BAE Systems

As a project control apprentice, I have 5 different placements which change every year. These placements vary across the business in areas such as finance, governance, project management and scheduling. I am accountable to run my own projects within my ar...

Working in my first placement where I have a few responsibilities. Intergration Engineering, Research and more

I must look at errors that have been made in the past to drawings and fix the issues needed.

Strip cable, insert cable into terminations and secure them, create trunking in case of exposed cable.

Grinding, marking out and burning

grinding metal burning metal little bit of tacking welding

grinding

A typical day includes, grinding, burning and marking out

Marking out, burning and grinding metal down to complete a set of different tasks given.

marking out ,material then burning the material leading to grinding.

I fabricate steel, mark out engineering drawings on steel, burn steel using a burning torch,i have a toolbox full of tools, rulers, clamp, engineering square etcetera and they allow me too do my job precisely

i do changes that are requested and deal with drawings and 3D models

I work in 6 month rotational placements around site and work with different engineering teams. Day to day I am supporting engineers with tasks and work this can vary task by task. One day a week I attend University to complete modules in my degree.

I complete various tasks relating to one of the DTS specialisms, depending on the placement I am in. For example, I have just started a data placement and am working on creating reports.

I support my tradespeople with jobs and tasks which helps me gain more understanding of the role I will be coming into once I finish my apprenticeship. I am also given jobs daily from my team leader to gain more skill and experience, as well as boosting m...

My job role includes refreshing data to report figures to higher management, collating data into powerpoint packs to be used in meetings and tracking progress against baselines. On a day to day basis this can include a lot of calls to get figures and conf...

Working with trades people to enhance my skills on a wide range if different activities.

Fitting and maintaining electrical systems and supports

Day to day tasks can differ though these all are to contribute on the successful delivery of the project or programme in which you are supporting. As an apprentice you are given high amounts of responsibility to deliver your responsibilities.

Enginnering Support in a number of different roles.