Maintenance Technican Review

I am a maintenace apprentice and each day involes going into a technology either the body shop, paint shop and assembly and carrying maintenace jobs, this could include going to breakdowns, carrying out preventative maintenace on anything from slings to transport cars. To stripping down motors.

From carrying out a large range of jobs I have lernt a lot of new skills such as machining on the mills or laiths. To learning domestic wiring, hand fitting and mechancial. This gave me a basic skill set within the first year of the apprenticeship. From carrying out a large range of jobs within the differnt technologies my skills have been able to improve. Having these skills has also opened up opertunites outside of work.

I enjoy the apprenticeship program. Everyone within the business is always happy to help and everyone is treated the same, doesnt matter on age, race or religion everyone will get the same opportunities. The apprentice has met my expectations. From carrying out many types of jobs it has given me a wide knowledge on how differnt technologies work, how to work safely, working within a team and how to work in breakdown situations.

I feel very valued within the BMW group as everyone wants to help out from other apprentices to management and are always offer support if nescessary. I also feel valued by the BMW group becuase of the car scheme that is available, if apprentices werent valued this wouldnt be on offer. I also feel valued by BMW group as there is always taks and projects that can be carried out to benefit both myself and the business.

The apprenticeship is well organised and structured, there is a number of training course that have been offered through the apprenticeship. THere is also a lot of support on offer from the apprenticeship team / management through the business. I feel happy to talk about any problems from eihter home or work with people in the business.

The training provider used by BMW is BMET. Through the college extra support is offered with maths. This extra help was carrired out for 1 hour during work and 1-2 hours after work one evening. This was extremly benefital as this topic was a challenging one for me personally. It is also easy to talk to people within the college during work time about problems at work or home.

I recive a lot of support from the employer as they provide the training that I have done, the employer also offers support when I have problems out on the line / workshop from maintenace if i am unsure on how to carry out a job on a piece of equipment correctly / safely. I can also speak to the employer about any problems at home or work.

The salary I recieve is good for me as I can afford to go on holiday, run a car, buy nice clothes and shoes and still be able to do other things outside of work. There is also opportunites to get pay rises throughout the apprenticeship

The business offers opportunites outside of work from carreers events to chairty events, mountain challenge, carnevals. This is carried out either through part of the working day or at weekends

Yes

Because the apprenticeship opens up a lot of opportunites to benefit yourself and the company. Carrying out the apprenticeship is also benefital becuase of the earning while learning, the apprenticeship is also a good route to take as you learn the required skiills on the job and spending time in the classroom learning relevant information needed.

The best thing to do is try and gain some knowledge of the business before the interviews and try and show off what work you have done in the past. The most important thing to do is to relax at the interviews and get the application in early.