Vehicle Technician Review

My role at JLR is currently to work on Chassis 2, this consists of finishing building the chassis before it moves on to marriage where it gets put together with the body shell. I have to build cars, validate processes and sign cars off that I have finished each day. I also have to complete my college work. I attend college one day a week to complete all of the learning for my assignments.

I have learnt how to communicate with people a lot better and I am now a lot more confident. I have developed my written skills through completing my assignments. I have also learnt how to solve issues quickly and effectively through the TIC programme. I also work better in a team now and tailor how I'm explaining things to the audience that I'm in front of.

I enjoy working at Jaguar Land Rover and building the cars whilst also validating them. I enjoyed the practical work at college too because you were able to learn things outside of your job role, like tool making and machining. However, I don't enjoy the theory work for the assignments as it is difficult to keep track of all of your work when you have so many different units your working on all at once.

The programme at college has different units allocated to different years of your apprenticeship which is good. However, that actual assignments inside these units aren't organised very well in regards to deadlines and resubmission deadlines which does make it quite confusing and difficult when you've got a lot on.

I receive a lot of support from my employer, I am made to feel comfortable enough that if I have a problem with anything I am confident enough to go and tell somebody and sort the problem out. I also have reviews which help me focus on what I need to work on to get the most out of my apprenticeship. They are also very good with helping you personally develop too through the TIC programme and also by offering the ELS scheme which gives employees £200 annually to learn a new skill. Whether it is work related or not.

I receive a lot of support from my employer, I am made to feel comfortable enough that if I have a problem with anything I am confident enough to go and tell somebody and sort the problem out. I also have reviews which help me focus on what I need to work on to get the most out of my apprenticeship. They are also very good with helping you personally develop too through the TIC programme and also by offering the ELS scheme which gives employees £200 annually to learn a new skill. Whether it is work related or not.

I do receive some support from my training provider as they also do reviews with us alongside our employers. However, when struggling with workload the college isn't always the best at helping you with your problems. It is sometimes more difficult to go and get help than struggling excessively to solve the problem yourself. The college could definitely be more supportive with workload and issues with teachers.

Some of the qualification is very helpful, such as the chassis, suspension, ignition, injection etc. units. However, a lot of the other units are pointless for my job role, such as technical drawings and using CAD. Overall, I could probably still perform well in my job role with out having the qualification. It may just take longer to understand.

These are a lot of extra-curricular activities at my work we have TIC which assists in developing your own interpersonal skills and also gives you a wider networking range. There are football teams and competitions through work. We also have a Christmas party every year, which is usually a night out that everybody is invited to in Birmingham.

These are a lot of extra-curricular activities at my work we have TIC which assists in developing your own interpersonal skills and also gives you a wider networking range. There are football teams and competitions through work. We also have a Christmas party every year, which is usually a night out that everybody is invited to in Birmingham.

Yes

I would recommend a friend to work for Jaguar Land Rover because in my department it is a very relaxed and nice environment to work in. Everybody is more then willing to help you and it is very rewarding to be able to see a car that you have built and fixed problems with out on the road with a customer.

I would say that you need to be confident when applying even if you don't have a clue about the job role, like I didn't, you still need to have faith in yourself. If not, you wont make it through the course as it does at times take a lot of hard work. Before applying I would also take the time to try and do some research about JLR and the industry to better your knowledge as this will always help in the long run.