Maintenance Technician Apprentice Review

My Job role as an apprentice is to follow the maintenace associates around the three technologies to be able to learn the role. Within this I could be attending different breakdowns on various pieces of machinery that could be affecting the production of the cars. By shaowing these people we get to see the environement they work in and how they go about each job.

Yes, during my apprenticehship so far I have learnt many new skills, from machining on mills and lathes, to being able to understand technical drawings and diagrams. i still have another 2 years left of my apprenticehship so by the end I will have hoepfully leanrt a lot of useful skills which will help me when i am a qualified maintenace technician.

so far i am enjoying my apprenticehsip program, this is down to the mixture of jobs that I can do on my day to day job and therefore no day at work is the same. A big part of my job is being able to work as a team, this can be extremely important when fault finding, which could reduce the time the fault is for. the apprenticeship is meeting my expecations and more as I have recently been able to go on robot training courses, giving me a better understanding on how they work, and how to control them.

At BMW I feel that i am a valued member of the team. i feel this way mainly because when I am working with maintenace associates, they include me in activites they would be complelting and also trying to help me find jobs that could help me with my practical qualifications.

The apprenticeship program is well structured and has a placement plan so you can see where you are going to be and how long for. As mentioned in a previous question I got to go on training courses and I know that there are more planned in the future enabling me do get a better undertstanding of the machinery being used in my job.

if requiured i can get support from my training provider, such as from the managers or even the tutors. Every three months I have a review which a representative from the training provider will be in there as well as my line manager to then discuss how I am getting on with my college work and also my placements. If I have any questions that I can always refer back to them and this will get dealt with.

My employer will give as much support as is required depending on personal requirements. Once every three weeks I have a meeting with my training advisor which he then asks for any questions that I may have and then get give him any improvements that I may have as this could make my time during the apprenticehsip as best as possible.

At the start of the apprentceship the salary was sufficent and would cover all my living cost. During the apprenticeship I have recieved payrises, dependant on my performance with my practical and theroetical work. The payrises will continue, still performance related which is fair so therefore I think this is good.

Oppurtunities for the company outside of work are there and I can apply to go and participate in them. These activitves go from charity events such as bike rides, to then cake sales, promoting the apprenticehsip at carrers events. The carrer events allow potential applicants to get to speak to us apprenctices face to face to allow them to ask questions they may have.

Yes

I would recomend a BMW group apprenticeship to a friend as firstly the qualifications that you get from the apprenticeship are very good and also free. There is also an anual salary which will be increased on good performance throughout the apprenticeship and there is also an oppurtuinty of being able to get a car through work.

When applying I would plan everything out before actual putting it in for application. For example on the application plan out what you want to say and read it through, rather than just putting this on there straight away. When coming for an interview I would also put a lot of preperation into this to make sure on the day you are preapred as possible.