SITE AND FACILITIES TECHNICIAN Review

I will move around different placements in my years here. Roles range from asset management, enabling me to understand the companies assets and help maintain the property within the boundary. Ranging to major projects where new facilities on site will be designed, tendered and developed under my role. Other avenues can be site engineering authority which ensures the regulations set are followed when developing projects.

I have learned to be more proactive. the role itself if very diverse therefore ensuring you seek to build up new contacts and understand all the differing roles within the business is key. within my first year at college studying, my maths skills significantly improved which reflected in my grades. I look forward to learning more skills as my apprenticeship develops.

At times my programme feels a little slow. However I understand that within site and facilities you must experience different parts of the business. In all honesty I did not enjoy the first year at college. I felt that it was very tough, almost still "school like" and that is not what I expected at 30 years old then.

The structure I feel is not very organised. Due to the global pandemic, I did not commence my placement until late due to this which was no fault of the business. When I did start my first placement however, they had no clue that I was coming and had to "find me things to do" for the first 2 weeks. The second placement I am not in is much better and structured. I also didn't like the fact that the end point assessment hasn't been communicated and no overview was given.

When ever there is a problem there is always someone to reach out to. We have skills coaches and mentors who deliver support talks and skype chats to check in on our needs. I feel that this works should we require it. The only negative is that these peoples have changed to regularly therefore once built a relationship, the person then changes.

in the first year at college studying, the help there was great. They would put on extra sessions if you were struggling, always on the end of an email and would generally go the extra mile. Since transferring to site, I am not sure who the training provider actually is now.

The first year at college was difficult however, having a foundation of knowledge helps within my role. Understanding businesses and how they work within different sectors has helped me develop different manufacturing models within my role. Other areas such as electrical that we studied so far seem irrelevant to my current 2 placements.

There are none that I am aware of. When studying full time out of the business there was college teams and extra activities you could participate in. However due to be being over the age of 21 this was not accessible to me which I felt excluded from. I am unaware of professional networking events.

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They are a good company to work for. The diversity of the role is something that suits every ones skills and knowledge. They are a friendly company who want to see people achieve. The salary also is particularly inviting too. I believe that they will assist you in gaining further learning should you want to carry on educating yourself.

Be honest and explain ALL the different skill that you have. BAE recognise that people are different and that people can suit different roles. Yes, certificates matter. But they see potential in individuals too. This was reflecting when hiring me at the wise old age of 30 years old. Second tip would be to get involved with anything they throw at you.