Craft Apprentice Review

The day to day work life as a craft apprentice at AWE teaches us the basis of electrical knowledge and how to stay safe whilst working in an environment such as AWE, we are taught the risks of electrical technology and how to minimise the risks to ourselves and others whilst ensuring we are doing the job correctly.

I came into the apprenticeship with a limited knowledge about electrical aspects, however the AWE apprenticeship has allowed me to develop on existing skills and furthermore benefit off learning more skills as time progressed, learning more skills and tricks of the trade along with using the tools applied to my job role.

I thoroughly enjoy my apprenticeship programme due to the environment I work in. The apprenticeship allows me to explore the trade and to make mistakes and learn from them to benefit myself in the future, AWE has created a safe environment for all new apprentices to feel safe in, however the college aspects of the apprenticeship is not up to the similar standard of the on site apprenticeship.

The organised structure of the apprenticeship is very good as the tasks set for us to do are clearly set out and the instructions are clear for us to benefit the most from the tasks set for us. The tasks test us on our knowledge and problems we encounter which we learn from.

We receive support from our employers when we need the help, if we are struggling on a task then our instructors will help us and teach us how to correctly complete the task, if there are problems inside the workplace or at college then our employers are open to helping us learn from the problems.

College is significantly different to the workplace, the assignments we are set there is minimal help offered and we are told to do it in our own time whilst also working full time at work, the instructors at college can tend to talk down to the students despite us being adults.

The qualification through the training provider does not fully benefit my course of electrical maintenance as it is electronics the course I am learning. However it is good knowledge to learn and the mathematics side of the course is helpful for calculations and the business aspect is also somewhat helpful.

There are certain extra curricular activities to get involved with such as charity work and other activities such as bake sales to raise money and awareness for certain reasons. There is also a leisure / sport club nearby to get involved with in the local area, there are also times when we can submit questions to the CEO.

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AWE as a work place is an outstanding place to grow and expand your learning for the desired trade or work you would like to commit to in the future, AWE is a workplace that welcomes new recruits to the workforce and helps you better yourself overall for your future.

If you are applying for an apprenticeship at AWE get in early as the process of beginning your AWE course takes a long time to do so and there is competition for spaces within the apprenticeship academy, if you make it in do not stress the work space and the instructors are very good.