Apprentice Broadcast Engineer Review

Job title: Apprentice Broadcast Engineer The course structure currently loosely follows a 3 month university/placement rotation. The work placements involve becoming integrated with a team within the BBC or with an industry partner (such as ITV, Arqiva, dock10 and many others). You get a high level of responsibility within the teams while having the guidance needed on hand to ensure it's a productive learning experience.

The course offers a sponsored degree in Broadcast Engineering, leaving me with no student debt. There are also a number of world renowned BBC training courses in broadcast technologies as well as the on the job training. I started the course with some IT focused skills and will be leaving with an extension of that knowledge plus broadcast technology skills. This skillset is very much in demand all over the world at the moment.

Whilst the programme is hard work due to doing a degree and working in the timeframe of a normal degree, it is extremely rewarding. The company culture at the BBC is fantastic. Everyone is willing to spare some time to help with your training.

I have contributed real work to a number of departments which has been incredibly useful to them. Feedback is always passed on to your manager which is an incredibly valuable thing to have in terms of finding future jobs.

The induction into the BBC was fantastic with a training course within the first week getting you involved in the company culture and meeting people from a range of departments. Trying to fit the university work in the timescales is difficult sometimes, but the support from the BBC staff in situations like this is great.

With a lot of the group being away from the training provider, it can sometimes be difficult to get support from the university lecturers. However, for the most part, they are willing to help via email.

All of the normal fantastic support options are available as if you were full time BBC staff and training courses are provided when needed to fill knowledge gaps.

I've been able to live independently for the duration of the course. Travel, accomodation and food costs are covered when working away from your home base.

With the BBC being such a large company, there are a huge number of clubs and societies available and there are numerous occasions to get involved with volunteering events.

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