Apprentice Review

by Siemens

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

6.9/10

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

Shadowing other technicians in order to learn more about the trains and get a better underlying knowledge for the future.

8/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

learnt many new skills mechanical and electrical from college and those skills have been enhanced since at the workplace

10/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

I enjoy it very much as its a new experience for me and everyday is never the same

9/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

our program isn't very organized as we were told we had to go to college the first year and day release the second and found out the day we were meant to go back that we didn't need to go back

1/10

5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

with certain things loads of support and with others not at all its a bit of a mixed bag.

5/10

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

not much as we don't really have anyone to talk to about it in person as NTAR are based in Northampton

5/10

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

the qualification will help me perform my job ten fold as there is so much to learn and this qualification helps us learn that over a 3 year period

8/10

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.)

I get the opportunity to volunteer at CSR events around the country and my depot has various sport teams to get involved in

9/10

9a. Would you recommend Siemens to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

just a great avenue for anything

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

just be yourself and don't get stressed in the situations you get put in