Data Analyst Review

My day to day responsibilities may vary, however during the first half of every month, the data load activities commence. The data is loaded either through a series of automatic links from a database, or manually loaded by myself. Governance steps are then carried out on the data, vs the previous month, to check for correctness.

Within the first month of the apprenticeship I was enrolled in the ITIL course. This provided my with foundations on my knowledge surrounding the IT function. I have learnt how to use a wide range of formulas in excel, which I didn't know how to use before I started my apprenticeship.

I have really enjoyed the Data Analyst apprenticeship programme. My team are especially great and really helpful and have helped me in my learning as well as my overall skills. Everyone is really friendly and will always find the time to help you and guide you in areas that you are finding difficult.

My programme was well organised and structured. I started in September 2019 and by October I had my first meeting with my Learning coach from ARCH here she showed my the roadmap of my programme and what would be happening when. This enabled me to know when my class room lessons would be for my exams, when I would sit my exams and when my estimated off-boarding date would be.

I received a great amount of support from my employer. I had bi-monthly catch-ups to discuss my programme and also feedback from my learning coach at ARCH. I also had weekly meeting with my line manager to discuss my week, the week ahead and any issues I may have been having.

I received support from ARCH. I had monthly meetings with my line manager and learning coach. I also had a file where a list of my class room days were stored. My class room teacher provided sample papers and topic by topic questions to help me with practicing for my exams

By gaining my qualifications from my training provider and attending the class room lessons I have learnt how to use and write SQL this has enabled me to link the software tool to a database so that the data is extracted automatically and loaded without manual intervention. This in turn saving time on the whole data loading process.

As part of the apprenticeship scheme part of you +1's you are enrolled in the development team. Within this team you are put into a variety of sub-teams. Within the team we attend 2 European conferences each year to learn more about the functionality of the software and how we would be able to use this within our team.

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I would recommend Unilever to a friend as it is a great place to work with really friendly people who help you when you need some guidance or want to expand your knowledge in areas outside of your working teams. They are very supportive and will always find some time to provide any help you need when taking on more within the role

The tips I would give to anyone applying to Unilever is to be confident, know the brands, know the values of Unilever and what they provide as well as reading about their sustainability plan. I would also encourage people to express areas they would like to grow on as an apprentice.