Senior Development Chemist Review

Item: Senior Development Chemist at Ourvita Laleham Health and Beauty
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at Ourvita Laleham Health and Beauty

Degree Apprenticeship

Chemistry

Kirkham, Lancashire

Review Submitted: April 2025

Overall Rating

4.9 /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

4.6/5 - 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

Developing Cosmetic formulations to a customer brief. Liaising with technical customer contacts. Manageming projects from a development point of view. Managing the laboratory team

To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

5/5

It's still early days but so far it has been good to meet new people and talk about topics which will help in my future role

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

5/5

It's early on in my apprenticeship but I am learning how to write an essay again, how to reference and use more aspects of word.

Structure and Support

How well organised/structured is your programme?

4/5

Si far so good. The dates for the year are set, the topics are clear. The business is supportive of the courses.

How much support do you receive from your employer?

5/5

6 hrs a week off the job to work on my skills and studies plus support from the rest of the apprentice team at Laleham and our Apprnticehip Coordinator on site

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

5/5

So far it is very promising, we have a personal tutor, a HELM team to help with work and letting us know if we were on the right track and the tutors seem very approachable

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

5/5

I have just accepted a new rols as departmental manager so i think the course will be really good for my role, looking at leadership style, budgeting etc

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

4/5

I am attending a conference in Amterdam next week for our industry. We have a couple of sports teams who play locally and we have work socials at Xmas and for special events.

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Ourvita Laleham Health and Beauty to a friend?

Yes

Why?

Laleham is a great place to work with supportive colleagues and leaders. The leadership team make themselves available to apprentices to help with the topics they are working on and put on sessions to cover off specific topics i.e. marketing, project management etc.