Fibre Jointer Review

Jointing Fiberoptic cables to provide faster internet. Generally involves installing telecommunications equipment, splicing Fibers in nodes, installing cbts which feed customer houses (although not connecting directly to the house another team does that), testing the site to ensure everything works and checking the site for auditing. Occasionally we go out fault finding when a site doesn’t work

I’ve learnt plenty of skills, mostly the trade of telecommunications and fiber jointing specifically. But also many other transferable skills such as using power tools and driving a heavy vehicle. I also hold my rust card so am allowed on construction sites and have completed training in NRSWA so can set up a full temporary traffic lights system.

I very much enjoy the program, it’s been great fun and I love that the learning approach has been very hands on. I did the first 9 weeks or so training in a good environment to learn in (not in the real network) but after that all my learning has come from physically doing the job.

The apprenticeship is very well organised. At any point I have always known what I should be doing to progress and who I should be speaking to if I needed help. The only thing is that this person changed many times throughout the apprenticeship so I couldn’t build a good rapport with my helper.

All the support I need. I haven’t had a question unanswered and the tasks I needed to have been doing to complete my portfolio of evidence have been very clear to me from the start. Although I haven’t felt like I needed to ask for too much support so I can’t speak for people who maybe needed more

I have had 10 workshop days in which my assessor has been filling us in on what we need to be doing to pass the apprenticeship with a distinction grade. They were very helpful and were always available, even outside of these workshop days if I ever needed any assistance

Everything covered in the qualification is relevant to my job, so everything I have had to learn to complete my job corresponds to a question or task that I would have to do to pass the end point assessment. It has been very obvious what I needed to learn to succeed.

I have not had the chance yet for any extra curricular activities through work, although I know there are a lot in place. There is a staff party every year, although i couldn’t make it this year I felt welcome even as a newcomer. I usually just work as much overtime as I can so don’t have time for workplace extra curriculum

Yes

The apprenticeship has been great, I’ve learnt a lot and I really feel looked after. The pay is also good considering it is an apprenticeship, it has allowed me to be able to learn a new trade whilst being able to fund myself through the process, and not rely on loans.

Make sure you get stuck in as early as possible,m. The more you learn early on the faster you will progress through your apprenticeship and the higher potential you have for promotions when you push up to advanced engineer or even tj a senior position. Also everyone is willing to help if you need it, just ask.