Mechanic Apprentice Review

Item: Mechanic Apprentice at Babcock International Group
Rating: 1.9
Author: Anonymous

at Babcock International Group

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Engineering

Bovington Camp

Review Submitted: March 2022

Overall Rating

1.9 /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!

2/5 - Overview of Role

3/5 - Skills Development

1.8/5 - Structure and Support

Overview of Role

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

2/5

Mechanic Apprentice - learning the skills that it takes to become a qualified mechanic for Babcock. This involves everything from overhauls of the military vehicles to breakdowns and small repairs.

To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

2/5

It has been very difficult to have the eagerness to come to work a lot of the time due to the amount of uncertainty with big questions we raise, COVID and a lot of changes to our line managers all causing us to not find comfort at work. I have enjoyed it as an insight into the real world compared to being at school but i feel it definitely couldve been a lot more enjoyable.

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

3/5

Ive learnt many personal skills that will help me for the rest of my working days such as communication with new people and mindsets along with a lot of practical skills working with a variety of tools that ive never used before.

Structure and Support

How well organised/structured is your programme?

2/5

The overall structure has only just started to seem like it would work as for the past two and a half years it has been far from structured. This is mainly due to the changes of line managers and other factors interfering but im sure it couldve been dealt with much better.

How much support do you receive from your employer?

2/5

Again i feel for the last two and a half years we havent had anywhere near the amount of support we needed especially being new into a business and not knowing the ways of the company along with big questions being raised and months before they were both discussed and resolved was really difficult and if we wouldve had that bit of help, i believe we wouldve been in a much better state now

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

3/5

We receive a fair amount of support when it comes to our qualifications which is handy when at college and it gives us reassurance that we are in safe hands

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

1/5

The only thing that could correlate to work from college is how to use the tools. At college we work on trucks and big cars, at work we work on military tanks meaning theres little to nothing the same making it almost impossible to enhance my performance at work.

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

No, i tried to raise this in my first year about a possible day from work where all employees get involves in a big day of some sports and to be involved with each other to possibly boost morale but this was never raised

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Babcock International Group to a friend?

Why?

if it was to have the same experience overall that i had then i probably wouldnt. If it was improve and to be alot more organised and stable then yes as i can defininetly see potential