Advanced technical apprentice Review

Currently in a CAD based rotation, so my day to day role is helping the design lead with CAD designs and drawings that are being used for superseding designs like engine components and ensuring they are up to date and to see if they can be improved

I have learnt lots of different skills being through so many rotations, like workshop techniques, CAD Skills, problems solving skills like 7step, FMEA, as well as communication skills, as well as have to present to all the apprentices what we have been doing and what we have learnt ever week

I enjoy the apprentice programme very much, I am going towards the end of the scheme now and I have learnt a lot from every department I have been in, which gives a very good insight on what the business does from each side of the company

I think the programme has become more structured over the time I have been here as new management has taken over the apprentices, as it is more structured to our future and passing the scheme rather than fitting as many rotations in as possible.

We have regular weekly meetings with our manager to discuss any problems and go over our progress and talk about the KSBs and how we have been hitting them

We have 12 week reviews with our training provider and he goes over how we are getting in with qualifications and work progress

A lot of the topics we learn at college are related to what we do at Cummins, for example calculations gearbox ratios and stress/ strain testing as this is something we do a lot here

We have EEEC events which is helping lots of communities in Darlington, where we would go to primary schools and help them maintain the play areas due to a lack of funding from or teaching kids about STEM and engineering to help them get an insight on their future.

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You learn a lot about the business and due to the amount of rotations you go into, it helps to work out how you want to plan your future as a lot of people don’t actually know what they want to specialize in, this apprenticeship can aid that

Be confident, and a team player as Cummins is all about working well in teams