Apprentice deputy manager Review

As a training deputy manager, whilst performing all the tasks of a store assistant has extra responsibilities such as date checking, merchandising, managing the safe and tills. This entails making sure that all tills and the safe meet the required limits and standards of the business, as well as managing your staff.

I have developed skills communicating with others and within team building. Being a secluded individual, I find it hard to manage people especially as they are older than me, however with this apprenticeship my confidence has grown and now I am able to manage over my colleagues as well as interact between customers.

I enjoy the feeling that the business basically depends on you individually. Your ability to problem solve is constantly put to the test and as your a big part of how the business is run, it's a great feeling knowing the business depends on you and actually employees you for a need.

I must admit the educational side of my apprenticeship has been extremely difficult, from going bust too changing companys, to assessor to losing an entire work module. However the business and job side of things are extremely professional and organised. They train until you are ready and then your expected to fulfill your role

Although being a large company aldi us run by the staff in store almost as a family run business. Every colleague checks to see how you are and your store manager constantly catches up with you to see how your doing and sometimes to praise your work. There are posters and helplines everywhere within the canteen if you are struggling

Not a great deal, I find the questions patronizing and the training provided is simplistic or either doesn't relate to your job role at all yet you are still expected to spend over an hour on the subject? Questions and homework, barely ever make sense and the wording is abysmal.

Not at all, every task I perform or how I approach a task has come from back knowledge from the business, or by me being showed by another colleuge. I feel as if the qualification is useless and the only reason I'm completing it, is just because I have to.

Yes plenty, in the canteen there is usually something to sign up for with the whole team, from sports things to charity events, to curry nights or even just going out for a drink. There is always something to be done with the team, someone suggests something to do and we plan it

Yes

It's a business that actually seems to care about there employees, not only is it a well paid job even for an apprenticeship, but the business looks after you, they know that they depend on you and you are the sole cause for there inevitable success, a a a

Make sure it's a job your going to have for a while as they wont particularly be looking for short term work, aldi promotes from within, the longer you are with them the more they will reward you. Make sure you are reliable, being I'll all the time is not a preferred trait