Fibre engineer Review

by Virgin Media O2

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Rating

8/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • My role on a daily basis throughout my apprenticeship changes. I am currently shadowing different departments at VM02 as well as 1 day a week BPP. My main role involves splicing fibre optic cable and testing fibre circuits.

    9/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • During my apprenticeship i learnt a lot of new skills from fibre engineering, planning, and project management. i Also developed existing skills such as communication, confidence in myself and time keeping.

    9/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • I very much enjoy my programme the experience has been brilliant so far and continues to be.

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

    • The programme is very well structured with road maps throughout the whole experience guiding us to goals and achieve milestones.

    8/10
  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

    • The support virgin media have offered me so far has been fantastic, helping me overcome challenges i never expected to face.

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

    • Support is available from the training provider, there has been occasions where it hasn't been great but overall good support.

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

    • The qualification itself doesn't help a huge amount for me to perform my role better but it has given me a great amount of knowledge about other processes within VM02 helping me to understand what happens before project get to the stage where my involvement begins.

    6/10
  • 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.)

    • Due to covid 19 there has been a small number of event available not a great few years for activities like this.

    5/10
  • 9a. Would you recommend Virgin Media O2 to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • Great friendly place to work, lots of support, scope for growth within your role and amazing benefits.

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Virgin Media O2?

    • cliche but be yourself. Virgin media want to see the real you and the potential you can have within the business. i Knew nothing about the industry before coming here but by showing my personality and wiliness to learn got me to where i am today. so relax and enjoy

Details

Higher Level Apprenticeship

Engineering

Nottingham

March 2022

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