The following is a Apprentice Review for Schneider Electric.
Schneider Electric scores 4.1/5 based on 117 reviews.
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What are the Best and Worst things about your job?
Best
Everyone I have worked with in the company has been very pleasant and happy to help. Many engineers were likely apprentices or Grads so they know what its like and are happy to help and explain things.
The work differs, you can do several months in the office doing graphics, documentation or testing and then go to site for a week or a few months to do commissioning and testing so there is a good mix of tasks.
Also you get to do plenty of interesting training, which also breaks up the office/site work. There's plenty of safety and role specific training which you get to do and can always ask to do more.
Worst
The Uni that was chosen for us is not very good, HOWEVER they have taken in the feedback and changed the Uni for all new apprentices since 2022.
Also depending on your role, you may have to do a lot of driving. When I was on site for a few months I did around 10,000 miles in 3 months. Some like driving some don't, as long as I have to go to London I don't mind it.
What is the annual salary for this role?
Starting salary: £19,000 - £21,000
Current salary: £21,000 - £23,000
What advice would you give to someone applying to this role?
You don't necessarily need experience or knowledge in the field you are applying for. If you are going for engineering, math's and physics is good, but plenty of other qualifications are also suitable. They are mainly looking to see if you are keen and can learn.
Do you have any interview tips?
Show enthusiasm and some knowledge of the company. I applied for an Engineering Apprentice role and spoke about my knowledge of PLC and Power Distribution, Protection Devices etc, which are all things Schneider does. (I studied Electrical Engineering) but if you know something well try to talk about that.
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