Trainee Construction Manger Review

I am training to be a Construction Manger. This role involves in three main responsibilities when working on an active construction site. These can be divided which are Quality, health and safety and program. Health and safety is the main responsibility, ensuring that all operatives on site are working safely

I came into the construction industry with no previous knowledge on construction. In the last 2 and a half years I have learnt a lot and consider myself to have a good range of knowledge on the topics I have covered. another skill that has improved since being on this course would be my confidence in regards to presenting.

I really enjoy my trainee program. I would defiantly recommend anyone who wants to get into this industry to do it this way. This is because you learn the practical skill from working on site and the theory side from going to university, whilst earning a good salary at the same time.

I think the organization for this program is very well. they often send out a lot of email invites to training that they have booked us on. Further more they have kept the same structure of training and reviews as the first year which makes it easy to know what they require form us.

The support system that is put in place within this trainee program is really good. I always felt I had the support form my line manger and other senior members of my site team. Another thing they did was to conduct a lot of trainee reviews to see how we were getting on.

I think the support received from the university when I was completed my HNC was not to good. The lectures would take a long time to reply to any issues I had. However I receive a lot of support from the provider of my NVQ, I am able to get a response very quickly.

I think all the training that mace have put the trainees through have been very helpful. Without the theoretical side of knowledge that you learn through completing the qualifications you wouldn't understand some situation on site. I believe the qualifications give me the confidence to be able to answer these questions.

There are a number of professional network events which are held by mace throughout the year. if you attend these events you get the chance to communicate and get to know a lot of people with different roles to yourself. I think they are very successful for making new contacts within the company.

Yes

The main reason i would recommend to a friend would be because you learn the practical skill from working on site and the theory side from going to university, whilst earning a good salary at the same time. Mace are a big company that is recognised by the rest of the industry.

My advise to people that are thinking about applying would be, go for it. I would suggest they should take the interview very seriously and make sure you prepare. also make sure you have some interesting question to ask at the end of the interview. They just need to stay calm and collected.