Apprentice Planner Review
at Virgin Media O2
Higher Level Apprenticeship
Engineering
Reading
Review Submitted: May 2021
Overall Rating
3.9 /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
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
3.6/5
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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
Planning fibre that will potentially be built into the ground, to serve more customers all over our specific region
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
4/5
The programme is very good, there are a range of different jobs, and different areas of the business your are in contact with in order to network more and get to know more people
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
4/5
I have learned about planning and using SWOT analysis in order to plan the most efficient way possible, to decrease costs but ensure quality stays high
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
4/5
The programme is well structures is has set out plans of what should be achieved by each month, although this is laid out so you can get ahead if you are up to date already
How much support do you receive from your employer?
3/5
There are always catch up calls with managers to update them with how the apprenticeship is going, as well as calls with other apprentices to be able to talk about the apprenticeship and compare learning
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
4/5
We have regular calls with our training provider every few weeks that are one to one, as well as calls as a group with the training provider ever few weeks too, to recap learning and ask any questions you may have
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
4/5
The training course has built on soft skills that can be transferred into the work place such as SWOT, an also gives more background knowledge into how companies like the one you work for operate
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
3/5
There are often after work calls (with covid) within your team or as an apprentice group. Outside of covid teams have regular meets ups outside of work in order to get to know each other better
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Virgin Media O2 to a friend?
Yes
Why?
They offer very flexible working, with hours and location, as well as offering very good benefits such as healthcare and discounts on other services such as eye tests.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Virgin Media O2?
research the company before any interviews to be able to link any of your examples back to Virgin Media, which will show them you have proactively researched and should impress them
