Miantenance Technician Review

I am a second year apprentice and our job role involves completing college work one day a week and the rest of the working week I am out on placement around the plant. The work I do consists of helping the maintenance team as they maintain the plant and making sure that everything is running smoothly

The apprenticeship has a structure to it but there can be times where I feel like there can be a bit of a lack of communication on some topics. Overall though the structure works well enough and most of time is relatively organised so it is not the end of the world.

We receive good support and it is known that if we do require additional support, weather it has to do with with topics in work or out of work, we can get the support. The managers care about how the apprentices are getting on in the workplace and if the work environment that they are in is the right one for them.

Some of the teachers can be very helpful and good at teaching us the information that we require to complete the college courses. Other tutors are not so helpful as they dont come from a teaching background. If I was going to suggest an improvement that could be done is to get more tutors from a teaching background.

A lot of what we learn in the college and completed in the workshop in the first year I do not think will be particularly useful when I go in to my final job role. Although I gained a general overview of engineering basics, most of what i have learnt that will apply to my job role is not through completing my qualification.

Yes

I would recommend this apprenticeship to my friends and also my family as it offers a good valuable qualification and a good well paying job is offered at the end of the apprenticeship. The work is enjoyable and fun if you are in to engineering and there is good job satisfaction.