Radiological Protection Industrial Placement Review

by EDF Energy

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Rating

3.3/5
  • The Role
    3.9
  • The Company
    3.3
  • The Culture
    2.4

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • A varied year, with work involved in plant and in the office.

    5/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Felt very valued, especially with a lovely card for my birthday!

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Support and guidance was available if needed, everyone is very helpful most of the time.

    4/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • It varied, due to routines I was working on I was busier earlier in the month. There was always work to be doing though.

    3/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • A lot of responsibility during refuelling outage, when the health physics department became busy.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Learnt quite specific technical skills so not sure how transferable they'll be, but otherwise the other skills learnt will come in very handy.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Quite quiet, not much social chatter, but atmosphere generally very hard working.

    2/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Left to my own devices a lot, but guidance always available.

    2/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • A lot of training involved, very much encouraged.

    5/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen

    Sports and Social Club

    Company Parties/Events
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Have had an interview for the graduate scheme, waiting to hear.

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Excellent social scene, especially amongst grads and IPs.

    5/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Not too bad, [This section of the comment has been removed by a member of the RateMyPlacement Team because it did not meet our site terms and conditions] the local shop was quite expensive.

    2/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Pretty rubbish, leiston is in the middle of nowhere (about 40mins taxi to ipswich).

    1/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • A leisure centre close by is pretty good, but not work related.

    3/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Engineering, Science

East of England

August 2013

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