Spotlight On… Women In Operations – Severn Trent

So What Is An Apprenticeship?

Darren: “So it’s a real job with hands on experience and training and you’ll gain this through off the job training and training at the academy. So at Severn Trent out apprentices receive a permanent contract above the living wage salary and access to all of our lifestyle benefits, so you’re treated the same as any Severn Trent employee. We have lots of different apprenticeships on offer and they take between 1 and 5 years to complete depending on your level and occupation but it’s at least a year that it must last.”

Spotlight On… Laura – Why Severn Trent?

Laura: “Some areas that are really great to get involved in at Severn Trent is that we have volunteering days. So two volunteering days per years for all members of staff, something I’ve been involved with this year is towards the commonwealth games tiny forests and I’ve been helping plant trees in the Birmingham area in one of the parks so that was a really great day with members of the public and other members of Severn Trent and contributing towards the carbon offset for the commonwealth games. As well as volunteering there’s also loads of opportunities for continuing  your personal development and learning within Severn Trent so an area that I’ve done is got my chartership in the Chartered Institute of Water and Environment Management so that’s been supported through an excellent scheme that Severn Trent’s got internally. So that’s another really great reason for working for Severn Trent.”

A Bit About The Selection Process

Darren: “So once you put in your application form, you’ll be invited to an online assessment and that’ll be a numerical and verbal reasoning test. If you’re successful in these tests then you will be invited to an assessment centre and that’s when you’ll go through a group activity, there’ll be a presentation and some competency based questions and that’s how we assess our candidates. So we’re looking for potential and that’s one of the key drivers in our selection process. So its not all about attainment it’s about potential and whether you will fit in with our purpose and values whether you resonate with those yourself and whether you’ve got the drive to work with our business and really put in what you can.”