Rating

8.1/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • Hands on developer, architect and manager

    9/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • Both: new skills around management and organisational structures, business environment and newer technologies. Developer existing in terms of coding.

    9/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • Greatly enjoy it - it gives me dedicated timeout from my role to learn new skills, with assessments ensuring that I have to ensure that I have the time to understand it all.

    10/10

  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • Very good, no complaints

    10/10

  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • A lot in terms of timeout to attend uni. I try to use my holidays up for doing other uni work, which is not ideal - mainly because I feel guilty leaving my team.

    5/10

  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
  • It varies across modules, but generally very good

    8/10

  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
  • The main benefit so far has been to provide context around some of the organisational structure and updated development methods. I anticipate that cloud will also be very useful.

    9/10

  • 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.)
  • Yes, all of the above, but I generally don’t get involved

    5/10

  • 9a. Would you recommend Lloyds Banking Group to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • In the main, good colleagues


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Lloyds Banking Group?
  • Go for it


Details

Higher Level Apprenticeship

Information Technology

Chester

March 2020


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