Civil Engineer Degree Apprentice Review
at Arcadis
Degree Apprenticeship
Civil Engineering
Warrington, UK
Review Submitted: February 2025
Overall Rating
3.1 /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
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Overview of Role
3/5
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Skills Development
2.6/5
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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:
3/5
As an quite new apprentice I normally play a supporting role, marking up drawings or making tables for people.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
3/5
I enjoy my work quite well, the team are nice and explain anything I don't get. At university it is more difficult to get a good explanation if I don't understand something.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
3/5
Yes, I've learnt how to use ProjectWise, a little bit of AutoCAD, and become more experienced with Excel and Outlook.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
2/5
I sometimes feel like I'm given unnecessary information about some things, or the same thing over and over, and not given enough about others. I would rather things were more clear.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
4/5
I get a lot of support from my line manager and one of my colleagues offered to help me with my structures work which is very helpful.
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
2/5
I get the lectures on a thursday and some progress review meetings, but I don't feel like it's very easy to ask questions if I don't understand something in the lectures, and I'm not given enough time to be able to ask outside of lesson.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
3/5
I'm still quite new to the role, so not much from uni has come up yet, but somethings have been helpful just sort of seeing how things 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.)
2/5
Yes, I haven't looked into these a lot, I tend to prefer doing the university societies, but I know that there are some.
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Arcadis to a friend?
Yes
Why?
I'm enjoying working here and they might too
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Arcadis?
Ask questions if you don't understand, people will be happy to explain to you
