Higher Level EPI Apprentice Review

Apprentice developer, assisting developers in projects and learning new coding languages to prepare me for the future.

I have learnt a lot more coding languages via experience on projects, training courses and exams. I receive a qualification at the end of the apprenticeship.

I enjoyed the training courses via QA, but the assessors seem to be a bit slow and unreliable. The work environment and the people involved are all friendly and helpful.

I feel that I am valued by Atos and they believe that the apprenticeship scheme is a very positive thing for them. The clients of Atos sometimes don't feel the same way.

QA courses were structured, but everything else was not. My Line Manager wasn't even sure of what we were doing or the pay we would be receiving. He says that because we were the first apprentices, we're almost the "guinea pigs"

The QA assessor was hardly ever available. We've been through 4 different assessors and they're all the same. The course tutors were very good, however.

There has been mixed support from the employer, with many confusions about training and pay

Again, there has been many problems with the final amount of pay that we will be receiving at the end of the apprenticeship. We are currently trying to confirm this, but we were originally told a lot higher than what we are now being told.

We sometimes visit schools and colleges to promote the apprenticeship scheme, but that's about it. Everything else has to be organised ourselves. The company does pay an amount towards our office's Christmas party

Yes

Although I haven't had the best experience, they are learning from mistakes and improving for future apprentices.

Don't state that you can't do more than your ability. They want to hire apprentices of all skill levels, whether you know 10 coding languages or none at all. That's what the training courses are for.