Mechanics aprenticeship and interview

[Mochachino]

applied for a mechanics aprenticeship today with honda and theyve rung me back already to ask me to come in for an interview!! next friday is the interview!

Cant wait!! well excited.

The wage isnt all that as it is an aprenticeship but i can live on it, i really dont mind its gonna be a job il love and enjoy. Mechanic btw.

wish me luck for next friday lol.

anyone else got mechanics aprenticeships?

[Crunkers]

Congratulations mate. Hope you get yourself the job :y:

[Jackman]

Good luck mate!

Im looking for one at the minute!

no luck yet though :n:

[pug205gti87]

ye i been apprentice for 2 and a half years. shit money untill u get few years down the line.

[kylie]

good luck dude

[Emma_ZS]

I don't know what apprenticeship to do but i would like to do one as i love practical things and tinkering with my car but i was thinking of mechanics although i think it will be too difficult for me (Emma) to do it :err:

[Mochachino]

thanks poeple! really hoping am gonna get it. and Emma, i doubt it will be too hard for you, i guess they will start from the very basics, and if your like me if your learning things by doing praticle then it will be easy(ish)!!

[Emma_ZS]

Have you ever had any previous experience or worked on cars?

I have only worked on mine (e.g. induction kit, alloys, back box, rocker cover - little things)

[Mochachino]

Have you ever had any previous experience or worked on cars?

I have only worked on mine (e.g. induction kit, alloys, back box, rocker cover - little things)

sounds like i know as much as you then! My mates dad owns a garage and thats where ive gone when my cars broke, as he does it for free (still pay him though jus not LOADS)

done other minor stuff like, fitting and removing suspension springs, replacing the shock inside, so that includes taking the strut off, and changing the front pipe on me car.

oh and changing brake pads:afro: lol

[V21ARL]

good luck mate ive bin a mechanic for 6 years now done my app. just make sure your good with a brush, mop and making brews. i love my job its great.

[Badgersport]

Well done on the interview!! Sounds promising.

I am a Level 3 Apprentice mechanic at Volvo. As said moneys not the best at the moment but if its something you enjoy doing go for it! No 2 days are the same which i like.

Best of luck with the interview

Ste

[Emma_ZS]

sounds like i know as much as you then! My mates dad owns a garage and thats where ive gone when my cars broke, as he does it for free (still pay him though jus not LOADS)

done other minor stuff like, fitting and removing suspension springs, replacing the shock inside, so that includes taking the strut off, and changing the front pipe on me car.

oh and changing brake pads:afro: lol

I aint done any of that but i have helped my brother remove a rear axle lol

[Adz]

I have nearly been on my apprenticeship for a year now and its wicked, apart from the money how you said, but im a HGV Mechanic, and the other great thing is the garage next door what we use as the stores is being changed into a body shop so i will no how to do that as well so its going to be wicked :panic:

[intheweeds]

i finished my 3 year apprentaship back in july, shit moiney for 3 years now payed well :)

a really good experience

[Tobs]

wicked now your really gunna see how cars are made now, trust me your gunna ditch the sax straight away and get a honda hahah

well done buddy

[intheweeds]

lol get a honda,

u dont want a spaceship!!!

[Mochachino]

I aint done any of that but i have helped my brother remove a rear axle lol

haha, well like me still, youve done stuff i havnt, if its sumthing you enjoy then look out for the oportunity!

I have nearly been on my apprenticeship for a year now and its wicked, apart from the money how you said, but im a HGV Mechanic, and the other great thing is the garage next door what we use as the stores is being changed into a body shop so i will no how to do that as well so its going to be wicked :panic:


i finished my 3 year apprentaship back in july, shit moiney for 3 years now payed well :)

a really good experience

sounds like im making a good move then! i been part time at a pub waitering for about a year, undecided on what i want to do. Now ive decided, shouldt be good. thanks :p

[Mochachino]

wicked now your really gunna see how cars are made now, trust me your gunna ditch the sax straight away and get a honda hahah

well done buddy

lol get a honda,

u dont want a spaceship!!!

haha i wont be ditching the saxamophone just yet, im in love with it :oops:

il try and get a DC5 teggy lol :p now we're talking lol

[intheweeds]

are you going 2 colege one day a week or doing like a 4 week work 2 week colege block

[hesslevtr]

worst thing i ever did was waste of 3 years

least your in a decent garage

[Mochachino]

heres the advert:

Advanced Apprenticeship including City & Guilds NVQ level 3

A car dealership based in the LENTON LANE area of NOTTINGHAM has an opportunity for an Apprentice Car Service Technician. You'll have a minimum of 3 GCSE passes at grade D or above in any subjects (or equivalent qualifications). The 3 year apprenticeship training will be delivered both in the work place and by block training to the dealership specialist training centre. Your starting wage will be a minimum of £3.40 an hour rising to a minimum of £4.20 an hour in year 2. You'll learn the repair and maintenance of all aspects of the dealership motor vehicles to include measurement and tooling, information systems, product knowledge, electrical and engine principles, steering and fuelling principles, transmission principles and braking systems, suspension, fuel and body systems.

not quite sure, think it will be college type learning included but not at a college if you know what i mean? thats i think anyway from reading that lol.

