Engineering apprentice Review

Working in my final yearly placement to get prepared for the completion of my apprenticeship. This is coupled with attending university to complete a beng degree at the university of salford. Also ensuring the completion of my NVQ qualification before the end of the scheme and meeting personal targets such as college grades and volunteering activities.

Yes a large amount of skills and knowledge has been gained over my apprenticeship. My electrical knowledge has been greatly developed as well as my maths and business knowledge. It has also developed my professional skills such as interpersonal skills and presentation skills. Also my project planning abilities have been improved through college projects and university projects.

My program is really enjoyable and varied. It gives a good view on a number of areas of engineering and the wider business as well such as sales, customer care and health and safety. This provides a great overview of the company and makes for really enjoyable and valuable placements across the 4 years.

The program is very well structured from the start. You are aware of how the program will run and all placements, training and courses are planned out in advance so you always know what you will be doing and where you will be based. This ensures a clear and concise outcome from the off.

I recieve a large amount of support from my employer. This includes additional training and support throughout the scheme, regular one to one meetings with my manager, regular team meetings with the other apprentices and also a final yearly review to go over the targets for the year and how they have been met.

When undertaking the training at work and college / uni the support we are given is great. This is achieved by constant contact with the university lectures through email and phone when completing tasks from work, and vice versa for our managers when completing the training at university, this was also the case with college courses

The college training has allowed for the base understanding to be given in regards to engineering and especially the electrical side of engineering. University is allowing this to be further developed into more specific areas such as programming and robotics. This knowledge can then be used in my day to day job roles.

There are a number of extra circular activities to get involved with internally and externally. Work events such as sports days, football teams, christmas parties and lunch time collaborative sessions are run. Also connections with outside groups such as schools, colleges and charities also allows for us to give back to the community through volunteering

Yes

It is an great company to work for that offers a secure job with clear career development as well as providing a number of benefits within the company such as private health care, great holiday allowance and a good amount of freedom to move around internally within the business to develop your skills

Make sure to discuss all the volunteering and extra curricular activities that you have undertaken before the apprenticeship as this shows a great deal of character which siemens really value in an employee. Also ensure to list any extra courses you have done academically no matter how small to provide a full overview of your skills.