Aeronautical Engineering Apprentice Review

by Babcock

Rating

8.6/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • My rome within the apprenticeship was to provide maintenance of the T2 Hawk Ejection Seat. It involves removin, maintaining, testing and installing various components.

    8/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • I developed a variety of hand skills whilst taking part in this apprenticeship. Also developed knowled of how the Ejection seat works.

    10/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • I enjoyed the hands on aspects of the Apprenticeship. Although I was a AV/Elect by trade I would’ve liked to have more experience with that side of the job.

    7/10
  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

    • The programme is very well structured.

    10/10
  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

    • I am Happy with the level of support we had. Very quick and easy to help if you had any problems.

    10/10
  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

    • The level of support recieved from the training provider was of a very high level.

    10/10
  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

    • The qualifications helps tremendously because it give you the knowledge you need to understand the job.

    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.)

    • Unfortunately due to Covid-19, no. But after talking to past apprentices it seems that there are a number of activites they took part in through the company.

    5/10
  • 9a. Would you recommend Babcock to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • The reason i would recommend Babcok to my friends is becuase of the work that you get to do. The work is interesting and ‘cool’. Not every day you get to say that you have worked on fast jets ejection seats.

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Babcock?

    • Ask questions, get as much hands on as you can get, enjoy the environment and work hard.

Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Engineering

Valley / Y Fali

May 2021

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