apprentice wind turbine technician Review

my role on a daily basis would be to service wind turbines. However once you have been trained to a maintenance technician level you can the take further training and become a fault finding technician. You would be following a maintenance manual which tells you what different things need to be done.

Yes I have learned many new skills as well as developed existing ones. One existing skill that I have approved upon a lot would be my team working skills. You are always working in a two man team at least so you are always getting a chance to approve upon this skill.

I enjoy my apprenticeship programme a lot. It gives me opportunities to develop and gain skills that I would never had done before this programme. As well as this I have a passion for engineering so I really enjoy the hands on experience that I get with this particular programme.

The programme is quite well structured. As with all things improvements can always be made. One thing that I think works quite well is having a person look after you throughout the programme. In the first and second years of the programme someone will look after you and let you know everything that you require. In the third and fourth years a different person looks after your training but does not support you as much so that you are gaining confidence doing things on your own.

I receive a lot of support from my employer. For example I am at site on the job everyday however I still have portfolio work to be doing which is questions etc. My employer gives me time each month to get on with this work so that I don't fall behind,

I receive a lot of support from my training provider whilst working towards my qualifications. For example when I hand my work in my training provider will read over it all and if there are any amendments a that are needed he will send the work back to me and tell me what needs fixed to bring it up to standard.

I feel that my qualification through my training provider helps me a lot with my role. This is because a lot of the questions that I need to complete are based around the role that I have so it helps. As well as this its a lot to do with health and safety so it means that I am really clued up about the health and safety aspects of my job and are at less risk of having an accident.

I am unaware of any extra-curricular activities that I can get involved in at my work. However there may be some. I know that there are opportunities to go out and further your education once your apprenticeship has finished. As well as this we do go out on team building events.

Yes

I would recommend siemens to a friend because I think that they are a good company to work for. They look after their employees well and there are a lot of perks for working for siemens. For example you get access to my choice which gives you discounts on shops etc.

My tips / advice that I would give to any one that is applying to siemens would be to always push yourself. Within siemens there are many great opportunities. You can always go onto further educate yourself or become a higher level technician if you put the work in and complete the portfolios.