Industrial Trainee | Transport West | Rail | Track Review
by Arup
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Arup
- 7. Would you recommend Arup to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Arup
Overview
Initially acted as CAD support developing technical skills, to eventually working on multi-disciplinary design projects - this involves majority CAD work but also requires looking into technical standards, discussing topics with senior engineers and using creativity to come up with unique engineering solutions.
Skills
I have developed the following: General Rail Knowledge CAD ability on MicroStation Everyday communication Professional report writing Document control on project wise Producing risk registers Begin chartership progress
Responsibilities
I had to be keen and act positively in order to gain responsibility. Initially this started slow but after 3 months I began gaining more responsibility. It is essential the placement student acts and works hard to get responsibility.
Support & Guidance
Guidance and support was always available, everyone is really friendly and helpful.
Culture
I felt really comfortable, everyone is keen for a quick chat and open to helping others when they can. There are plenty of socials which help with moral and team building.
Your Impressions
I thoroughly enjoyed the placement, so much so I have extended beyond a year.
Yes
Get involved as early as possible, show enthusiasm and wanting to go the extra mile to complete tasks. This will show you want to excel and they'll give you more and more responsibility.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Civil Engineering
South West
May 2022
