Industrial Trainee Review

by Arup

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Working on projects with guidance from a mentor. Work includes, foundation design, connection design, producing drawings on software.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Learnt how to use various new software such as MicroStation. Will also learn Rhino and grasshopper and python among others.

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Yes. Responsible for design calculations and the production of drawings.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • Assigned a mentor who you mainly work with. Assigned a buddy to help with general queries.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Very good. Social events are regular. Very diverse and inclusive to all people.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • Very much. Work is exciting and helpful for my development. Excellent team members and company culture. Would definitely go back.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Arup

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Arup to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Arup

    • Be yourself and show your personality during the interview. For the application, highlight how the skills you've obtained will help you excel when working on the placement.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Civil Engineering

Yorkshire and Humberside

August 2021

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