Technical Apprentice Review

My role as a Technical Apprentice is to move around the different departmnets at plant swindon to learn about how each departmnet runs. These departmnets are Quality, Production (Press shop, Sub assembly), Tooling, Metrolagy and Logistics. As an apprentice I complete problem solving tasks, work on day to day issues and learn the jobs of others in the departmnet.

I have developed my comunication skills and presentatiion skills. Through projects I have been involved in during my apprenticeship in differnet departments. I have gained great team working skills through working with lots of differnet people and have also learnt alot of new knowledge on the job roles, the business and how production works for such a large company.

Being an apprentice means you get to see all differnet aspects of the business. This develops your comunicatiuon skills, teamwork skills and knowledge of the job and the business. Being involved in many differnet departments and projects is very enjoyable. I have worked with some great people and made a differnence in the departmnets I have joined.

In each departmnet your role will change. Some roles have ceritan responsibilities you take over and this takes up a large part of your workload. Other job roles are more project work based and this requires self motivation and you are responsible for finding your own work to develop the projects. All placemnets are organised and have a structure to follow to make sure you get the most out of the time you are there.

We have an apprentice manager who is with us throughout our 4 years of apprenticeship. She is our first point of contact and helps us with any issues we have. Also the business is great for helping us through our apprenticeship. They provide support in the areas we need it, when we need it.

We have always had support thoughout every qualification we have completed. In college our teachers were alays there to assist us if needed. For NVQ we had a tranining person to help us through each milestone to comeplete our qualifications. We work hard to complete our qualifications but assistance is always there if we need it.

The apprenticeship qualifications we gain are very valuable for knowledge gained and the qualification title. The qualifications are compelted through using projects we have worked on whilst in the business. This means we have large projects to work on during our placements and these are used towards the qualifications. This develops our knowledge for our jobs and the business.

As apprentices we get the chance to represent BMW MINI at career fairs, schools and colleges around the county. This is great for networking and meeting other people from similar industries or other apprentices from differnet companies. We get to show other students what it is like to become a BMW apprentice, we speak to them all about our business and our differnet apprenticeships.

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I would recomend BMW to work at because they are a great company to work for. They look after you, give you great perks such as a car scheme, pension and employee discounts. The job opertunities are great and wokring for an international company means there is no limit to where your career could take you.

My advide would be, if you are intresetd in engineeirng then this is the place for you. There are so many differnet types of jobs and its an international compnay which is great for your future career. They will support you through your apprenticeship. Engineeirng is an exciting industry and always developing and moving into the future.