Data Scientist Review

My role involves a variety of tasks such as meetings, organizing my schedule for the day of the week, catching up with my mentor and manager as well as anybody with who I am collaborating within any project running at the time as well as keeping up to date with all emails.

I have definitely developed my communication skills in the workplace, having a generally more professional etiquette overall. My organizational skills have also drastically improved as it is a key skill required when collaborating with fellow team members. Problem-solving is also another skill that I have developed as it required when challenges in the workplace arise.

I enjoy my program to a great extent. I am working as part of a very supportive team that is ready to always help when any issues arise, they are aware of my position as an apprentice and that I may not be so skilled and take time out to slowly walk me through procedures.

My program has a well-balanced structure between my university studies and my work time, there are sometimes issues when team members that happen to be your mentors or managers that leave which can slow down your progress and leave small gaps in the timeline however that goes for any workplace, people come and go.

I am fully supported by my employer no matter what issue I am facing, my mentor which has now left has been a massive support always guiding me and teaching me new skills and also supporting my university studies that collided in with work. If I ever come across an Issue I am always encouraged to speak up.

I would say at the moment I do not have a mentor as I have rotated teams so there is still a mentor to be assigned to me that I can update with my progress in my qualification, but the training provided by my training provider is somewhat decent, I do still feel somewhat independent in my learning journey.

There have been few modues where I am putting into practice at work. There are also different systems of usage at work that are not correlated with the training provided at university. However I hope soon to be making use of the training I am learning at university into work.

Yes! even throughout the pandemic and working online it has still been a great opportunity for the apprentices to meet virtually for social events, activities, and classes. I do enjoy going out doing fun activities outside of work with friends or family such as travelling, leisure clubs ad adventurous activities.

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I am always supported I never feel left out or alone and I can always be completely open and honest with everything that is going on, I can always voice everything. I am always supported if I struggle in my degree and that is something I am very grateful to have.

In the application process, always be your genuine self, try to give examples of where your required skills have been used, think of this as a contract between you and the company, come with the mind of how can you benefit from this program and how can the company benefit from you.