Apprentice Review

On a Monday I attend college where we study a number of different units.
On every other day of the week I go to work in my section. Starting the day with a daily start up meeting. Then starting on the job training - once competent working alone. I start at 8 and finish at 3.

The program is well structured, however due to covid-19 we have not worked to the program as we should have. There is a great apprentice mentor program meaning if we require any help it is there. Misinformation is the only thing that lets it down, getting information from work - then getting different information from different people.

The support I get from my section is great, anything that I want to discuss I feel as if I can do that. However if there is anything else that I feel that I cannot discuss with them, I know that there are other channels which I can get support through

The support from our training provider has been better than I could have expected, this is for the BTEC side of the course. However as for NVQ it has been difficult to discuss the qualification due to studying such a specialist subject. The support given could have been better from the training provider.

I feel that the qualification gives me a great background knowledge on the subject. On a day to day basis it has been useful as it means that I have read the technical instructions in more detail than I ever would have done if I was just carrying out the task.

Yes

It is a great company to work for. Getting to work and attend college has been a good way for me to gain my qualifications and to progress in the work place. Mixing with different people and gaining experience. Getting to work with such knowledgeable people has been great.