Fitter Review

Turn up to work on time, wait for the production leader to come to the bay you are on and list out what jobs need doing. From that, you would then talk with the fitters on shift to find out what jobs you can do or he’ll with. You would then usually spend the entirety of that shift with the fitter learning New skills and using new tooling. Hopefully from working you will gain understanding of the job. Once done, you put your tools away and leave on time.

I have learnt lots of new Skills whilst at Rolls-Royce. Most of these are to tooling which is very aero- specific as I would not have had the chance to use this. However, it has really upgraded my skill set with usual tools as these are used so commonly. The main skill I have learnt Is precision and making sure what you are doing is right and not diving Into using tooling clueless as you could hurt yourself or damage something

I really enjoy the programme I am on as I am a very hands on person, I love being on the tools and fitting parts togther hence why I applied for the job in the first place. Every day I come To work I enjoy being there as it’s where I want to be doing the job I like. I have never once not wanted to come to work. The only downside to this is the fact that the work is not always there as there is usually a lot of downtime.

To be brutally honest, the first year of the programme is very organised as you are told exactly what you are doing every week. However when starting the second year with your NVQ it is not very structured at all as there isn’t much communication. Placements are normally Filled up and the plan doesn’t accurately represent where people are, however now as the company have employed someone to deal Soley with this is might change.

Personally, I don’t feel like be get much support and are kept out of the loop a lot of the time. But me personally are quite to myself and don’t really need support as I usually find my own answers however I do know people that receive a lot of support so I think it’s more down to the person rather than all apprentices as a whole. However I feel if I needed help I would get it.

In the first year, we received a lot of support from all the lecturers in all Subjects which was very good. However after this when the lectures were all changing very fast we had to pretty much teach ourselves the subjects just to get through the assignments as I don’t feel we had the teaching we maybe should of had. However, collectively we as a class got through it and most of us have achieved the grades we wanted

Personally, I don’t think our qualification helps at all with how we work on the shop floor in respects to our job. However, I do believe the knowledge it gives us does increase our overall knowledge on the subject which could potentially help were needed. This is mainly with aerodynamics and theory of flight. However the business, human factors, project and maths seem like just normal lessons you would take in school, engineering principles is the other which is relatable

I know at the start of our apprenticeship we were all offered to join some sort of club which cost around £2/3 a month, however after speaking to some of the people who did join it they said the communication was awful and they didn’t really understand what they were paying for which I don’t think is too great. I myself didn’t sign up for anything that way however have been invited to a lot of different events though fitters within the business as that is more sociable

Yes

It is an amazing company to work for and I feel proud every time I put on my work gear as I know plenty of other people would love to be in the position I am in. I enjoy the work carried out throughout my shifts on the different sections. I feel for a hands on person like Myself the company is amazing to work for and if possible I would like to carry on working for the company for a long time.

For me personally knowing what you want was the most important aspect. I know I wanted to work for rolls-royce so I tried my best at every opportunity to make sure I had the knowledge to impress at my interview. I would say make sure you research the company and find out their values on work and make sure you agree. If so, it would be a perfect match and you should get in and work happily for your career