Engineering Degree Apprentice Review
at BMW Group UK
Degree Apprenticeship
Engineering
Chichester
Review Submitted: April 2022
Overall Rating
3.4 /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!
3.5/5
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Overview of Role
3/5
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Skills Development
3/5
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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
Day-to-day at the moment on placement I support the Design Team in dealing with customer requests that they have specially commissioned. This involves Design and Engineering models that then allows each client to check that there car is perfect to how they want and if needed then change up the colours or materials they require. When not on placement it is dealing with problems that occur when building the cars and how we go about solving them.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
3/5
I enjoy the placement aspect but in home department because it's not what I am interested so sometimes the thing I am doing is just to make up numbers in order to have jobs done rather than having my own tasks to complete and work on in order to show what I can do. However on placement at the moment I am really enjoying it because it's to do with what I am looking to do
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
3/5
Since the last survey I have enhanced my CAD and Design skills along with my problem solving. However, the problem is that in my home department don't give me the chance to enhance my skills so going on placement meant I could learn and gain more skills in the fields that I am interested in
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
3/5
Not well structured. No help from line manager with placements or tasks to complete within home department. I come in and feel like I am there to make the numbers and because things aren't structured. I had to sort out my placement because I don't know exactly how it is meant to take place.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
3/5
Since last September there have been monthly check ups and message to check that everything is ok. Going forward my employer is going to support even more and change up the programme to suit everyone in different departments and at different levels so I look forward to how the next years pans out
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
3/5
From the Uni we don't receive much support at all. We do our coursework and get marked but because we are apprentices it means we just go to uni and then come home. It is sometimes really difficult to contact them and takes them a long time to reply to emails. The apprentice contact at the Uni is really hard to contact too
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
3/5
In my home department my Uni degree doesn't benefit my role however on my placement everything I am learning at University fits what I am doing in the Design Department and I take what I learn and put it into my day-to-day working at the moment. It means I can enhance my skills even mroe
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
To begin with I didn't know of any, but now I have spoken to other apprentices there are sports societies to get involved in, school visits to design, make and race go karts, chances to go back to other colleges and schools and every quarter there is an apprentice social
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BMW Group UK to a friend?
Yes
Why?
I would recommended this company because everyone is extremely nice and easy to get on with. The roles in your home department aren't always the best and might not be where you want to be but the placements are the chance when you can go round to the departments you want to be in and show what you can do. There are things that need working on but this is to be happening over the next few years
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to BMW Group UK?
Learn about the company, make sure you are ready for the assessment days by creating a portfolio of yourself and what you have achieved and why you should be given the job. I would also apply to many different companies just in case this one doesn't work but sell yourself and make yourself memorable when in the interview
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