Rating

7.6/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • I work in a measurement department within the BIW prototype facility. My role includes measuring anything from individual car panels, to assemblies and even working on full complete models. Parts can be measured in free state or on fixtures so my role requires me to work between both and understand what alignment is best to use under the working circumstances. I work with Photogrammetry equipment, laser trackers and arms for scanning and tactile measurement. As my role is mobile, sometimes I will work on site at other plants.

    9/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • I have developed communication skills within my job role whilst also learning new measurement skills, for example understanding how laser trackers use interferometers to measure distances and combine it with readings from encodes to pin point 3D positions and create measurement data using Polyworks. I have learnt CMM basics, alignment methods, photogrammetry and many other skills. This level of knowledge and skill is slowly being taught to myself by colleagues and training courses. Unfortunately as useful as the information learnt from the workshop course i completed in the first year, to give a better understanding of manufacturing and why parts may be affected in the way they are, I was only offered a single week on a metrology course

    7/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • I enjoy my job a lot, every day can provide a new challenge that can often be unique or require ad-hoc solutions. Working in different environments or with different people helps to improve my workplace skills whilst keeping my working life filled with variety. I find satisfaction in my job and feel that the company values me and wants to put resources into me. I have had several issues with the college, but they have been solvable.

    8/10

  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • My programme has a clear structure to follow over the 4 year course and has frequent reviews to ensure I am progressing and offer additional help if required. The programme also provides incremental pay rises and other forms of motivation to succeed. The company has a clear team hierarchy which makes finding people or information easier.

    8/10

  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • My workplace have provided extensive support to help me during difficult situations. My management ensure I am progressing at the rate I should be and have even helped with issues at home, providing access to Counseling, therapists, additional facilities at work and helping with accommodation due to the council not recognizing the issues with the property I rent. My management have also allowed extensive support to help me deal with dependents as well as providing me the time off to attend an "understanding your child" course for my sons needs.

    9/10

  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
  • The training provider holds 12 week reviews to ensure I am progressing at a good rate whilst also ensuring that my course work is being completed. unfortunately during my first year multiple tutors left the training provider leaving additional stresses to deal with, but the college have taken measures to ensure the best possible outcomes with what they have to work with. I am assigned an ITM, who can elp me with general problems and I have built a close and open relationship with my first ITM, giving me a confidant to discuss issues at home with, in order to receive the best support

    7/10

  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
  • I feel that most of the role related knowledge I will and am currently learning is provided to me by the more experienced people within my department and that the majority of the useful role related knowledge will come from experiences on the job. This does not mean that I have learnt nothing useful within my college course, but that what I am learning gives me more of an insight to what may be causing problem and less of how to solve one, for example the welding course taught me how metals can become deformed from the process, which helps me understand errors on certain parts of welded panels I may measure

    7/10

  • 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.)
  • As I work for a large company, there cannot be one football team or one rugby team, so extra curricular activities are organised by people in the department as either team building exorcises or as social events, for example weekly football matches with our department or a paint balling weekend with management. If people want to do it together, then they can organise it at work, but are advised not to wear work wear to avoid potentially poorly representing the company

    6/10

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


  • 9b. Why?
  • The level of support I have received at work is outstanding. I have a good career here and work with great people who can pass on knowledge to help me improve. The money is exceptional and the comunity based services extend much farther than you would expect, including ELS, the cycle scheme and lift sharing to name a few.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to JLR?
  • The application process is slow. It took me a year from first applying to actually having my first day at work. The biggest thing i can say about the company is that if you put the effort in to be good at what you do and interact well with others then you can defiantly go far. I could easily describe working for JLR as a career, not a job.


Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Engineering

Birmingham

March 2020


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