substations apperentice Review

by National Grid

Rating

4.3/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • Substation apperentice

    5/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • Yes, but not enough time to make them stick also time wasted on learing things that we wont do on job

    5/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • All onsite work, training center it left to be desired

    3/10
  • 4. How valued do you feel by National Grid?

    • National Grid - very much so but the trainers treat us like children

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

    • very badly, more often than not we dont know what were doing the following week and theer is no 3 year master timetable which make booking marriages, holidays and other personal events very difficult

    1/10
  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?

    • plenty if required

    6/10
  • 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?

    • More than enough

    10/10
  • 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?

    • not very well as most high level apperenticships pay alot better and we have to travel alot

    4/10
  • 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?

    • pleny work related but we are not allowed to pursue our own hobbies and interests

    1/10
  • 9. Would you recommend National Grid to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • A good job at the end of it all, should hopfully be worth all the aggro of training

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to National Grid?

    • get all your training and qulifications before had at a local collage so you do not have to go to their training centre

Details

Higher Level Apprenticeship

Engineering

South East

May 2015

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