Rating

6.1/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • Working on CAD, setting out and surveying on site. As well as doing odd jobs and helping out other site operatives.

    7/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • Yes, lots of new skills, how to use the EDM and set up, lots of new terminology and how things are built.

    7/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • Thoroughly enjoy it. Love the people I work, with as it is a whole host of people up and down the country as well as overseas.

    9/10

  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • Structure on paper is okay, but the actual execution is rather poor.

    4/10

  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • Relatively low amount, have been on my own since October and have had to learn how to do things on site on my own.

    3/10

  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
  • Okay amount, I don't feel it has helped me in any way apart from learning about the basics which are important like concrete and other materials. However I am looking forward to progressing through the course.

    6/10

  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
  • Feel it is unrelated currently, as I have not learnt anything that betters my performance.

    4/10

  • 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.)
  • There are always things going on outside of work, plenty of the operatives get together to go to the pub, or a driving range and there are multiple team building activities.

    9/10

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


  • 9b. Why?
  • Good money for an 18/19 year old, lovely people, a great place to work and every single day is different.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Skanska?
  • Be honest, and cater your application for what Skanska will be looking for. do some research and find something you genuinely have a good interest in.


Details

Higher Level Apprenticeship

Engineering

Rickmansworth

February 2020


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