Engineering Apprentice Review

Item: Engineering Apprentice at Defence Equipment & Support
Rating: 0.6
Author: Anonymous

at Defence Equipment & Support

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Engineering

Bristol

Review Submitted: November 2021

Overall Rating

0.6 /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!

1/5 - Overview of Role

1/5 - Skills Development

1/5 - Structure and Support

Overview of Role

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

1/5

Engineering practice is thrown out and document review is all key, all skills needed to pass NVQ stages of your apprenticeship are not available at DE&S due to this.

To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

1/5

Bullying and harassment is and everyday occurance

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

1/5

I learnt engineering from the educational provider, but none from the apprenticeship programme

Structure and Support

How well organised/structured is your programme?

1/5

Arguments and insults are the only structure to this employer

How much support do you receive from your employer?

1/5

Some individuals are involved in seeing some growth but give up when the apprenticeship team 'helps out' and ultimately removes you from learning

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

1/5

Removal of learning opportunities and expectation to do work rather than learn new skills.

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

1/5

None provision of betterment was experienced from DE&S apprenticeship

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

1/5

None, no activities or social occasions were ever organised by DE&S

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Defence Equipment & Support to a friend?

Why?

Expect to be bullied, expect to be forced to write nice things about the scheme under threat of job loss. Expect to be threatened at work, expect to be underpaid from your expected salary.