Commercial Assisstant Review

My role involves me working with the Logistics side of being a Quantity Surveying Apprentice, so Cost Evaluations and Contract placements, Client meetings ,on-site checks for the progress of a project and other various tasks that my supervisor or Senior commercial manager would ask of me to assist him with .

I have learnt time management as a personal skill as well as other skills relating to my future job role of being a commercial manager in the next 5 years. Checking materials on site and learning the specific parts of sub-contracts have been an on-going process but it has taught me that having a good attention to detail can help to avoid any small errors that could put yourself or the company at financial risk.

I enjoy most aspects of the programme which involve me meeting new people and learning new skills that require a bit more effort to complete new tasks. It can sometimes become arduous however, it always gives me confidence knowing that I've taken another step towards becoming a commercial manager.

There are monthly training sessions and/or site visits which ensure that all of the apprentices including myself are learning another role in the construction industry, but also within my office there is always an opportunity to get involved in new projects to keep you busy in the unlikely event that you don't have a lot of work to do!

I receive a lot of support such as monthly check-ins via email and meetings at our head office to see how I am progressing using our training portfolio. We try maintain a consistent level of conversation so that they can see if I am on track and enjoying my experience.

The support has been excellent as the university lecturers have answered all of my questions either in the classroom or via email with a fast response. The lectures are always engaging and teach me something new that applies to my job role and contributes to what I may already e learning at work!

Everything that I am currently learning at work is gone through in my university lectures and this helps to solidify what I need to know by understanding more of all the specific parts of the job role in the classroom. I can also ask questions to more than one source of information from my lecturers and my supervisors/line managers at work!

I got involved in a "Mace Day" event which involved clearing a nature park of any debris so that it can maintain its own ecosystem without any hazardous objects destroying the life within it. I would also like to get involved in the annual rowing competition or charity fund raisers.

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Its been an amazing experience for me so far and the support from everyone at the company has been more than brilliant, from not only my line manager but everyone else in his team and my new team that I recently joined for a short period. It has taught me much that I can take into future jobs roles!

Always keep an open mind and there will be many opportunities to fail and make mistakes, just ask as many questions as possible and try and meet new people that could benefit your career and give you a push in the right direction to being very successful in the company!