Rating

6.1/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • Mechanical and electrical apprentice, rectifying faults in equipment and completing maintenance.

    9/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • Welding, abrasive wheels, electrical skills, mechanical knowledge of machinery

    8/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • Very much so. I feel fulfilled and gain a good amount of job satisfaction

    9/10

  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • Quite poorly, I feel as though I am left to my own devices and have to fight to appease the assessors. Rather than them helping me with me training.

    3/10

  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • A lot of support from my manager and my mentor. I can’t credit them enough. I feel as if they both want the best for me and do everything in their abilities to do that.

    10/10

  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
  • Very very little. Have one review every 6 weeks, in which he is often late and disorganised. I feel as if they’re making it up as they go along and have no consistency with their marking

    1/10

  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
  • It does not. My performance in my role is not affected in the slightest by the work I do with activate

    1/10

  • 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.)
  • No, but I have made good friends with many of my colleagues

    8/10

  • 9a. Would you recommend Thames Water to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • Because as a whole it is a good place to work, you learn a lot in exciting atmospheres. The culture here is very good and everyone is happy to help you.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Thames Water?
  • Learn as much as you can from everyone


Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Engineering

Banbury

May 2022


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