Rating
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
- 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
- 4. How valued do you feel by Volkswagen Group?
- 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?
- 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?
- 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?
- 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?
- 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?
- 9. Would you recommend Volkswagen Group to a friend?
- 9b. Why?
- 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Volkswagen Group?
-commercial vehicle apprentice technician -carry out routine vehicle maintenance i.e servicing, basic repairs, changing tyre etc.. -keep the workshop clean and generally help out where needed -supposedly learn as part of apprenticeship but the dealership has me making company profits on basic jobs rather than learning on more advanced jobs that I should be
learnt many new things in the first 8 months, all servicing routines and repairs up to and including replacing cambelts or removing a gearbox. but then got put onto sales work which is very boring (7 months ago) and haven't learnt anything since then outside of reading up on stuff myself or the week release collage training I go on
enjoyed it a lot in the first 8 months, got on very well with my mentor in and out of work, learnt lots of new stuff, then got split up and put onto working on my own and everything went downhill from there really
not much
reasonably well organised, training is detailed, content is interesting
all support required there to utilise at your own choice
plenty from fellow technicians, the bare minimum from the employer themselves
just about covers living costs with couple of hundred left for personal use, have been getting massively over taxed and the government is making it very difficult for me to reclaim it. i'm currently owed over £1300 in tax rebate that I have not recived
only the opportunities I make for myself, mainly having to do engine work on my own car with no support from my employer resulting in me being stuck with no transport for around a month and counting. (public transport where I live is minimal, buses run once an hour from 07:30 to 20:10 which severely limits use of my personal time
Yes
because they will learn a lot of relevant and interesting information, but I would NOT recommend the dealership I work at as a good place to work and learn
be ready to go back to school
Details
Level 3 Apprenticeship
North West
April 2018