Rolling stock technician Review

The role of a rolling stock technician is to fix and maintain the fleet of units for our company ensuring they are safely working and continue to be reliable to keep people across our net work moving. Day to day operations include A exams, B exams, big jobs such as engine changes, wheel set changes and transmission changes.

I have learnt loads of new skills from making wiring looms to PTS. The main skills that have been developed throughout my apprenticeship is my hand fitting and tool work as before i wasn’t as competent however, now I feel much more confident carrying out my work that I have to complete.

I really do enjoy this program it has allowed me to do things I never thought I would be involved in such as being apart of the imeche railway challenge which has been challenging and fun to be apart of and has testing my abilities and improved my skills since I have been involved with this project

For the most part the program has been organised okay one of the key issues that holds back how I feel about this program is the college itself being very unorganised and unhelpful that’s not to do with our company it’s to do with the providers (the college) however, some of the staff have really tried to put us before them and have tried to help us as much as possible even though the management of the college is awful

The support we get from the employer is great if we need something they are able to provide or help with such as needing more time at depot or if we need more time at college our employers are happy to do whatever we need to get the work done

The most staff are really good at supporting us throughout our work however some of the staff and the management behind it all have been really unhelpful and haven’t bother to try and help us as last year we had been messed about kept changing and swapping lessons and staff. Which resulted in our grades being lower and not to our best effort and the management believed if was our own faults even though they kept changing everything and made weeks very inconsistent

The qualifications we are receiving will massively benefit our careers in the future with both different diplomas we are going to get at the end of this year will be able to show my engineering ability to my employers and what I have learnt since being on the course which shows them how far I have come as an apprentice

Yes there are however, I believe these are what people put on themselves rather than the company however this option they have is really nice to see and allows us as a workforce bond while not having to be at work where we can relax and have some proper time to chill and have fun

Yes

Because it’s a really fun company and the experiences I’ve had since being part of the company is great I do which the provider (Fareham college) was better as some of the staff and he management aren’t very helpful however, our managers try their best to help and push us to be the best we can

Be honest, be enthusiastic and be interested these are the things I would recommend to people that are wanting to apply for jobs with them it’s a great company with loads of benefits that make the job even better I find it a very fun job too with most days being different