electrical maintenance Review

Training to be fully qualified, The first 18 months - College on Mondays doing H&S, maths and theory. Tues-Fri at work in the training workshop doing practical tasks and testing, with the accompanying paperwork to learn the skills needed. Next 18 months will be out on site with instructors

The many ways of shaping steel trunking into different angles and junctions Bending conduit by hand and keeping bends in correct alignment with each other How to correctly fill out testing paperwork & where to find the information needed

I really like the practical lessons as I enjoy working with my hands. I find the electrical subject itself quite interesting and was why I applied for the apprentiship in the first place.

Very well. College on Monday is mostly theory, H&S, circuit components and maths. In work Tues-Thurs there is a list of tasks to work through, each one focused on a specific tasks and learning the skills needed for it

AWE is very supportive. The instructors are there to assist with the lessons, the pastoral team help with our wellbeing and any personal issues we may be having (I have and they were very quick to help me through it). Everyone has said to talk to them if we have any difficulties and they'll do what they can/direct us to the correct person otherwise

They initially gave us a very detailed workshop introduction and briefing on all the tools we'll be using. They've continued to give the occasional extra briefing on new tools and techniques we need, as well as links to youtube presentations. They wrote the tasks paperwork in such a way that it has all the information we need/where to find it that we are teaching ourselves while being available for any questions/additional help

This qualification is entirely aimed towards training us so that we can be qualified workers. Without it we're just unskilled labourers.

We've already been taken to 1 tradeshow event and there are plans to visit future ones. There may be internal work social/sports but I haven't looked for them yet.

Yes

It's a well paying job and if you can get the position, comes with job security. After being made redundant from my last job during lockdown this is a very important thing for me.

Fill out your CV with all your skills, never know what might be useful to them Be honest on the application. They'll do extensive background checks and you don't want to be caught out. Don't worry if you don't hear back from them soon, it takes them awhile to do the initial checks