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What鈥檚 your job?

I鈥檓 an engineering apprentice.

Qualifications

I鈥檓 doing my college first-year basic engineering HNC (Higher National Certificate), which is one day a week. I also work here four days a week on different placements.

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Jade - engineering apprentice
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Jade - engineering apprentice

How did you get started in this job?

When I was 16, I decided that I wanted to go into law and I picked it as one of my A-levels. I dropped it after the first year because I didn鈥檛 enjoy it as much as I thought I would. I realised I found electronics more fun and looked into doing engineering.

My teacher used to work here and told me about this apprenticeship. My initial thought about engineering was that I鈥檇 be getting under a machine or something, but it isn鈥檛 like that. The apprenticeship is four years and I will spend my first two years moving around placements working in design and assembly. In the first two years you just get a feel for all the areas within the company, then the last two years you work in a specific form of engineering, such as test engineering or design engineering.

Best thing about your job

I think it's brilliant that I get paid whilst I鈥檓 learning. I鈥檒l still get relevant qualifications and maybe even go on to do my degree.

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Jade shares the twists and turns that led to the fun of being an engineering apprentice.
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