Junior Apprentice Review

General administration responsibility Health & Safety enforcement Site inspections Attending client/contractor meetings Managing budgets Managing general progress on site

Improved communication skills Improved time management skills Approved attention to detail Improved general management skills

My degree that I study is interesting, with a wide array of topics/modules to go through being especially insightful - However, the day to day job has felt rather isolating from the get go. I have had my line managers and teams chopped and changed consistently, preventing me from being able to feel a part of a team, or at all assisted by any manager.

Pretty poorly. I can imagine that apprentices based in the main offices have a far more structured programme with plenty of managerial assistance to learn and develop, however being based on a project does not feel that way whatsoever, unfortunately, in my experience, it feels as though nobody really knows what to do with an apprentice, and therefore isolates and disadvantages me a lot.

From the Emerging Talent Team, they are quite supportive in the sense that they run a fairly good amount of apprentice training/interactive events where apprentices can learn and grow together. However, away from this, the project specific team don't really seem to support me, and almost act as if I am not there.

My training provider has been rather supportive in more aspects than just academically. The lecturers are always on hand to support 1/1, and the other departments are equally willing to help where they can

I am definitely learning useful industry related knowledge/skills in my degree, areas such as Law and People Management are applicable in my day to day role

There are early careers networking events which can be fun to get involved with.

No

I want to be able to recommend Mace, because on paper, the apprenticeship scheme looks like a great avenue into the industry. However, based purely on my own experiences, I really cannot do so. I have had very little support from the management and have had no consistency with my line manager appointments. I have been changed teams (which I can understand on paper is to broaden project knowledge) however it has probably contributed to me learning less since the teams that I have been assigned to have never really tried to guide me, leading me to essentially try and learn everything for myself.

Learn about the company and what it prides itself on. Mace is built on its purpose, which is to 'redefine the boundaries of ambition', so make sure that you understand the major points of importance for Mace, and what they believe sets themselves apart from the competition.