Rating

6/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • I make hellical sections of rail which is the part that curves around the staircase.

    6/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • My quality of welding and grinding has improved a lot and the ability to read engineering drawings.

    7/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • Work is okay, days go quickly which is good aslong as you continuously work through the day.

    5/10

  • 4. How valued do you feel by Stannah?
  • not as much as normal employees, however still valued as the team leaders ensure that our jobs are always correct.

    4/10

  • 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • A lot better now, used to get different things to do everyday and made it difficult to get used to making sections. However now I am in the jig everyday making the same type of sections which is a lot better.

    7/10

  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?
  • Not very much. They come in every other month or so and do a quick review to check on things but that's all.

    6/10

  • 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • Every job I make is checked to ensure it is okay to send out on mast, and if I am ever stuck on something they will always help.

    7/10

  • 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?
  • Very well, the wage is good and makes all the work worth while. We also get a monthly bonus.

    10/10

  • 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?
  • Not really, as we are only getting trained to a certain type of job, nothing else.

    2/10

  • 9. Would you recommend Stannah to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • It is a good place to work and the wage is good. Everyone is friendly and while working it is also a good laugh.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Stannah?
  • Be prepared to do a lot of work everyday and that the work gets easier the more you work.


Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Engineering

North East

July 2016


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