Manufacturing craft Review

First year is full time at college learning the basics of manufacturing working towards level 3. Second year is four days on site work and one day at college finishing the qualifications. Onsite your work is split into monthly placements where you learn all aspects of your future job role while working towards your level 3 NVQ. Final year if full time at work. While on site, you work along side associates who currently do your future role. The role includes being a skilled machinest, ensuring the production line machines are operating correctly and extending to tool changes, correction moves in the software and resolving minor break downs.

We are the first manufacturering craft apprentices for a number of years, however everything is predetermined and layed out for you. However, it is up to you to take what you can from each placement, nothing is handed to you.

110% support. Come the end of your apprenticeship, they want a brilliant associate working from them, therefore it is in their best interest to help you when ever you require support.

Likewise as the last point, BMW pays BMET to send their apprentices to the college. Therefore they to above and beyond to ensure everyone paces the course. Personal, I went to sixth from before going to college as part of the apprenticeship, and the support the college lectures give compared to sixth form teachers in 100 times better

The training is suited for the specific job role. Each individual has different jobs therefore are given different subjects and NVQ's In the second year suited to that specific role.

Yes

The opportunities that they offer are not obtainable from university. They even offer university appreticeships. The put it blunt, we drive brand new BMW's and start on around 40k when we are fully qualified.