Project Management Apprentice Review

Ad hoc project control tasks such as recording weekly bookings and analysing spend on work packages on a monthly basis to produce reports.

I have learnt lots of new skills such as using scheduling tools like Microsoft Project and Open Plan Professional.

I enjoy that we only spend 1 year in each placement as it allows us to see lots of variety across the business and gives us exposure to lots of business areas.

There was lots of training and the skills coaches are available as well as the scheme lead but there are lots of us and not many of them so they may not always be available if they are helping others.

I have plenty of support, the scheme lead is very supportive and bases our roles and extra responsibilities on what we need to develop. There is also a good buddy system for when you start to help you get settled in.

There is some support and they are happy to answer questions in sessions but questions are badly written and confusing at times, made worse by changing deadlines and more work than we were told we would have per semester.

Some of the topics we have done have been relevant such as the scheduling basics but some finance and procurement topics are not as relevant to project managers and I don't think I would use the knowledge I have learned in my role.

Yes, there are sports teams to get involved in when tournaments are organised and there are always work related opportunities like stretch assignments available to fill any down time during work hours,

Yes

It is a very supportive workplace with hundreds of career opportunities and is well known for its apprenticeship programmes.

Make sure you do lots of research about the company and ensure you know what role you want so you can gather as much evidence for your application.