Engineering Apprentice Review

by MBDA

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

7.1/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • Shadowing qualified engineers on failure investigations and material analysis

    7/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • Personal development and character building is a main objective of the company I have also built technical knowledge in my field

    8/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • day to day I enjoy the programme but there is room for imporovement

    6/10
  • 4. How valued do you feel by MBDA?

    • due to the nature of the work and a lack of technical knowledge sometimes it can be easy to feel unimportant but in the bigger picture apprentices' are more valued as they progress through the course

    5/10
  • 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?

    • very organised, our HR representative makes a brilliant job of organising the programme

    8/10
  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?

    • The college I attend is not run well and the examiner from there in charge of my NVQ is very disorganised and out of touch with apprentices

    4/10
  • 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?

    • The employer is very good at providing training, equipment and support when needed

    9/10
  • 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?

    • The salary matches the role and covers all cost

    8/10
  • 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?

    • plenty

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

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • the company really look after you as they are trying to do everything they can to enable you to produce your best work

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

    • as well as good academicals achievements,active personal interests and a keen work ethic are desired traits

Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Engineering

South East

March 2017

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