Maintenance engineer Review

For the first year, I was in a training college completing my first year of BTEC and learning practical skills, such as electrical installation, pipe fitting, pneumatics and hydraulics and many more. In my second year I completed my foundation learning units and progressed onto the real work area, JLR Halewood plant itself. here I am now hands on learning how maintenance procedures are performed in a safely and timely manner, and ensuring the line is operational, learning skills and earning money as I go.

I have learnt many maintenance and fault finding skills in many aspects of my apprenticeship, such as testing live wiring using an approved voltage measuring unit and learning how to correctly wire 3 phase systems. I have also learnt about LEAN manufacturing implementation, which showed me how the production line worked in an operational manor. As well as these I have learnt how to create some hand fitting jobs, which have required me to use a lathe, milling machine and CNC variants.

I thoroughly enjoy my time in the factory, as I feel I am participating in the production of the vehicles themselves. I like learning my BTEC work and am excited to finish it in the next year. I enjoy working the shifts well as it helps me get further used to the real work environment I will be in when I complete my apprenticeship. My colleagues are friendly and help me learn throughout the course.

The BTEC course and apprenticeship program I feel is very organised, as I know what qualifications I am earning and have regular meetings with my ITM (Industrial Training Manager) to discuss my progress and where I am doing well or not. I do have to say that the communication between my college and employer are lacking sometimes but are usually ok. We have also had some issues with our BTEC studies

The BTEC course and apprenticeship program I feel is very organised, as I know what qualifications I am earning and have regular meetings with my ITM (Industrial Training Manager) to discuss my progress and where I am doing well or not. I do have to say that the communication between my college and employer are lacking sometimes but are usually ok. We have also had some issues with our BTEC studies

With regards to experienced colleagues in the work place, I get an overwhelming amount of support, as they teach me how to do there jobs and guide me step by step. My employer has also placed me on some courses to assist my knowledge in some aspects. I have heard from others that the company provides a very good occupational health centre, for those who may suffer from any illness, mental or physical.

I get a lot of support from my tutors in my BTEC qualification, as most of them are qualified engineers and understand how to explain the subject. I have got distinctions in all my assignments up to date and am confident that I will remain like this. They also provide extra time for those who require it due to learning difficulties or unforeseen circumstances.

My qualification helps me understand why I am doing the tasks I do better, and helps prove that I have the knowledge and understanding on how machines operate and how they require lubrication. another example of my course being helpful is that I am able to read and understand CAD drawings better, as we did a CAD module for my BTEC. I have also put into practice the use of different bearings and lubricants on mechanical systems, and monitored there effect on specific mechanisms

I have participated in courses to further increase my knowledge and qualifications here at Jaguar Land Rover which I can also take on further. I haven't heard much about sporting or networking events, other than our induction weekend where we went to Coventry for 4 days to be introduced into the JLR world.

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Jaguar Land Rover is one of the best paid apprenticeships in the UK at this date, that also offers a wide range of qualifications which are recognised internationally. The hands on environment combined with the high work flow environment creates an amazing experience when you have to work harder to fix a fault to ensure the line is operational. There are not many jobs like this

Ensure that you will be happy in the work environment and be able to implement the shift pattern that will be provided. An pass or above in science and a technology subject will be seen in a positive light in the selection process. If you feel that you will not be good enough or don't think you will get chosen, apply, take the interview because youll never know unless you try.