Manufacture Apprentice Review

I am a manufacture apprentice . Day to day I am involved in a small manufacture team that works on machinery to product Duac gel. We wash and maintain the plant along with the area engineers. I am also frequently involved with a project team on different aspects of my area.

I have completed my level 3 in process operations and am currently working towards completing a level 4 in operations engineering. within the work place I am frequently improving my communication skills and team work skill while working along side different team and individuals. it frequently occurs that I am attending training courses on site to, such as fire training and training regarding the hazardous substances we use. Also within my time at gsk I have been lucky enough to be involved in a week in wales where we developed our team building and communication skills.

Everyone has good and dad days at work. I do feel as if there is days where I feel as if am chasing a paper bag in the wind. What I mean by this is that it often occurs that I am asking for jobs to do rather than being told what I need to do. However I do feel as if I am comfortable working with different people and never feel as if I am incapable of doing a task. it was hard coming into the site as I really did not know what to exspect. At first it was hard knowing who to talk to and where to go for things but now I do feel as I am more confident in myself and I am able to speak to the right people if and when I need help. Overall I would say I do enjoy my job. I feel as if I can constantly test myself and I always feel as if there is something to do or something to work towards.

hot/cold feelings. there is times where I do feel as if apprentices at GSK are highly thought of and it often occurs that people are intrigued by certain things we do as apprentices. Its clear the managers respect the apprentices but it often occurs that people do not fully understand the apprentice program so struggle with the aspect of a apprentice. as my apprenticeship has gone on I feel as if I have been valued even more. At first it wasn't easy as I feel as if I was lost and was counted as a head. But now I feel as if im involved in a lot more and I am given a lot more reasonability.

Badly. I feel as if my manager has worked extra so that I have a plan in place and I know where I am going and when. I feel as if there should be a set program that each apprentice has to follow rather than a make shift plan for each given line manager.

I feel as if there could be more support. the training provider seem to be eager to receive assignments but struggle when we ask for feed back. However when I email them asking for help they soon reply. they could be better but could be a lot worse.

the employer gives a lot of support. there is always someone there to listen to any problems and I do believe that GSK fully support us.

I believe the salary is more than acceptable.

We are given one orange day a year which is there so that people can help charities and other organisations in certain way.

Yes

I believe its a great company with a lot of opportunities. Its a well paying job, and its a company that is world wide and is always striving for success.

stay calm, be yourself. GSK want to know who YOU are.