Aircraft engineer Review

My role as an electrical aircraft engineer involves a large variety of different tasks, it all depends on the section that I am on, there are 6 different sections in total that electrical aircraft engineers can go to they could be building one of the 2 types of engine we have in, it could be stripping the engines we have in or it could be inspecting and repairing the different types of harnesses that comes off the engine

So far during my apprenticeship I have learned a large magnitude of skills in different areas of expertise which I could only obtain through this apprenticeship scheme. I’ve also developed my existing skills in areas I have previous knowledge of, there is a lot of opportunity to do this here.

I have a genuine passion for aviation as a whole and the opportunity to work on them is a dream job of mine, especially being able to work on the worlds largest and most powerful jet engine ever built I could not be happier to come to work when it’s busy

When I was first employed the apprenticeship program has absolutely no structure to it, there was no communication between our manager and us therefore leading to a lot of problems, but since then we have had a new apprentice manager and he has excelled in restructuring the program to ensure that apprentices have the best opportunities possible.

We now receive a lot of support from our employer for whatever task we are presented with, my He covers all areas and without any hassle or reluctance to give us the best opportunities for our careers. We also recieve support from our college when carrying out the college tasks and assignments.

In my opinion our training providers give us an ok amount of support it personally isn’t the greatest, feedback is always unclear and hard to understand therefore leading to a miscommunication between them and myself, I think there could be a lot more done on there side to allow for better communication

I am extremely certain that my qualification allows me to carry out my role more effectively and efficiently because the work we carry out is specialist work which can only be completed to a safe airworthy standard by people who have gone through the correct extensive training and assessments otherwise it could be dangerous

Yes there are a multiple of different extra curricular activities that I can take part in through my work, such as a competition called world skills which I am currently training and developing a product to compete in at the end of the year, they also hold a large amount of STEM events throughout the year.

Yes

I would recommend GE aerospace to a freind because overall it’s a great place to work from the actual jobs that are carried out here on the site to the people who you work with it’s genuinely an awesome place to work and anyone who has an interest in this sector of work would love it

The best advice I would give to somebody applying for the role I currently do is be motivated and driven to get the job done correctly and safely, ensure to never deviate from the prescribed processes and methods when carrying out jobs to ensure that yourself and everyone else around that engine is as safe as possible