Rating

8.5/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • This changes each year depending on your placement but I currently work with the Change Team and do APM bits on the side

    8/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • I am developing my stakeholder management skills, leadership skills and learning how to be comfortable being uncomfortable. I have learnt how to run meetings, get your voice heard and have the confidence to join any team, do any work and make myself a valued member.

    10/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • I enjoy my program due to the career progression, pay, extra-curricular opportunities and because of how it develops me as a person

    9/10

  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • I am well supported and there is a straightforward structure and format in regards to completing my apprenticeship

    10/10

  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • I have quarterly check ups with my skills coach to help make sure I am progressing and happy. From personal experience I have had a lot of support when it's come to personal life matters and have been helped out by my employer to handle this.

    10/10

  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
  • There is always a tutor willing to talk with me if needed and they try to cater the program to help align with the work I do.

    7/10

  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
  • I find I do learn more from the workplace but that is more because of the way I learn. However, there is skills I have been taught at university that I can use for future roles.

    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.)
  • They take you on outward bound in your 1st year and there is social activities but that more depends on your team than the company as a whole. However, there is multiple charity and STEM events to get involved with across the year.

    6/10

  • 9a. Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • They look after you and offer you good benefits and pay. They also want you to do well and therefore do their best to help you progress personally and professionally.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems?
  • Research the company, the role your applying for and try and learn some technical knowledge about that role.


Details

Degree Apprenticeship

Project Management

Portsmouth

March 2025


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