25 replies to this topic

[tobiasnugent]

iam thinking about starting an apprenticeship as a mechanic

but i hear
the pay isnt to interesting

but its something iam interested in

general opinions please ?

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Yeah, Me interested to !!! Thinking BMW Mini In maidstone, Or Brands hatch, Fix there Marshall Golf Buggys lol

[alexcrosse]

got 2 mates doing apprentiships at BMW... the pay is dismal

[tobiasnugent]

some apprenticeships have amazing pay
and others just naff
i would be doing it through a college so un sure of the pay situation

[photographymatt]

I think the pays pretty good considering at the start, most know nothing. Like some have said....once your finished....the worlds your oyster.

plus the pays more than I had when I went to college(nothing lol) :-D

[miller 666]

Well have got my work exsperiance next week and have secured myself a place at the rollys royce plant in derby and also at chesterfield motorcycle centre as a trainee engineer and hoping to do well at school and get my self on the rollys rocye apprentaship

[Racer_Pete]

Not an apprenticeship but, When I finish my exams i'm hopefully going to Brooklands College to study Motorsport Engineering.

[TheRestorer]

If its something you are interested in then defiantly go for it, dont worry about the pay for now because what you come out with is well worth the wait.

apprenticeship wages are abysmal to start with (9K p/a is awful i dont care what anybody says, you can earn more as a shelf stacker and you dont have to know anything to do that job), but they are a great way of breaking into an industry in which you have no experience, and upon completion the prospects make an apprenticeship very worthwhile. a friend of mine finishes his apprenticeship later this year and is guaranteed a 25K job with his company. thats nearly a 14k pay rise. or he could just as easily look for well paid employment elsewhere, qualified technicians are highly sought after right now. not bad if you ask me.
also you will have college on day release, so you wont even be at work all week! on top of that you will probably really enjoy it if its something you actually want to do. so i say go for it and dont worry about the money too much, with patience it will pay dividends.

ps. i mean no offense to the shelf stackers out there. i did that job for nearly four years so i merely draw on my own miserable experience

[tobiasnugent]

yer cheers for the info iam gonna pop down tomorrow find some more info

[Andrew1408]

Apprenticeships are the way forward; I’m a apprentice at Land Rover doing electrical and systems maintenance.
My first years wage wasn’t much to dream off but I’m getting about £20k a year now and that will almost double after I qualify in 12 months.
Beats going to uni any day!

[tobiasnugent]

Apprenticeships are the way forward; I’m a apprentice at Land Rover doing electrical and systems maintenance.
My first years wage wasn’t much to dream off but I’m getting about £20k a year now and that will almost double after I qualify in 12 months.
Beats going to uni any day!

did u get that through land rover ?

[Andrew1408]

Apprenticeships are the way forward; I’m a apprentice at Land Rover doing electrical and systems maintenance.
My first years wage wasn’t much to dream off but I’m getting about £20k a year now and that will almost double after I qualify in 12 months.
Beats going to uni any day!

did u get that through land rover ?

Yeah started back in 2006 found it through an advert in the paper, if you want to try out for it the cut off date for this year is the end of this month I believe so you have to be quick. (By the way the £40k is with a bit of overtime )
JLR apprenticeship

[The Matt]

I started off as an apprentice mechanic. Yep, the money's pap to start off with, but within a year or two the pay's not too bad for a first job.

As for getting £40k a year to repair Land Rovers, where do I apply? That's gotta be a hell of a lot of overtime!!!

[makka]

I am a diesel mechanic apprentice, well diesel technician actually. I started at around 24k AUD (around 12k pounds) and I would be around 55k AUD when I am qualified, plus overtime which could possibly take me to around 75k or so.
I love it and I really wanted to I could head to the mines in Western Aus or Queensland and do 150k to 200k

did I mention I love my job too!