Industrial Trainee Review
by Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.3
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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 Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd
- 7. Would you recommend Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd
Overview
During my placement year I worked in the Plastics Department supporting production with quality issues, problem solving and tooling. My role involved a lot of 3D printing and CATIA, Excel and Data analysis. I had a very wide range of projects across different areas within my shop and lead multiple production critical projects. I was even given the opportunity to present up to Director level within the first few months of joining and regularly presented to senior management.
Skills
Learned some of the key TPS philosophy and how to approach a problem. Improved CATIA, Ultimaker and Excel skills. My communication and presentation skills were massively improved by the exposure I had.
Responsibilities
'I had a very wide range of projects across different areas within my shop and lead multiple production critical projects. I was even given the opportunity to present up to Director level within the first few months of joining and regularly presented to senior management.' I was given sole responsibility for the creation of a new tool for use in production - completed this from scratch.
Support & Guidance
Weekly 1 on 1s with supervisors, everyone is friendly and willing to support, contact with L&D for external support too.
Culture
Everyone is treated pretty evenly at Toyota, you are well respected as a member of the team and no one treats you different because you are 'new'. Everyone is friendly and it seems like everyone's been here 10+ years. You are expected to work incredibly hard at times and its not for the faint hearted but you also get the recognition and reward to go with this.
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed my time here, I never spent long at the desk and was always getting involved in an interesting project. I would return as a Grad if given the opportunity! We had an amazing social life with a cohort of 40 placements/grads so I think this was also key.
Yes
They aren't interested in your university projects, in interviews/CVs talk about the things that you do outside of Uni and your passions and how those could contribute to your skillset.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Engineering
East Midlands
June 2022