[Mochachino]

worst thing i ever did was waste of 3 years

least your in a decent garage


wow wow why was it so bad?

[intheweeds]

yer i did city n guilds level 3

i worked mon, tues had colege on wed n worked thurs, fri n sat mornings

for 3 years, exams at end of each year!

[kezajones]

good luck mate, ive got an interview tomorrow for an apprentice welder fabricator might be going straight into second year though becuase ive been doing a btec course

[Emma_ZS]

for 3 years, exams at end of each year!

I am thinking of doing a mechanics course, what sort of things are in the exams?

[hesslevtr]

wow wow why was it so bad?

shit money and boring as fuck getting covered in oil all day working on shit tips

can earn in a few hours what i was on a week now

least your in a main dealers so will be goodish pay and looked after and upto date equipment unlike garage i worked

think theres 2 people from my old college class what still do it now

[steve_335]

Good luck with it mate, i work in a garage and am doing a day release college course, was working there as a sat job for 2.5 years and full time for about 6 months. Best thing i ever did.

[weetz]

I wish you good look :p

I am currently trying to get an electrician apprenticeship...got a assessment for it on the 10th of March.

[Tobs]

im currently doing an apprenticeship with Jap tuning company JPS Motorsport and doing advance motorsport course at college, enjoying it alot get nice cars and some tips to. But all good besides the money hahaha

[Emma_ZS]

I wish you good look :p

I am currently trying to get an electrician apprenticeship...got a assessment for it on the 10th of March.

What assessment you got to do?

[weetz]

What assessment you got to do?

Just a basic initial assessment, Maths and English.

[Emma_ZS]

Just a basic initial assessment, Maths and English.

Do you have to do these even though you passed them as GCSE?

Only asking as i am seeing what apprenticeship i want to do :)

[furio_beno]

heya m8 i worked for nissan for a few weeks was good but like you say shite money am an apprentice engineer now and got an interview with two company next week and one has just got a 900million pound contract to build a new oil rig :) much better and summit different every day

[weetz]

As far as I know the assessment is just to see what level key skills you should take. I already have done one assessment for an IT apprenticeship (company was crap) I achieved level 3 and the course was only for level 2.

[steve_335]

Sounds like my key skills at college, it's in maths, english and it, if you got above a C you don't have to do it and it varies depending how you do on tests you have to take and if you got a grade for it at gcse.

[furio_beno]

yea i had to take ict becuase my school didnt even offer it lol its piss easy though :)

[Emma_ZS]

So am i right in saying . . . if you passed (e.g) maths at GCSE you don't have to do it as a key skill at college.

[raunchz]

Good luck with it !!! You'll be fine, and if you get it, you'll enjoy it !!

My brother is an apprentice for Porsche, he loves it !! Specially sitting in on 'fault finding' outtings in the Porsches !lol

At the start they made him just change tyres a lot, but now he gets to work on the cars unsupervised - it's all about working your way up, and gaining the respect of your manager and to show him you can do the work to a good standard !

[Mochachino]

Good luck with it !!! You'll be fine, and if you get it, you'll enjoy it !!

My brother is an apprentice for Porsche, he loves it !! Specially sitting in on 'fault finding' outtings in the Porsches !lol

At the start they made him just change tyres a lot, but now he gets to work on the cars unsupervised - it's all about working your way up, and gaining the respect of your manager and to show him you can do the work to a good standard !


i guess il get the pethetic jobs to start with.

I have one problem though, i applied for an aprenticeship with E-on the elctric company, theyre yet to get back to me, but if they accept me, hopefully il get enough time before i start. That way i can find out if i get the mechanics course.

which would u lot choose between them 2? e-on climbing poles and on the electrical distribution or a mechanic for honda?

[hesslevtr]

i guess il get the pethetic jobs to start with.

I have one problem though, i applied for an aprenticeship with E-on the elctric company, theyre yet to get back to me, but if they accept me, hopefully il get enough time before i start. That way i can find out if i get the mechanics course.

which would u lot choose between them 2? e-on climbing poles and on the electrical distribution or a mechanic for honda?

e-on im a domestic sparky and can earn a few £

working on distribution you will earn loads as you are doing a very dangerous job

[d4r3n]

good look with the interview mate..

worst thing i have ever done to waste of 2-3 years, completly crap money and its not even a enjoyable job after a coulple of years but some people take to it good luck.

daz.