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Engineering Manufacturing Technician Review

at Babcock International Group

Higher Level Apprenticeship

Engineering

Plymouth

Review Submitted: February 2022

Overall Rating

2.8 /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
3/5 - Skills Development
3/5 - 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
Learning, listening to lectures, mainly provided on a Wednesday and Thursday
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
1/5
Hard to tell at the moment as we don’t have much interaction. Teachers have left and so there isn’t much motivation for our weeks

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
3/5
At the start of the year we where in the work shop, here I learnt how to use a large, milking machine, pillar drill and some hand skills

Structure and Support

How well organised/structured is your programme?
1/5
Not very well, we work towards a HNC on the Thursday but other then that our course has no structure
How much support do you receive from your employer?
2/5
We have not yet had lots of interaction with the company but there are people there if we need to talk to them
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
5/5
When working towards our HNC, oceansgate college trainers provide very high levels of support and go out of their way to help us
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
5/5
This qualification will help me to understand many important underlying knowledge area for my future role
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
2/5
No

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Babcock International Group to a friend?
No
Why?
I have put no as I am unsure yet, for how the course is going so far I would say no but hopefully when we get into the dockyard next year it will be better and my answer would then be a yes
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Babcock International Group?
Ensure you are motivated to work and keen to get into the engineering world
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