Quality Higher Apprentice Review

My day to day role is start at 7am, have a team meeting in the morning to discuss what jobs are in and allocate members of the team to specific job roles. once we have a job we collect all relevant information needed for the job (drawings etc) and then we would go out and measure the specific piece needed. Once we have measured we would write a report up and send to all relevant personnel.

I have developed new skills as all the software and machines that we use on a day to day basis are completely new to me. As I have been in the role for 2 years now I have developed the skills and am now furthering my development within my job role and becoming a useful member of my team.

I enjoy my work as it is rare that you get to see the product we make and deliver, every day there is something new to look at and learn about and this is something I wanted when I came into the business. So I do enjoy the role I am in and look forward to developing further.

My quality role is organized and structured very well I believe as you are allowed to visit which ever quality area you may find of interest and if you go into an area you enjoy they do their best to get that to be your end role once you are coming out of your programme.

I receive all the support I can ask for, you may not need the support all the time but you know who you can call and contact if you feel you need support be that in work problems or for out of work problems that you are dealing with at the time.

We received sufficient support from our training provider when we were carrying out our HNC/HND and any additional support you may need was given to you from either work or the training provider to ensure you understood the work that had been given and also to gain your qualification.

I feel my qualifications help me with my job role as my NVQ helps me to gain experience in organizing and planning aspect of the business and my HNC and HND give me the knowledge of engineering problems that we may face as a dimensional control team on a day to day basis.

Within our job role we have extra curricular activities called stretch assignments. These stretch assignments give us an insight into different departments within the business such as into project management and finance etc. Most stretch assignments give you this insight as you have to plan the event and sort out all the equipment and resource needed.

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I would recommend BAE as it is a business that cares about its employees and also has many incentives which benefit you career wise and also benefits you financially. they also will sponsor you to do further education such as degrees etc. if the company feel that it will benefit you and benefit the business you having the degree.

Make sure you know the job role you are going into by speaking to people who work here or by doing some research on the potential role you are looking to go into. Also don't just think that if you apply for quality for example and get in then you are stuck there. On our scheme they usually let you do small placements within the business to other departments to gain further rounded knowledge of the business.