Rating

6/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • Aircraft maintenance mechanic (apprentice). Assisting the team servicing the aircraft.

    7/10

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

    8/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • Found the programme to be on the whole fairly enjoyable.

    7/10

  • 4. How valued do you feel by BAE Systems?
  • There could definitely have been more information fed down to the apprentices regarding a number of issues.

    6/10

  • 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • Again more information could have been supplied to the apprentices. Training was okay, certain subjects were less enjoyable than others but on the whole good.

    7/10

  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?
  • Pretty good support coming from the tutors, management could have been better.

    7/10

  • 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • Kind of disorganised between our first year training and moving into our second year on base.

    7/10

  • 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?
  • Having to rent a property, insuring a car, petrol and other living costs left very little disposable income at the end of each month.

    4/10

  • 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?
  • Nothing was provided by the employer for outside opportunities, but I didn't expect this. I wouldn't expect it from any other job either, this question is a bit pointless to be honest????

    1/10

  • 9. Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • They offer many opportunities for furthering career prospects.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems?
  • Do your research before the interviews.


Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Engineering

East Midlands

April 2016


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