Aircraft maintenance engineer Review

by British Airways

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

9.9/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • I am currently in my first year at British airways where in which I am studying for my Cat A part 66 license at Kemble airport resource group. The course is planned out exceptionally as I am gaining practical experience and skills and theory knowledge simultaneously!

    10/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • Yes! I have learnt loads especially practical wise, the instructor we have is amazing and is teaching me so much, I am able to ask questions so I could build my practical hand skills using the experience of the instructor. I can’t quite believe how much I have learnt!

    10/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • I love the programme, I can’t believe how much I have learnt in such a short space of time. I thoroughly enjoy everyday and I can’t believe I’m getting paid to do it, apprenticeships are definitely the best form of further education no doubt.

    10/10
  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

    • The programme has had a few changes here and there but only for the benefit of us in mind

    9/10
  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

    • A lot, our employer is always on hand via a text message and they come down regularly to meet with us so we can chat about any problems that we may have in person.

    10/10
  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

    • Our training provider has been amazing and always there for us whatever we need, everyone is really friendly and they all seem to really want to provide us with the skills and knowledge we need to gain our qualifications

    10/10
  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

    • We are gaining so much experience and base skills in order to build on them when we are back working with live aircraft at Heathrow so I am satisfied with how we are being prepared so that we can further build on our core skills we are learning now

    10/10
  • 8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

    • Yes, BA have offered to pay for our riat air show tickets so that we can network with like minded people.

    10/10
  • 9a. Would you recommend British Airways to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • Because I am thoroughly interested in everything I am doing so I’m really enjoying learning and developing new skills so that this doesn’t even feel like work at all so getting paid for it is simply just a bonus.

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to British Airways?

    • Be yourself as BA seem to look for people who are genuinely interested in this field of work so if you aren’t interested you will find the course very hard. I’ve had a smile on my face every single day of working with BA, I love it!

Details

Level 2 Apprenticeship

Engineering

United Kingdom

April 2022

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