Nuclear Engineer Review

A vary of roles from nuclear design to commissioning working alongside IP's. Training in state of the art nuclear technology and development in CAD, operational tooling and delivery

Lots of stakeholder management, working with different parties to achieve a unionised goal. Conflicting operational work as well as commissioning nuclear systems have been highlighted in my course as I really enjoy that type of work.

I do enjoy it how ever the location is rural and it has an impact on my work life balance. The course is well laid out and well ran, with issues being sorted with a phone call. The placements give a fantastic outlook around the business to create a well rounded engineer and plenty of opportunity to find your preferred area of work. Over 3 years are 3-6 month rotational roles and finish with a 2 yea "soft" exit in the same role to prepare for graduation.

Well organised however as the numbers grow there will be less opportunity to exit into preferred roles which I see as a worry. But as of now it feels we are just on the verge of this threat. Besides this fantastic

Enough support to be trained and gain a qualification. Little funding for nuclear training which I think can be improved

College lectures are lacklustre but the assignments are good in general, can sometimes be written cryptically which delays the assignment being started. Often requiring assignment workshops to talk through questions on what the assignment needs and desirables.

Builds a good foundation for engineering but due to day release is hard to learn practical work as theory is mostly focused on for exams and assignments.

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Good opportunity to work globally. Interesting work in nuclear and naval construction. Great benefits with salary and shares schemes. THEY PAY FOR A DEGREE AND GIVE YOU A SALARY TOO. Hard to pass up on if you live locally and want to work in engineering. I would recommend visiting the area before you apply to imagine what life might be like here.

For an apprentice: Be interested, inquisitive, curious. Ask questions and work autonomously when you can. Follow your boss on jobs they do to watch and learn, then replicate, lots of documentation which is beneficial if you can read through it then go work practically.