Climatic Test Technician Review

Honestly, my role is not what I thought it would be, and it is not exactly what I want to be doing. THere is nothign wrong with it, I just know that it is not for me. However, the company has a lot of scope for movement and being an apprentice I get to see a lot more of the company than people who have been working here for years have. This allows me to have a broader understanding of thow the company works and where I want to be in the company.

Ive learnt a lot of things that I never would have otherwise. Skills such as welding, milling and turning, but also how a car operates and the different components on it. There are other things that you just pick up from day to day working, and problem solving that I dont think I would have encountered in any other sphere in life.

I enjoy coming to work, I think that the programme as a whole is set up well. But, to contrast this, I also think there are many ways that it could b improved, as the way that it operates is not always the best. If the programme ran the way that it was meant to, then it would be excellent, but there seems very little continuity between departments on site, and site work and college work.

I think that structure of the programme is good. However, it is not always stuck to, which means that the carrying out of the programme can be a bit hectic. As well as this, the organisation is sometimes lacking, which means that in some aspects of my learning I am behind. However, this is not so much an issue with the programme as it is an issue with those running it.

I do not recieve too much support from my employer, but that it due to the fact that I do not need it. I know multiple people that have recieved support for multiple different things, from their home life, to substance problems, to simply not being ablt ot cope with the work that they are being given. My understanding from these people is that the help recieved has been beneficial, but I cannot speak 1st hand about it.

My training provider as a whole is pretty good. The college is mostly helpful in many ways. However, there is little continuity between the varios tutors that I have, in terms of work load, speed of setting the work load, and how much help they give you and time that you can do it in.

I think the college gives me a broad understanding of what I do at work. However, as my job role is very niche and specific, there is not too much information that they provide on this. As well as this, the topics that I am taught about range widely, so not everything I learn about is relevant to the company, as I have been learning about things that were used on cars in the 70s and no longer in sue.

I believe that there are extra curricular activities available, but I do not partake in any of them. I do network with some colleagues out side of working hours though, but not in a professional sense.

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I think that the company as a whole is a good place to work. The wage is competetive and the work is mostly interesting. There is a lot of scope for movement, so if you do not love what you are doing when you start, there is a large chnace that you wont be doing it forever

Make yourself stand out in the applications much as you can. There are so many people applying for the roles that you need to ensure that you stay in mind. If you need to, take up a new hobby that you can apply to the job that you want, tat way if you do get an interview, you can talk about it and relate it to the job.