Rating

10/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • My role is electrical maintenance, this involves completing certain tasks including a range of different circuits with different materials, the theory includes physics, maths and health and safety. Risk assessments and other write ups will be completed after every task to understand what it is we have made

    10/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • I learnt a lot I didn’t have any electrical background in the past. So this is all very new to me. I have learnt different ways to wire up certain circuits and how to use certain materials I have also learnt a lot about the theory behind it and way it works in the way it does

    10/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • I extremely enjoy the programme it as been amazing working with great people and managers that help you along the way to understand many things within the trade

    10/10

  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • It is very well organised with clear set out stages of what needs to be done within the 3 year apprenticeship

    10/10

  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • I receive a lot of support from a lot of people. My manager is very helpful and helps me when I’m not understanding a certain part of the trade

    10/10

  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
  • The support is great with lots of experience to help you do the correct training programmes.

    10/10

  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
  • The training helps me with many things that i didn’t know before and this training allows me to understand what is down in situations

    10/10

  • 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 there is a lot of sports teams run by the company and a lot of outside of work events to take part in

    10/10

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


  • 9b. Why?
  • It’s a great place to work for with lots of support, great pension programmes and supporting managers with a lot of good knowledge


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to AWE?
  • Be yourself and express yourself when you can


Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Engineering

Aldermaston

April 2020


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