Apprentice Civil Engineer Review

by Balfour Beatty

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Rating

7/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • Marking out work prior to being completed, and after completion. Making sure safety is up to standard on site. Checking work and signing off as builds after marking them out

    8/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • Learned how to read drawings and mark these up accordingly. Developed my communication skills a lot, especially on site.

    8/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • I enjoy almost everyday of my work, however time frames do make it stressful. what I enjoy least about work is the uni side of the programme. the programme is very large compared to how much time through the week we actually have to study

    7/10
  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

    • Very well organsied

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

    • Recieve decent amount of support from employer, and frequently asked how im getting on

    8/10
  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

    • Support from the uni isnt very good and often go months with very little to no interaction

    4/10
  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

    • Almost nothing i have learned in uni has been used in my work place yet

    3/10
  • 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.)

    • Balfour Beatty has a huge amount of extra activities to partake in

    9/10
  • 9a. Would you recommend Balfour Beatty to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • good company full of good people who are friendly, have yet to meet an honestly bad person at balfour

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Balfour Beatty?

    • Get ur CV in as soon as possible as it is very competitive to get a job

Details

Degree Apprenticeship

Engineering

Glasgow

May 2022

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