Project Management Degree Appretice Review

As an apprentice it depends what placement we are in but my current role includes the project management of a risk process. I am assisting the lead with his role and get to see how the process works in practice. Typically I have a couple of meetings a day where we discuss progress and then get work from these meetings.

Yes I have developed many skills in this role i have developed my knowledge and skills around risk including being able to use the risk database and pulling off reports. I have also developed behaviours through this role including leadership, teamwork and collaboration. I have also developed my communication skills by working with different stakeholders.

Some tasks i really enjoy especially if i get to be invovled with specific tasks however sometimes I fell that I am used as admin which is really part of our appreticeship and im not always learning what i want to. it is also difficult to raise these concerns to our apprentice managers.

Our programme has changed multiple times since we started 4 years ago, I think it is much more structured now however it still feels disorganised and as though the apprenticeship managers dont know what they are doing in terms of our End Point Assessments and what we need to do to acheive our degree.

Our employer supports us well with letting us go to uni and training courses that we need and want to do, however when it comes to communicating what we need from our placements this is more difficult to get. Our placement manager have different expectations of us that the early careers managers.

We get lots of support from our training provider, we have frequent tutorial sessions with our personal tutors who let us know how we are doing. Our tutors are happy to answer emails with questions about course content and assessments. Since being online it has been more difficult though and very different to being in the classroom

I think that it mirrors really well what we are learning at uni is relevant to what we do in our work. I often find that something someone is talking about in work we have learnt the theory of in college which is great for helping with understanding and then being able to put the theory into practice.

No there are not any of these activities to get involved in at work. There are some things that people have been trying to organise outside of work but when we have tried to set this up with work they have been unsupportive im assuming due to risk assessments and that sort of thing.

Yes

I think that it is a good company to work for in the sense that they look after you and for the apprenticeship they put you through the qualification you need whilst paying you a good wage. Plus they contribute towards the community and have good corporate responsibility which is important to me

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