Technical Apprentice Higher Review

by Lockheed Martin

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

7.9/10

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

Learning programming languages, implementation of software engineering into real world experiences and working directly with customers.

8/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

Learned many new skills to take into the professional world and developed some existing skills too

8/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

I am thoroughly enjoying it, a mixture of university balanced with work suits me well

9/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

At university it is structured fairly well however I am unsure about the transition from second to third year as I join a third year computer science course, this is very different to college and previous apprentices from different companies have said it was a big challenge

6/10

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

A lot of support from managers, constant check ins and checks when you are unwell so you do not become over worked

10/10

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

A good amount but it teaching style, course structure and assessment style is quite different to A-Levels and hard to adapt to

6/10

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

A large amount as it is and will be used daily not just programming but software engineering key concepts too

8/10

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.)

Not at work but through university yes

8/10

9a. Would you recommend Lockheed Martin to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

Provide high quality of work based learning, an employer that cares about employees wellbeing and they offer many opportunities for all

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Lockheed Martin?

Make sure you prove you are passionate about what you apply for, complete work outside of school to show this. If you have not chosen subjects related to what you want to apply to just complete extra curricular work to prove you want to do this for a job