Rating

6.9/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • My role on site is to help with site care and maintainence, and I help maintain extremely expensive and important equipment. My role is critical to keeping everyone's elecricity flowing to their homes. Day-to-day this involves fixing equipment, cleaning equipment and helping the team solve problems.

    7/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • I've learnt many new skills, from using various tools, to how to maintain various pieces of important equipment, team problem solving and how to be an efficient worker.

    8/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • My program can be a bit boring at times, but on the whole it's helped me improve a lot and in reality it can't always be fun and games. Learning how to do a really crucial job is reward enough.

    6/10

  • 4. How valued do you feel by National Grid?
  • As an apprentice im treated well, and as an equal by everyone on and off site. This makes me feel valued as an individual but also as part of a team.

    7/10

  • 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • Sometimes there are courses that were poorly organsised, just simply because they were too long or too short, and sometimes the courses are in the wrong order. But as a whole the programme is well organised.

    7/10

  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?
  • I recieve a lot of help as I work towards my goals, and I recieve a lot of feedback to help me grow in the company. I would rate the feedback system very highly.

    8/10

  • 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • The support that I get from my employer is good, I get rewarded for hard work and study and the benefits that come with the job are really good.

    7/10

  • 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?
  • I recieve a salary that exceeds my current day to day costs, so I have money to spend for myself. This is good as it feels like im rewarded for my work.

    7/10

  • 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?
  • As of what i've experienced so far, I havent come across any out of work oppertunities. However im aware that community events are often run by National Grid so in the future I'll have lots of opportunities.

    5/10

  • 9. Would you recommend National Grid to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • The level of training you recieve, in addition to the good rate of pay, makes this a perfect job to get straight out of school. You feel valued and you know if you work hard and are responsible, you can go far in the company.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to National Grid?
  • My main bit of advice to people applying is to be sensible, act responsibly, and be mature. No one wants to hire someone childish.


Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Engineering

Greater London

April 2017


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