b'Member News July 2023 25VolunteersHammad is passionate about inspiring future engineersAfter taking a very unusual route into engineering, IET volunteer Hammad Lateef is keen to open young peoples eyes to the amazing career opportunities that science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) can offer.When Hammad graduatedtechnician; a qualifiedopenness, restlessness and from the University ofelectrical inspection, aa passion for excellence. Northumbria in 1995 withtesting and communicationsHis desire to help others a BA (Hons) degree inengineer; a mechanicallearn and improve has History of Art, Design andengineer; the owner ofshone brightly in each of Film, its fair to say thata specialist engineeringhis job roles to date. As engineering was not anbusiness; a college lecturerAssociation of Apprentices obvious career choice.in electrical installation;Council Chair, hes putting However, engineeringand a team leader atsystems in place to help has been at the heart ofAmazon UK Services. develop and inspire young his career journey sinceEquipped with anpeople who prefer a hands-Hammad Lateef TMIET January 2000. His jobsimpressive and varied skillon approach to learning, have included working as anset, Hammad is driven byrather than the traditional, authorised Altendorf servicea combination of curiosity,academic route.First volunteer role Next stepsHammad is a member of the IET East Midlands Localkeynote presentationHammad intends to take thingsNetwork and started volunteering in April 2021.about Salesforce andto the next level. He said: I became an IET volunteerCoventry 2023. It tookhelped run four 15-minute to give something back toplace in mid-March atworkshops designed to help people gain a practical the profession he said.Coventry College, duringunderstanding of theI absolutely love STEAM. I want to help everyoneBritish Science Week.Trailhead and Trailblazer access engineering andCommunity basics, includingFollowing on from Robot technology, to improveHe said: The IET co- how to build their network. this world. And I wantsponsored the event,Day, Im exploring the to make robotics morewhich aims to inspire andWe hosted a Salesforcepossibility of running some accessible, inclusive andeducate young peoplequiz at lunchtime. Thenclasses that will give young diverse, to bring more and those who arein the afternoon, I helped people into skilled work. influential in their lives facilitate more workshopspeople a chance to sample about careers in STEAM.and led a question-and-Hammads first IETanswer session. It wasa range of professional Hundreds of people of all volunteer activity as aages attended the event. a very full-on day, butengineering and technology member of the Localhugely enjoyable. I hope Network involvedI assembled a teamwe sparked an interest infields before choosing their hosting an IET stand asof volunteers to helptechnology and engineeringcareer direction.a Salesforce certifiedme on the stand. In theamong some of the many associate at Robot Daymorning I delivered avisitors to our stand.Read more at: theiet.org/meet-our-volunteers'