As we continue our celebration of National Apprenticeship Week, meet Grace and Iain.
Before beginning her apprenticeship journey at Sellafield, Grace started her career in a property development company. When she discovered Sellafield and the opportunity to earn while she could learn, she felt it was the perfect fit.
Now in her third year of a civil and structural design degree apprenticeship, Grace continues her love of the construction and design environment.
In the past 18 months, her work has ranged from research tasks to gaining competence in AutoCAD, Excel, Revit and Navisworks. She has also supported two work experience students, used our Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology, and contributed to civil, structural and architectural teams.
Her main advice for anyone considering a degree apprenticeship is: “A degree apprenticeship will not be easy.
“You have to manage your work, college and personal life, but being fully immersed in the workplace alongside your studies is one of the best ways to learn.”
Meet Iain
Iain, who has recently completed a data analytics apprenticeship, wanted to expand his skill set and learn something new to support his role on PPP.
Iain works in our Project Services team as a performance reporting lead. He tracks and keeps all stakeholders informed about milestone progress across many corners of PPP.
Over the 18-month apprenticeship, he gained valuable insights into software systems such as Power Apps and Power Automate. Discovering these new tools showed him how much more is possible with modern performance reporting technology.
One of Iain’s biggest challenges was balancing his learning with a busy home life, especially with young children. By keeping in close communication with his line manager, he managed his workload and completed the course, which was all delivered virtually via MS Teams.
Now that he has completed his apprenticeship, Iain’s applying his new knowledge to develop automated reporting solutions, helping to streamline the production of our project status review (PSR) reports.
Iain said: “Despite being well into my professional career, learning is never too late. There are always new opportunities to improve skills and expertise in areas you may not have considered.”
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