Engineering Technician Review
at BAE Systems
Higher Level Apprenticeship
Engineering
Glasgow
Review Submitted: March 2025
Overall Rating
4.3 /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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
3.8/5
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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:
5/5
Designing things for warships and seeing them through to production
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
5/5
Greatly
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
5/5
Developed computer modelling skills and understanding of engineering
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
3/5
Things are a little sporadically planned but a great deal of that is due to the college provider
How much support do you receive from your employer?
5/5
As much or as little support as you need
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
5/5
All the support they can give you to help you succeed
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
3/5
Some of the classes will be useful but a lot are effectively pointless, such as learning Autodesk products and drawing standards that aren't actually used in the business
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
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Supportive, good environment, good pay
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems?
There's people of all ages and abilities here, so don't think that you're too old to apply or that you don't know enough about ships to do the job. You'll get the support you need to learn
