Trainee Project Manager Review

by SSE

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

6.1/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • My role involves dealing with clients and customers on a daily basis, pricing and surveying jobs, creating method statements for works as well as health and safety paperwork to accompany them.

    7/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • Working individually and working in a team have improved. My technical knowledge has also improved.

    8/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • The programme has been quite easy to follow and the university sessions were fairly enjoyable.

    6/10
  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

    • The programme has been fairly straightforward, I had university sessions once every 2 weeks for 6 months, this led up to an exam. After the exam, the remainder of the course is purely assignment/coursework based.

    6/10
  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

    • I've been left to my own devices in terms of support for the course, however I have not really needed much support as of yet.

    5/10
  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

    • I have a 121 visit from my training provider every 4-6 weeks, during the visit we'll go over outstanding assignments and upload evidence to support parts of the qualifications.

    7/10
  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

    • It gives good guidance to relevant parts of my works, such as communication, planning and organising.

    7/10
  • 8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

    • Not that I'm aware of.

    3/10
  • 9a. Would you recommend SSE to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • You get a lot of benefits working for SSE and generally your job security is solid.

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to SSE?

    • Be enthusiastic, ask questions and show strong intentions to develop and learn.

Details

Higher Level Apprenticeship

Engineering

Cardiff / Caerdydd

January 2020

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