Apprentice FND Cabler Review

My daily role involves providing fibre optic cabling and associated equipment to connect private homes and businesses with super fast broadband using BT Openreach's existing underground and overhead network. This is attained by using a multitude of cabling, rodding and winching techniques which I learning about throughout my training.

As I had never worked in this or a similar industry before everything was new to me and as such all the skills that I have been learning are new to me, even using a laptop as part of my job is something that I had limited knowledge of previously.

I have been really enjoying my training so far as I was at a time in life when I was needing a new goal and this move into a more challenging engineering role was exactly what I was looking for. Any help I need is also provided when and if required.

My training is all organised by my assessor who fits all my SVQ training days around my daily work commitments and keeps me informed of where and when I am required to present myself for each part of my continuing. I am given plenty of advanced warning by email of upcoming sessions.

I am given as much help as is required and feel as though I can ask for help through many mediums from my own assessor to seeking advice on the BT intranet and many associated web sources. My work fellow co workers have also been through this process and are always there to give advice.

The training rooms are always provided with everything that I need to create a good learning environment and all equipment and source material is relevant and geared towards helping me gain the knowledge required to reach the end goal of qualifying with an SVQ as a fibre optic cable engineer.

Most of my training is relevant to what I do on a day to day basis and as discussed involves what is a new career and new skills that I didn't previously use in a professional capacity, although I do feel some of the units contain some skills that I don't use in my job.

We have an app available called Workplace which is almost identical to Facebook but is based purely on work and work related items of interest which I have found really helpful and a great source of information over the six moths or so that I have been involved in BT Openreach

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I have really enjoyed my first six months working for Openreach as I was self employed before and am amazed at the care and attention to health and safety that is paid to all employees from the very top of the company. It really is a great place to work.

Just go for it, you're never too old or young to get involved at whatever level of the company that suits you. Its a terrific place to work surrounded by a great team of experienced people who really do work as a team to get the job done. Simple Personal Brilliant