IT Corporate Apprentice Review

by Barnsley Council

Rating

8/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • My role was within the Automation Team, I helped maintain automations that support employees inside the Council be more efficient.

    8/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • I've been upskilled during my apprenticeship and now I'm on a level 4 apprenticeship due to this upskilling. But lack of resources (senior experience staff) cause a lot of self skilling.

    7/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • 10/10 I'd do it again and again. Love the people I work with and I love my job.

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

    • Being my first apprenticeship this is to be expected, the further into my apprenticeship I got the better it was.

    7/10
  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

    • My employer always had an ear when I needed to talk, and I didn't feel shy to talk due to that matter.

    7/10
  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

    • 10/10, Barnsley College was literally perfect. My tutor was great, and genuinely wanted me to succeed.

    10/10
  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

    • Being apart of the Automation Team, my qualification helped learn around that. However I learned nothing about how to do my job more effectively through college. However that is not my employers fault as there is no course for my specific job role.

    6/10
  • 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.)

    • The authority has its young club for new and young employees to welcome people in. I also went on several outing with my team.

    9/10
  • 9a. Would you recommend Barnsley Council to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • Great work life balance which balances out with pay, WFH 2 days a week as well as a great office environment.

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Barnsley Council?

    • Read the job profile on the job application, it matters and the questions will be based around that PDF document.

Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Software Engineering

Barnsley, UK

April 2025

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