into the lubricants sector, the opportunities they have discovered and what they would say to others considering a similar career.
We cordially invite you to join our STEM Ambassador programme. Giving just one morning, or at most one day, could introduce a student to a career they had never imagined and help our sector build the skilled, diverse and enthusiastic workforce it needs. Every conversation can make a real difference.
The future of our industry depends on the people we inspire today. Together, we can ensure they
know the lubricants sector is ready to welcome them now.
