electrical technicin Review

Electrical, control and instrumentation technician. This role consists of me maintaining and repairing equipment on our site. This encompasess calibration equipment, measuring devices and large industrical machinery such as transformers, motors, pumps and switchgear. Day to day operation is normally walk don to check plant apparatus and reactive maintenance when problems arise such as things not operating correctly or things breaking. We also have the job of writing method statments and risk assesments which means that there is a lot of computer work involved.

Throughout my apprenticeship scheme I have learned a lot or even a vast amount which has helped me improve personally and academically. With my apprenticeship being electrically bias it has taught me a lot about this industry when generating and supplying power to a grid this i though was the biggest interest when it comes to the electrical industry (the heavy side) so most of my electrical knowledge leans towards the heavy electrical industry. I have been on many courses to learn about various things such as confined space training, shaft allignment and so much more.

I thoughroughly enjoy my programme as an apprentice but at the same time there are a lot of drawbacks, i feel when me and the other apprentices started at my company we felt there was lack of guidance throughout the 4 years. I feel there needs to be a training matrix put in place to help us understand where we stand and what is required from us. Also i think we would have benefitted from one to one mentoring rather than mixed.

The apprenticeship in my eyes is not the best structured but can easily be improved if managment just gave a little time into the programme, i also feel that there is no guidance and that you are left to your own devices alot of the time, it has gotten better in the past year but unfourtunatley it has come a little to late. Luckily i feel i still benefitted as i have a keen interest to learn.

Support in general is high for many different things invoved in my job role but i also feel that the apprentices need a bit more time dedicated to them but overall i feel i have benefitted from the support i have recieved. Overall the support if you ask for it it is there but they struggle to notice if you require further help. My friends and collegues at work are more than willing to help ]when i am struggling.

none, lincoln college in generall are very poor at communication with the workplace and the student so i fell they definitley need to inprove that. Also lincoln college must have been trhough about 3 different tutors whilst i was there, and therefore i have lost track of where i am on multiple occasions this is not great for people who are not well organised themselves. the last year in college was not as bad as i did not have tutors swapping and changing every day so i had a good structure and a good amount of support with my work but i feel that was down to the two tutors i had not the college itself.

the qualification i have recieved has helped me in the theoretical side of my apprenticeship massivley. But i also feel that the NVQ is not worth its weight in gold. this is because it lacks actual interaction with an assesor, yes we have meeting every now and then but they have never actually witnessed me work yet. this is a dissapointment because for a lot of people what they cant say in words such as job write ups they can make up for in actual work and proving to know what they are doing and i personally thought that is what an NVQ was a practical side of a qualification.

Yes and no, the sporting events are all personally ran by members of staff and we all socialise outside of work aswell. Badminton would be my favourite of these as it keeps me active and also gives me an oppourtunity to chat to people and have some friendly non aggressive competition. we also take part in the odd pub quiz every now and then which is very fun and a lot of people attend we also eat out a lot together.

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Overall the company is great, including the people who run it. There is so much opportunity in the business to grow and learn more and more, this i think is the largest benefit for the company so far. the main let down is the companies lack of interest in the apprentices, i feel they should be nuturing them into great technicains and therefore they will benefit from them in the furture. Also the people i have met and the things i have been able to do are worth every minute.

i guess my main bit of advice would be to just come into the apprenticeship knowing it is a means to an ened and with a positive attitude otherwise you may find yourself with days where you just can not be bothered to do anything.And this then looks bad on you. Also work hard and learn as much as you can, a day without learning is a lost day altogether. Everyday is a learning day.