Engineering apprentice Review

by Gatwick Airport

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

7.4/10

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

Go to college and go to classes

6/10

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

Practical skills, electrical hand fitting. We’ve learned how to successfully connect wires in ring and radial formations (and from ring back into radial). And learning how to do it safely

10/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

I enjoy it since you’re using actively using your brain all the time, at my last job all you had to do was stack shelves and it was a rinse and repeat. Learning new things and putting it to practice is refreshing and doesn’t allow you to feel bored

8/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

On Gatwick’s side it’s very structured but college isn’t the best when it comes to its structure. When it comes to some lecturers not being the best at teaching or certain lessons not giving us assignments and then they pile it on near the end of the year.

5/10

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

if you ask you’ll receive support and we’re always told if we need help they’re more than happy to give it.

9/10

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

A decent amount

6/10

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

most of our classes do help to further understand how and why the things at our workplace work. Like our three phase or PLC systems class. And our electrical hand fitting class helps us too for the future

8/10

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.)

Outward bounds is a week long team building trip in the Lake District that apprentices do every year for the 4 years

7/10

9a. Would you recommend Gatwick Airport to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

great atmosphere, when you come to Gatwick the techs are more than happy to help and teach you.

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Gatwick Airport?

be confident and passionate about what you’re pursuing