Customs degree apprentice Review

Completing declarations for products to be exported and imported out of the country, and ensuring work is carried out on my team; that I am reaching the daily amount of jobs completed. The role involves having a lot of exposure within the business and networking with different customers and employees.

I've been able to develop my personal skills such as my confidence and communicational skills, by interacting with many different individuals during work meetings, working on teams and attending networking events. I've been able to gain on the job experience by working on site and off the job experience through attending university.

The programme is very challenging and pushes you out of your comfort zone which has enabled me to better develop my skills, the job itself can be quite repetitive with a lot of the work being the same data inputting process every day, which can be dull and tiring sometimes.

My role requires me to move around different teams within customs, some teams I've moved to are quite under prepared to train me and often leave me to it, which I find myself unmotivated at times whereas some teams I have joined are amazing and fully provide me with every bit of support I need.

Support is generally good with many people who I can talk to if I am in need of help, being an apprentice many employees within the company are happy to help me progress by offering their support, but as an apprentice I haven't got a strict job role so many managers I have worked with have struggled to keep me on a routine which leaves me lost in some moments for jobs to do.

The support is of a high standard especially as most of the studying is remote, email responses are quick from teachers and lectures are informative and constructive. 1 to 1 meetings can be arranged with the teachers if you are struggling with the content, you still are able to meet physically every other month with the teachers so you don't completely miss out on face to face learning.

Learning supply chain management at degree level has greatly improved my confidence and my ability to apply my new found knowledge to my working practice, by being able to offer solutions and my own perspective on work matters. The qualification is not yet complete so I'm still yet to see all the benefits at my work.

There are many events that take place within my company such as, marathons, football, charity events etc for all employees, for my job I am able to network more often and go out to events to meet other apprentices or to meet senior management within my organisation, I do this by visiting other company sites and other sites within my company.

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Ceva logistics are a respectable company to work for, they offer great support for young careers and help you start your career journey by offering access to a huge amount of contacts within the company, they heavily believe in internal promotions so your services wont go unnoticed for the company. They also give you great opportunities to expand your network and meet other people from around the world.

Make sure you are an individual who has a high work ethic and are willing to give your everything as they reward hard work through incentives and recognition. Do your research on the company as they are very keen for people who are interested to work for them and try stand out from everyone else how ever you may approach that.