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St Austell Brewery

General Manager Review

at St Austell Brewery

Higher Level Apprenticeship

Hospitality Management

Fowey

Review Submitted: April 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!

4.5/5 - Overview of Role
5/5 - Skills Development
3.8/5 - Structure and Support

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
4/5
Day to day running of the business whilst also planning for the future, ensuring compliance with the law at all times, ensuring the team have everything they need to succeed.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
5/5
it is great the team at college have been amazing with imparting knowledge in a way that leads to great understanding

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
5/5
Developed understanding of why what we do makes a difference as opposed to how we do what we do

Structure and Support

How well organised/structured is your programme?
5/5
very well organised whilst also being flexible, due to the nature of the industry flexibility is important
How much support do you receive from your employer?
3/5
available whenever we need him, could do with actually being able to carve out time to complete some of the college work in our working week but again the nature of the beast makes this hard
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
5/5
as much as we need
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
3/5
Perhaps not that much different to how I was doing my job before.
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
Not really

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend St Austell Brewery to a friend?
Yes
Why?
I feel genuinely appreciated in my role and have been able to develop a career out of what started as a summer job
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to St Austell Brewery?
be yourself they will only find out the truth anyway
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