Paint apprentice Review

Item: Paint apprentice at Steer Automotive
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at Steer Automotive

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Automotive Engineering

Sudbury, Suffolk

Review Submitted: March 2025

Overall Rating

5 /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 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - 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

I am a paint prep and painter apprentice for steer. My day to day involves getting cars ready for the painting stage and painting them

To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

5/5

I enjoy the practical side of my apprenticeship aswell as the theory side and learning different techniques to do my job

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

5/5

I have developed new skills aswell as improving the skills I had already learnt before my apprenticeship. I have been given lots of opportunities to go on training courses which have helped me progress with my skills in my day to day life and for my apprenticeship

Structure and Support

How well organised/structured is your programme?

5/5

My programme is very organised I do I do maths functional skills lessons
every week to help with my learning and I always have someone who I can message when I am stuck with my coursework

How much support do you receive from your employer?

5/5

I receive excellent support for steer they provide lots of opportunities for me to improve as an employee. They put on competitions and training days which are amazing and help me with my confidence

How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

5/5

I receive great support I do functional skills maths lessons with a tutor every week and my coursework tutor comes in and sees me to help me with my theory work that I need to Complete for my apprenticeship NVQ

How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

5/5

My qualification though my training provider helps me perform better because it is a in house apprenticeship so I spend all my time the workshop so I am constantly working on my abilities and I don’t have to worry about going away for a week to learn someplace else

Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

5/5

We have apprentice activity days where the apprentices get together and do lots of activities like team building activities. Aswell as training days they also do competitions this means we get to meet different apprentices from all over the country and get to meet people from companies that we are partnered with