Business Apprentice Review

I am in warehousing operations and consumables which deals with goods in and goods out from the lorries to the various warehouses. Every morning, I read and reply to emails and check my calendar for the day. Then, I join a team meeting to overlook if there are any issues we may encounter this week. I will then attend the other relevant meetings including, material flow planning, mentoring sessions and a Sankey alignment meeting. The rest of my day is completing projects I am responsible for.

It is well structured in terms of placements planning, however, the structure within each department is not as good. Sometimes work is slow or minimal or you have to ask for work because you do not have enough! - managers are willing to help but a bit more planning is required before starting the placement.

I receive lots of support, everyone states that no question is a silly question. All of my managers support me with day-to-day activities and bigger topics such as choosing placements and general wellbeing. I have regular 1-1s and progress reviews with placements managers, apprentice managers and fellow apprentices.

I receive good support from my training provider.
For example, general day-to-day lectures provide sufficient detail and responses to my questions, the responses on teams and email are prompt and helpful for a wide range of topics and feedback on assignments are good.

I believe that my qualification is supporting me with my role, rather than my qualification helping my job role. It is easier to have the experience at work to then relate the examples in my assignments at uni. My qualification may help me perform better at work when some of the modules are more relevant.

Yes

You learn so much! The experience is invaluable. The people you meet are from a wide range of backgrounds with so many different experiences they can share with you. It shows you the reality of working in a big company with lots of support behind you! You never feel alone and everyone wants to help.