Apprentice Engineer Review

by BT

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

9.8/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • Trainee Openreach engineer, I will be visiting customer premises to install or repair lines as well as work at the telegraph poles and exchanges

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

    • Yes all the skills regarding external work are new skills

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

    • Very much, I have met some amazing people, it's a good mix of practical and theory

    10/10
  • 4. How valued do you feel by BT?

    • The trainers make me feel valued and included in all classes

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

    • It can be tricky to keep track of where you are meant to be for each lesson and who with, plus with a starting group of 80 plus, there wasn't much chance for asking questions or 121 help in the first week.

    8/10
  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?

    • The trainers themselves are brilliant

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

    • The advice and help is available if you look for it

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

    • n/a as I am a redeployee from another department so keeping my original wage

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

    • BT have lots of social groups you can get involved in through the social websites and also the volunteering schemes

    10/10
  • 9. Would you recommend BT to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • It's a brilliant place to work for good money

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to BT?

    • Consider how climbing a pole would affect you as you don't get to try that until week 4, and that can be the scariest part of the course

Details

Level 2 Apprenticeship

Information Technology

South West

May 2018

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