Operational Meteorological Technician Industrial Placement Review

Item: Operational Meteorological Technician Industrial Placement at Met Office
Rating: 3.9
Author: Anonymous

at Met Office

Placement (10 Months+)

Environmental Science

Exeter

Review Submitted: May 2023

Overall Rating

3.9 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

3.3/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.3/5 - Company Culture

3/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Assisting meteorologists in their daily tasks. This includes creating products for aviation, environmental and media services. For example helping to write forecast scripts for the Met Office's public weather service.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Some responsibility was given, although I feel some tasks felt a little too easy and inconsequential.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

3/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

team working, writing for the public, time management, shift work, networking

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

3/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

3/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

2/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

Management was very supportive, and there was always someone willing to help with any problems.Good training was given before becoming operational in the role.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

5/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

A very supportive culture. Some extra-curricular and out of work activities were arranged and these were generally enjoyable.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

3/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

4/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I did enjoy my placement. However I found the role to get a little repetitive towards the end of my time, and would've liked to be given new responsibilities.