Rating

9.6/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • I am a access field engineer and some of my roles include maitaining virgin medias network to provide a good service to our customers. along with this there are also faults that occur that need to be fixed. to do this we have to work as a team amoung ourselves and work with service techs to find, fix and resolve faults. I have also been given a project to lower the costs of our power bills that couls save the company hundreds of thousands.

    10/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • I have learned many new skills as this area is new to me so i have learnt how the network functions and how to fix it. i will also gain a qcf qualification at the end of this along with things like nrswa certificats etc.

    10/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • I enjoy all areas of my role my team are great to work with and socilaise with and i get a lot of job satisfaction at the end of the day. the job has far suparsed what i expected and so has the company i feel very well looked after and appreciated.

    10/10

  • 4. How valued do you feel by Virgin Media O2?
  • i feel very valued and have done form day one. my manager as great expectations for me and is helping me to acheive them. i have had lots of involvement with lots of important jobs and projects so i reraaly feel like i play an important part and am valued.

    10/10

  • 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • i feel my programme is very well run and everything deleivered is of great value however some times the training comes at short notice.

    8/10

  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?
  • i have lots of support and am always steared in the right direction and everyone is always willing to help.

    10/10

  • 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • i recleive all the help i need and im some cases more than i need.

    10/10

  • 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?
  • it is a good wage as an older apprentice it is a little hard as many of my friends are getting their own houses, weddings etc an i cannot yet buit when i am qualified i know i will be able to then as my money improves greatly.

    8/10

  • 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?
  • In my team we have lots off oppotunities as i have been here six months i have already been on two social events with the talk of more all the time. also things like playing football with other teams within vm. i find this very nice and great to meet other vm employees that i wouldnt normally meet.

    10/10

  • 9. Would you recommend Virgin Media O2 to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • it is a great company you get lots of job satisfaction and they value and look after their employees.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Virgin Media O2?
  • just be confident be yourself and go through all the processes they offer you.


Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Engineering

Central London & City

January 2014


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