Steelfixer Review

by Laing O'Rourke

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

5/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • Steelfixing putting reenforcement bar in ready for concrete to go over it

    7/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • Yes a bit of both

    7/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • All of it

    7/10
  • 4. How valued do you feel by Laing O'Rourke?

    • Very little

    3/10
  • 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?

    • Its ok but as i have to travle from manchester to liverpool on an apprentership wage and it cost me 70 pound per week its hard and the company says they carnt help me

    2/10
  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?

    • A lot

    8/10
  • 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?

    • In the learning a lot from the fixers on site not much in other sence

    5/10
  • 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?

    • Poor as i have kids and bills to pay and i have to pay 70 pound on train fare per week i struggle a lot

    1/10
  • 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?

    • Some

    5/10
  • 9. Would you recommend Laing O'Rourke to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • Its ok

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Laing O'Rourke?

    • Make sure you understand everything they tell you

Details

Level 2 Apprenticeship

Engineering

North West

March 2018

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