Health, Safety and Environment Intern Review
at Worcester Bosch Group
Placement (10 Months+)
Manufacturing
Worcester
Review Submitted: May 2024
Overall Rating
3.3 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
2/5
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Overview of Role
3.3/5
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Skills Development
3/5
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Support and Guidance
3.8/5
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Company Culture
3/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Provided general administrative support for the HSE Department - this included:
- Responsible for managing and updating an accident database - ensuring investigations are suitably carried out.
- Liaise with our contracted Insurance company to ensure machinery is inspected.
- Involved with carrying out audits to ensure factory processes comply with H&S legislation.
- Organize schedules for associates to be seen at Occupational Health Clinics.
- Organising Associate First Aider Training and helping to review Bosch's evacuation plans alongside senior management.
- Carrying out an annual COSHH audit to ensure substances are compliant.
- Involved with Eco Team & Logistics, assisting with sustainability projects across Warndon site.
- Responsible for managing and updating an accident database - ensuring investigations are suitably carried out.
- Liaise with our contracted Insurance company to ensure machinery is inspected.
- Involved with carrying out audits to ensure factory processes comply with H&S legislation.
- Organize schedules for associates to be seen at Occupational Health Clinics.
- Organising Associate First Aider Training and helping to review Bosch's evacuation plans alongside senior management.
- Carrying out an annual COSHH audit to ensure substances are compliant.
- Involved with Eco Team & Logistics, assisting with sustainability projects across Warndon site.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Some element of responsibility was given to me during my placement. One main example was discussing fire marshal responsibilities and evacuation plans with senior management and directors. Also organised important training, for example first aid/gas safety training.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
2/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- Furthered Communication skills, especially during Contact Centre training
- Data entry and use of Microsoft Office Suites (excel, word, powerpoint, power bi, etc)
- Not many academic skills developed and certainly not related to any degree.
- Improved confidence during meetings with senior management
- Data entry and use of Microsoft Office Suites (excel, word, powerpoint, power bi, etc)
- Not many academic skills developed and certainly not related to any degree.
- Improved confidence during meetings with senior management
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
2/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- Limited support throughout the entire placement. No 1-1 sessions that other placement students received.
- I was not set many realistic deadlines for projects.
- Limited communication with manager.
- Limited capacity to work from home.
- I was not set many realistic deadlines for projects.
- Limited communication with manager.
- Limited capacity to work from home.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
2/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- Friendly and positive company culture.
- Opportunity to discuss personal matters with colleagues.
- Opportunity to discuss personal matters with colleagues.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Overall it was a mixed experience. Some of the opportunities have been worthwhile and I have met lots of friendly and like-minded people.
The role itself was fairly limited, with not much scope to develop meaningful or useful skills, especially those linked with my degree and academic studies.
Despite this networking opportunities were good, as I interacted with almost every single function of the business as part of my role. Moreover, there were opportunities to get involved in the wider business by joining sustainability projects.
The role itself was fairly limited, with not much scope to develop meaningful or useful skills, especially those linked with my degree and academic studies.
Despite this networking opportunities were good, as I interacted with almost every single function of the business as part of my role. Moreover, there were opportunities to get involved in the wider business by joining sustainability projects.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Worcester Bosch Group
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Worcester Bosch Group to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Worcester Bosch Group
There are lots of roles available at Worcester Bosch, so I would carefully spend some time thinking about which role sounds right for you.
