Mechanical Fitter Review

My job title is a mechanical fitter, my job entails tasks such as diagnosing problems with trucks that are not working as intended then rectifying the problem when it is found. I attend college once a week to do the academic side of the apprenticeship and i get a mentor while at work to continue with the hands on experience.

My problem solving skills have developed a lot since i started as that is a main part of the job i do. I would say ive learnt a lot of hands on skills that i didnt have a lot of knowledge on before.

I enjoy coming to work every day, this makes the whole apprenticeship program a lot better for me. As a company I feel like Caterpillar value their apprentices and take any feedback and try to make the program as best as they can for us.

I feel like my opinion is valued by everyone. They understand that everything can be improved so if I had an idea to improve the apprenticeship program they are more than happy to listen and take feedback on how to improve something.

There is a specific manager of apprentices as a whole. The manager deals with everything to do with apprentices meaning everything is very organised. Any support that i needed i would be able to get whenever.

I would be able to get support if i needed it in any way. If it was to do with college our manager would find a way to help us out by either getting us additional courses or finding someone to explain something.

Managers and mentors are understanding that at first you wont know a lot. They help you and build you as a person until the day when you can work by yourself, if you need any help they are more than happy to answer a question on it.

The salary is very good. I earn enough to do everything that i want to do and have money left over to treat myself if i wanted to. The location is very close to me meaning travel costs are low however the salary supports people even if they live far away. This increases every year.

As a business ambassador I am asked to do events a lot such as careers fairs to help recruit the next years apprentices.

Yes

I feel like they are a very good company to work for with all of the support and help i have got in my time here.

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