是什么喜欢的Network Rail apprentice？我们与一年的学徒Keneefia Parker交谈了关于“无限”的职业机会以及迎接伦敦地平线最美丽的景色。
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“Keep studying and keep pushing.”
“我总是喜欢帮助别人，试图让世界变得更美好。”
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你的工作是什么？
I am a track apprentice. Every day is a different day. Our main job is to maintain the railway, so that can lead from doing surveying to making sure the spacing of the railway is correct… on to heavy maintenance, which is to replace any defects we see, welding, the list goes on…
什么是第一年的学徒like?
The first year is more theory-based because you spend six months doing theory here at Westwood but the second half – the next six months – you pretty much get out there, put everything you learned into practice.
The second year is more focused on completing certain jobs, getting your competencies, and just trying to get as much experience as you can in different pathways.
How will it feel when you finish your apprenticeship?
这将是很大的，因为三年来努力工作，终于看到它得到了回报，我认为这将是一个惊人的经历。
You didn’t go to university?
After A Levels, I knew uni wasn’t for me. I ended up taking a gap year and in that gap year I looked around for different apprenticeships and none of them really spoke to me.
My dad was an engineer and he inspired me to become an engineer. I was really adamant I must do something within the engineering industry. His friend had told me about Network Rail … and I’m here today.
My parents were very much uni-driven … it was like uni was the best way forward. I had to tell them, ‘uni’s not for everyone’ and I had to show them and keep pushing and I guess I’ve proven them wrong.
没有一天，我后悔的决定。在学徒训练之后，我可能会觉得现在我觉得更多准备。
作为网络铁路的学徒，您是否会对大学体验产亚搏彩票软件官网生类似的感受？
得到大学的感觉,特别是当你走他re, the studying, the meeting people from different parts of England, it’s amazing, really.
The best part of it is you’re getting paid to study so I tell anyone who wants to do an apprenticeship or doesn’t know if uni’s for them to follow their gut feelings and if it’s not for you, always try a different route because you never know, you might end up exactly where you need to be.
When you get your first pay cheque, it reassures you you’re meant to be here.
你是第一年的最佳回忆是什么？
去年，当它是最热的一周的时候，他们决定他们想在外面做一个露天露水，那一天只是很棒......我们仍然努力工作，但那天有一些事情如此有趣......每个人都很开心。
当你在这里时，你做了一些终身朋友，这很好，因为至少他们会更加了解你......当你在这里有朋友时，你可以随时与他们说话，因为他们知道你要做什么。
What do your friends think of your career?
我的很多朋友都为我做了我一直想做的事情，为我感到骄傲。他们中的相当多说他们希望他们有一种勇气进入一个男性主导的行业。
What was the first thing you ever fixed?
My dad always told me to come and help him fix certain things, like wiring in the house … My dad does a lot of wiring, technical stuff, so I think the very first thing I wired together was a fire system in my house, which was un.
Confusing at first but fun overall, just to spend some time with my dad and figure out what kind of discipline I wanted to get into. I was around about the age of 13 … I felt proud of myself, I was like, ‘if I can do this, I can do anything’.
Did you have a role model growing up?
[My dad has] always been that person for me because he was basically the first out of my family to enter the Army and do engineering so my dad was very much my role model growing up and still is today.
What did you enjoy studying at school?
对我来说，化学和物理始终是我的主题......只是看看元素和组件如何合作，总是令人兴奋，看看爆炸。
The theory behind it as well … When you figure out how matter works and alpha and beta, all of those things … Keep studying and keep pushing because you’ll find your interest in there somewhere.
你会告诉哪些在学校找到科学或数学的人？
不要放弃。有时候你想放弃，但只是继续推动，去你的老师......看看你的问题。如果你可以，你做的旧文件，你错了......只是永不放弃。那是主要的。
什么是令人兴奋的工程？
The way technology is always advancing. Who doesn’t want to be on that wave of understanding? Infrastructure is also growing … For me, when I’m on the route, I like to look at things and say, ‘how do they do that?’
学徒工作夜班吗？他们像什么？
I’m only doing night shifts when I work on track. The best part of it are the views that I get to see on track … It’s the peace you get at night you’re working that you don’t get so much in the morning … To be working at night, I’m at my best; I’m heightened then.
What’s your favourite view from the railway?
The London Eye and Big Ben. I was working at Charing Cross on the bridge and was just walking past over the Thames, it was a sight for sore eyes. Just all the lights lit up – you don’t really get that type of view anywhere so just to see that, it’s kind of amazing.
For me, when I’m walking on track or when I’m doing something, I’m always at peace of mind. I’m just consolidating my week, my day, it’s much more than just a bit of grease on your hands, wearing heavy PPE and the rain. It makes you very happy.
Gallery: Westwood, our apprentices training centre in Coventry
What jobs opportunities are there after the apprenticeship scheme?
My line manager as well as the apprentices before me say that I’m not just limited to just track. Some of them have on to team leader, to section managers, which is quite inspiring ‘cause just knowing there are different opportunities you can take, it’s amazing. This is a career that is limitless in terms of where you want to go and where you want to be.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
在五年的时间里，我想与[移动运营经理]一起使用。They deal with accidents on the railway … Growing up, I always enjoyed helping others, trying to make the world a better place … It’s still to do with track engineering but it also deals a lot with helping others as well so I feel like that’s my home place to be.
你觉得自豪吗？
是的，我愿意。我不会为世界改变它。
你希望铁路工人的化妆在职业生涯结束时看起来像什么？
在铁路上为数不多的黑人女性,it’s hard sometimes to relate to a lot of other people based on how I’ve grown up and all of that. To get more Black females especially on the railway would be something I would love to see, to see them progress and become something inspirational to other Black ladies … For diversity on the railway, that would mean a lot to me.
我想成为那些可以激励其他人的人之一。要有所作为，展示我的兄弟姐妹，即使是作为学徒的最小的东西，你可以改变很多东西。
Read more:
The Network Rail apprenticeship scheme – apply now for March 2021
Advice on applying for the Network Rail apprenticeship scheme