electrical deign apprentice Review

Item: electrical deign apprentice at Balfour Beatty
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at Balfour Beatty

Higher Level Apprenticeship

Engineering

Newcastle upon Tyne

Review Submitted: April 2021

Overall Rating

4.4 /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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4/5 - Skills Development

4.2/5 - Structure and Support

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

4/5

My role is a Electrical deign apprentice in the substation department, it requires me to have great CAD skills and other engineering software's, good knowledge of substations and OHL, great understanding of project requirements and vital communication skills with colleagues who have different roles in the project.

To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

4/5

so far I am enjoying this program and how it helped me improve my knowledge and skills

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

4/5

I have improved my CAD skills, also have good understanding of an engineering drawing, improved my communication skills by meeting other colleagues in the business and also starting to understand how a substation works

Structure and Support

How well organised/structured is your programme?

3/5

When I started the program there wasn't a clear plan of how I will be trained practically it was just ideas, but since coming back from my first block release doing my HNC, now there is a good structure and practical training, I have been assigned a mentor, I have weekly apprenticeship catch-ups and also get assigned tasks to do that will help me get trained to become an Electrical deign engineer.

How much support do you receive from your employer?

5/5

I have great support from my employer in terms of helping me become an Engineer or just allowing me to express who I am as a person.

How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

4/5

I have good support from my training provide in terms of helping me improve my theory knowledge and also having tutorials in which if there is any problems or something you didn't understand they can help and guide you.

How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

5/5

My qualifications is very suited to the role I'm doing and I believe the knowledge I will gain will help me a lot

Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

4/5

There have been social activities in which you meet new apprenticeships, Balfour provide a week for this in which you do a range of activities and meet and greet new apprentices and also higher people in the business and the department you are in.