maintenance technician apprentice Review

on a day-to-day basis, my role is to work alongside the maintenance team in my current placement, shadowing them and completing all jobs set for me.

i have learnt many new skills during my apprenticeship and had the chance to work with specialised equipment and systems.

i enjoy the general day-to-day work that i complete and the project work that i get involved with.

the general organisation of the programme okay, but at times it can be very poor, for example: giving little to no notice about important events / work requirements, struggling with the number of apprentices they currently have and organising placements, signing off the work they make us complete as part of the course, as well as having a sub-par recruitment process at times.

during my apprenticeship this has varied considerably, depending on the management currently employed and the placements that i was in. At times you get very little support and are just expected to know what they want from you, but it has improved under current management.

the training provider has had some big problems in the past, giving work with very short notice and have struggled to provide appropriate tutoring at times. At the start of the HNC we were provided with a extremly poor tutor which would provide us with unclear instructions and assignments, causing us to be very behing in work. since the appointment of our previous year 2 tutor this has started to really turn around through his very hard effort and willingness to help, but we should never have been put in this situation.

It helps in certain aspects, but on the most part it does not apply to the work that we generally complete.

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it gives a chance to work for a large company, get good pay and is interesting when you apply yourself

show an interest in learning and have a positive attitude