Maintenance Technician Review

Our day starts with a daily safety brief highlighting the conditions of plant and any pieces of equipment out for planned maintenance. Next the jobs are handed out and start permission is obtained. After being set to work where the job process and any impacts of mistakes are discussed, the job can be carried out. Once finished the relevant people are informed and the card is signed off.

I have been constantly learning new skills and developing existing skills from the day I started the apprenticeship. My team work and communication skills have been greatly improved as you are rarely able to work on your own without help or guidance from others. I have developed skills in preforming maintenance and learning key hand skills.

I thoroughly enjoy the programme, with two years spent away from home and the remaining two years carried out back near home. The two years away allowed my to focus clearly on the start of the course learning the basics in a controlled environment. The remaining years on site have been great learning a lot everyday even if it is repeating ajob you have done before.

The structure of the programme in the first two years was good but I feel like it could have been better organised as their were periods of time where we were just waiting around for the test for the course or the next course to start. And at the end of the second year we had to work up until the last day while other groups had done their work by the last week.

We have many points of contact within the company that we can reach out to if we have any issues. We have a coordinator who can help with any issues with the apprenticeship. We were given a technical mentor when returned to site who is there for any technical help required. And we have a team leader and team mates who are there and happy to help in any way they can.

We have many points of contact within the company that we can reach out to if we have any issues. We have a coordinator who can help with any issues with the apprenticeship. The goals of the training and what was needed to achieve the qualifications were explained at the start and clarification was available at any stage if questions were raised.

The qualification we received through the training provider was good. It gave us a good base to further our knowledge and develop our skills to a higher level. This training was both academic and practical. This will in the future help us be better at our jobs when officially qualified.

Our place of work has a visitors centre to encourage members of the public to get involved and learn about what we do and how important it is. They run activity days periodically and I have helped at them. Also assisted in a women in STEM day where women from a local college came for a day to learn more about what it was like to work here.

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The work we do here is very important and in the pandemic we are in just now it only strengthens the importance of this industry. This makes you feel valued and appreciated knowing your job is helping the country. EDF is a good company to work with and I feel that there are multiple schemes in place to help if you have any issues in or outside of work. There is also a high level of job security within this company which takes a lot of pressure and stress off of each individual.

The most important thing is to get work experience or a tour within the site you want to work at. Get as much information as you can about what they do and decide if that is what you want to do. If you decide it is the next step is making sure you are willing to constantly learn on the job and from books. The eagerness and a good attitude towards learning can not be taught but the rest can.