Climatic Apprentice Review

by JLR

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

9/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • Installing test vehicles into Climatic Development Chambers and the cold climate chambers, regularly working in extreme temperatures.

    10/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • Endless new skills which I have used both in work and at home doing hobbies

    10/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • I really enjoy working at JLR, the college seemed like a slightly pointless experience but hopefully it will step stone me onto a degree course next.

    8/10
  • 4. How valued do you feel by JLR?

    • Within the workplace there is variance between different employees, some make you feel appreciated some don't, but that is the same in all work places.

    9/10
  • 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?

    • The college wasn't very well organised but the programme overall was fairly well structured. I would prefer planned placements but these were just planned by myself instead.

    9/10
  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?

    • He has helped me through my NVQ and the past 3 years of college

    9/10
  • 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?

    • Employer gives a valued amount of support to me as an apprentice

    9/10
  • 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?

    • Well over my costs

    10/10
  • 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?

    • Not as of yet, no trips due to being an apprentice.

    7/10
  • 9. Would you recommend JLR to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • Great place to work with lots of opportunities and mainly fantastic people to work alongside.

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to JLR?

    • Make sure you have had some experience with cars and are quite practically minded

Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Engineering

West Midlands

March 2016

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