Business and Administration apprentice Review

My role consists of moving placements every 3 to 4 months into a different department meaning i get a lot of different exeperience in different places in the dock yard. This helps when finishing the programme when you need to decide which area you would willingly like to proceed in.

the New skills I have developed in this Babcock apprenticeship are such as, diary management, document controlling and managing, Personal assistant experience with managers and directors, travel booking, conference room management, switchboard, college coursework, good communication skills, managing and prioritising work load, people skills, creating relationships and working from home experience.

I do enjoy the programme itself as I believe that the experience of swapping different placements and learning all aspects of the business is something you cant get in any other apprenticeship, however do expect to be working with younger people straight from school and you have a very close relationship with your manager which can be bitter sweet.

The programme is definitely well structured in actual babcock as we are always expected in placement and there is work for us to do. The managers are always happy to help and check in often. When doing college work its a bit different as you have to do a qualification that has nothing to do with the apprenticeship you're doing so is a bit of a waste of time.

You will recieve a lot of good support fromt he employer, the pay isnt so great when in the apprenticeship , whoever once qualified it is a good wage to have. The managers do have full control on what you do for instance, not allowed to be alone, no overtime, no flexi, no turning your computer off t any point in the day, always replying to their emails and if not then why? Very much treated like children.

From the College you get absolutely no support. Because were doing a qualification that has nothing to do with our apprenticeship its hard to understand what questions were being set and when you send an email of support you wont get a reply from them. However the college aspect is just something you have to get through.

I think my training provider at Babcock( City College) does not help me progress in my role at all, the Standard (qualification) we are doing is customer service instead of the business administration NVQ, which is really disappointing and were not told when applying so be careful of this fact.

Not really unless your department in your placement is running them, but even if they were you aren't allowed to do over time or flexi to go to any of them. You have a virtual coffee morning once a month with the other apprentices to catch up, but thats about it.

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I would recommend babcock to a friend for the simple reason of the all the amazing benefits you get AFTER the apprenticeship, for example, above average wages, union, great pension scheme, overtime pay, flexi, working from home available when needed, friendly atmosphere, discrimination and bullying policies in place and a lot more...

When applying to babcock, just make sure you 100% know what is going to be in your role you're applying for and what your pay bracket will be, its a lot of hard work emotionally and physically doing the apprenticeship however it is probably going to be worth it in the long run.