Leonardo

The apprenticeship is a mix of college learning and on-site placements in different business areas.

My day to day job involves fitting mechanical components to aircraft in manufacture. This can be things like engines and gearboxes, and doing other structural tasks such as riveting and drilling. I have been on a wide range of aircraft platforms all at di...

I am an apprentice in the transmissions repair and overhaul department of Leonardo Helicopters, Yeovil. On a typical day, I am working alongside skilled personnel, working on aircraft components and mechanical assemblies. I gain hands-on experience as we...

i assist with the long term support of the aircraft, solving issues from obsolescence to technical queries and change requests. i also get to communicate with our customers to find out how best to improve their operational efficiencies.

As a technician engineer with a mechanical bias, so far I have been involved in mainly design work using CAD software.

I have a variety of roles depending on my current department. currently it is to shaddow planners in repairs and try to learn the process

My role will change massivley depending on what placement i am in at work. In my current placement i am in a software placement where every morning i log on, check emails and tasks list then have a call with my team to see what the plan is for the day and...

As a manufactoring apprentice, I move around differnt areas of the business to gain an understnding of each depatment by having a placement in each one for three to six months. During thid time, I act as an employee, so I can decide where i would like to...

As a Business Apprentice, I will be rotating around different departments in the company. I am currently in a Finance placement, which involves looking at the monthly accounts of the company and analysing them. As a part of my apprenticeship, I am complet...

My role in Leonardo is rotational, meaning I spend 3 months in each department of the business and gain as much knowledge as I can within that time frame. This involves participating in meetings, going through basic training and adopting certian work pack...

I begin my day at 7am, where I go into whichever placement I am in at the time. (As at Leonardo, we rotate placements around the business) Currently, I am in our special manufacturing unit where I perform training task such as cable making and building ci...

I am a business apprentice, so every 3 months I rotate placements around Leonardo. I have been in Procurement, Commercial and Logistics and Material control so far but I will go on to expereince finance, project management and Import/export control. On a...

My day to day role consists of using SAP and other databases to find and book on to jobs, retrieve documents relating to the job and then completing the task to the specifications listed in the documentation. As I work on a variety of projects this also i...

On a day to day basis, in a typical placement, I spend most of my time with my placement manager. My daily activities can change depending on the day, but in general, there are a variety of activities that I do. I shadow my placement manager, listen in on...

My role involves a plethora of different placements where you go around the different departments within the company to gain experience and an appreciation for all the job roles within the business, from here we can hone our skills and specialise in a cer...

I am a technical apprentice so I will be working on different projects with different teams week in week out. I move around departments every 3 months ranging from mechanical and electrical to Quality Assurance and Procurement which helps me decide my fin...

As a technical apprentice, I complete 3 month rotational placements around the various engineering departments, including: electronics, mechanical, software, systems and several more. Each day varies but I am working on real life project and gaining valua...

I deal with quality assurance issues that effect the different projects I work on. This involves talking to the different people in the manufacturing team along with engineering. I also spent some time working on my HNC and NVQ level 3 qualifiactions.