Rating

6.8/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • Currently we spend the first year at Warwick Trident College; here we spend our time on a rota-basis where we spend three weeks in Higher Education (classroom based lessons on topics such as maths, materials and manufacturing) and the following six weeks in two different workshops which vary from fields such as welding, turning and milling and CNC

    7/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • Starting this apprenticeship with no practical experience in any manual engineering fields (or even any DIY) I have learnt many new skills as the course has progressed. I felt more comfortable with the higher education sections where I have developed on the skills I had already learnt in physics and maths A-level (as well as the essay writing skills I had already acquired during school)

    9/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • I enjoy the learning environment that this apprenticeship is based around. As somebody who lives locally and hasn't moved to the area for the apprenticeship it has been easier to separate my personal hobbies from work; being paid to learn and to get a degree and a job straight from school has greatly added to my enjoyment of the programme even if i don't especially enjoy everything we do.

    6/10

  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • The first year mixes both the company and the learning provider - this does not often blend smoothly as the company and the college have different opinions on how the course content should be delivered. We often have problems with timetables and course organisation but do learn all the content and you learn to adapt to a situation similar to that of the unstructured world of work.

    3/10

  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • We do not have very much contact time with our employer in the first year and instead are treated as full-time students who visit plant during college holidays. This is great in the respect that there is no pressure and you can begin to gain your bearings in plant, but also you feel very isolated from the business and not as if you actually work for the company.

    7/10

  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
  • The training provider is generally very accessible and the lessons are well taught. In essay based subjects the marking is often very inconsistent and tutors do not seem to communicate on a standard style of marking, but it is fairly easy to meet the required level of working to gain the required marks to pass and gain merits.

    7/10

  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
  • Currently the work we do in workshops seems very unrelated to our job roles. The workshop sessions, whilst very informative and provide a good basis of general engineering understanding, have little relevance to our jobs as CAD engineers where we will have no contact with physical engineering like welding or manual assembly.

    6/10

  • 8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
  • Whilst I don't participate in any of the company based extra-curricular clubs I have benefited from the ELS scheme which provides you with a set amount of money (£250 before tax) which you can spend on learning a new extra curricular skill. Apprentices have used this for activities like driving lessons and music lessons.

    9/10

  • 9a. Would you recommend JLR to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • In the push for young people to go straight to university it is important to consider other options that will give you more opportunities and a head-start in your working life. Getting a degree for free, albeit a couple of years later than many of your peers, and being paid to complete it is always something I would recommend.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to JLR?
  • The application process to Jaguar Land Rover is difficult and there is a lot of competition. 1 in 70 applicants gained a place on our intake, so you have to make sure that you prepare yourself for the assessment centre day and put your best foot forwards by being personable and knowledgeable


Details

Degree Apprenticeship

Engineering

Coventry

April 2019


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