Maintenance apprentice. Review

maintenance engineering on advanced engineered systems within the automotive manufactucturing industry. day to day maintenance includes planned maintenance on pressing equipment or sub assembly automation, however also invcluder reactive maintenance in the cas of breakdowns. as an apprentice i work with highly skilled engineers and learn the skills of the trade from a proffesional point of view to ensure the work completed is as high as quality as possible. sometimes work varies from planned maintenance and reactive maintenance because as an apprentice i will also be challenged with projects that can benefit myself or the company often working indivdually or in teams. the benefits of this role are good because BMW aims for you to complete your apprenticeship with all the neccessary skills which dosent just contain practical ability but also life skills and team working skills.

i have learnt a wide range of skills over the last 3 years near enough from scratch, from academical qualifications to familiarise myself with the theory behind advanced engineering and electro - mechanics to advanced practical skills and techniques required to work within this industry to a high standard.

i enjoy and gain personal satisfactiuon over completing tasks to a good standard and returning components or systems to operational states. i also enjoy representing BMW group as a company due to their well regarded brand image it exceeded my expectations of what i though it would be like and i enjoyed it further as i got further into it, however found it at times, quite pressurising by the high workload demands but got through it in the end with a bit more effort on my behalf, i enjoy all the support from everyone involved in BMW as it has really helped me develop as an apprentice and as a person and ways to deal with challenges.

as an apprentice i was suprised just how valued BMW group made me feel. good things are often recognised and appreciated both from people within bmw and people outside of bmw. as i got more into my apprenticeship i began being valued as a skilled employee as well as an apprentice and a quite high level of trust was shown which made me feel rather valued, especially when working in the pressing facility where you are often involved in teams working on large jobs.

the overall apprenticeship i beleive is very well strucured in terms of how well the 4 years are planned out to get as much as possible from the time as an apprentice and over four years i have found it amazing how much information i can take in.

My training provider has always been supportive and helpful towards my apprenticeship. she has always monitored my progress through the apprenticeship and helped me to complete tasks to a schedule. anything i need help or support with she would be the first person i would go too.

BMW have always been supportive in more ways than one, such as release from the business to complete academic work or NVQ which helps me a lot by ensuring im not behind. my placement managers are always supportive towards my qualifications and also try to get me on jobs where my skills can be developed in depth.

as im only 19, my salary is very good and meets my costs very well considering im still living with parents, i beleive that earning whilst learning is the most effective way to do it.

BMW group is extremely good at offering oppurtunities outside of work and are often based on sporting activities to help promote healthy living such as our 'mountain challenge'. we also are subjected to cheap tickets for big events such as BMW PGA championships which makes us feel more valued.

Yes

a good and worth while time to serve an apprenticeship

just be yourself and be passionate at such a good oppurtunity.