Industrial Trainee Review

During my placement year I worked in the Plastics Department supporting production with quality issues, problem solving and tooling. My role involved a lot of 3D printing and CATIA, Excel and Data analysis. I had a very wide range of projects across different areas within my shop and lead multiple production critical projects. I was even given the opportunity to present up to Director level within the first few months of joining and regularly presented to senior management.

'I had a very wide range of projects across different areas within my shop and lead multiple production critical projects. I was even given the opportunity to present up to Director level within the first few months of joining and regularly presented to senior management.'
I was given sole responsibility for the creation of a new tool for use in production - completed this from scratch.

Learned some of the key TPS philosophy and how to approach a problem. Improved CATIA, Ultimaker and Excel skills. My communication and presentation skills were massively improved by the exposure I had.

Weekly 1 on 1s with supervisors, everyone is friendly and willing to support, contact with L&D for external support too.

Everyone is treated pretty evenly at Toyota, you are well respected as a member of the team and no one treats you different because you are 'new'. Everyone is friendly and it seems like everyone's been here 10+ years. You are expected to work incredibly hard at times and its not for the faint hearted but you also get the recognition and reward to go with this.

I really enjoyed my time here, I never spent long at the desk and was always getting involved in an interesting project. I would return as a Grad if given the opportunity! We had an amazing social life with a cohort of 40 placements/grads so I think this was also key.

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