Sales apprentice Review

by Travis Perkins Plc

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

9.1/10

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

I am apart of the sales team so my main goal is to attract customers in to spend with us and keep existing customers keep spending with us. Not only this but i would serve on the counter and book goods in too.

9/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

I have developed my confidence as when i first started i would consider myself a very shy person. Now, i feel i am able to talk to anyone including customers about anything.

10/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

I've really enjoyed the programme where we would have video chat calls with everyone in the same apprenticeship as myself so you know you can go talk to someone if you had any questions. Also enjoyed my job what i do also.

9/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

I fell it was very well structured with the layout of what task we had to do and the fact each task was marked and gave us feedback. I really like having feedback as i listen to it a lot so it was really helpful.

9/10

5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

I have received a lot of support and understanding about my programme as well as going my job on a day to day basis, i would have time during the day to do the tasks that i had to do set by the apprenticeship team.

9/10

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

A lot, i would have catch up calls with my trainer and then on top of that i would be invited to like a teams meating call where we would discuss different topics around the job role which would help us complete our tasks what we had been set to do.

9/10

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

I feel it has helped me a lot with understanding the actual products and what i am actually selling, not only this but it has taught me skills on the different ways that we can sell depending on the customer. This has helped me improve a lot for my day to day role.

9/10

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.)

Not so much as my branch but as a company there is loads to get in on which is mostly charity based events. Saying this, i have volunteered to be the charity champion for this branch to come up with ideas for fundraising events. I am in the process of discussing this with other people in Keyline.

9/10

9a. Would you recommend Travis Perkins Plc to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

It is a great place to work where everyone feels like a friend and we just come to work, help each other and get the job done to go home safley. It also has a great life- work balance which i like too as it resents your mind to work better at work.

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Travis Perkins Plc?

Just to enjoy the process and take the leap. At first when i joined i was scared because i was way out of my comfort zone but themn i overcame this