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What’s your job?

I’m an engineering apprentice.

Qualifications

I’m 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.

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’t 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’d be getting under a machine or something, but it isn’t 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’m learning. I’ll still get relevant qualifications and maybe even go on to do my degree.

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