Archive for March 2016

Ben's Blog: Current Project Work

Thursday, March 24, 2016 0 Comments A+ a-



Throughout our Apprenticeship we work on a number of projects to help us develop our skills and also apply the things we have learnt at college.

At the moment, I am working on a project focussed on overhauling a machine which was bought by EGGER about 3 years ago. The project has been assigned a £10,000 budget which we have to consider throughout the job and I am working closely with the Mechanic Fitter to ensure our project is running to schedule, alongside our team managers and a project engineer to help us complete the project.

Currently we are working on building a stand for the machine alongside a platform for the operator to stand on. My part of this is to draw and create a new panel alongside creating a new simatic 7 programme. This programme allows the machine to carry out specific functions when a certain button is pressed, for example if the start button is pressed the input for this button will start it’s cycle through the ladder program. I was able to use the experience of a Control and Instrumentation Engineer to help build the program and also use my own experience of programming when at college on day release. My manager has also asked me to create the drawings for the electrical panel, as well as the cable identifications for each cable that is wired into the panel.

This is all great experience for me moving forward in my apprenticeship and the project will specifically support the completion of my college qualification.
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Matty and Abby’s First 6 Months with EGGER

Friday, March 04, 2016 0 Comments A+ a-



As we moved into our new departments at the start of this week, we thought we would reflect back on what we have learnt and enjoyed during our first 6 months as EGGER Apprentices.

Matty

During my time in Controlling, I enjoyed preparing the pack of financial information provided to the Board of Directors as well as setting up reports for managers. I also had the opportunity to attend the month end meetings, where it was rewarding to see the managers throughout the discussions using the reports and information that I had set up for them. I also found these meetings very useful for learning about Barony and the subsidiary companies; Forestry and Timberpak, as you gain a lot of knowledge about these companies financially but also discuss different ideas for moving them forward, which gives a good overview of how they are run.
Whilst in Purchase Ledger for the second part of my placement in Finance, I was responsible for inputting invoices onto our computer system, alongside checking the account statements from our suppliers to ensure we have all of the invoices stated on our system. I also had to check any payment reminders to ensure that invoices were paid on time and learnt how to complete the payment runs to suppliers.  I spent a little time within Sales Ledger as well where I was shown how payments come into the bank from customers and how to allocate these against the appropriate invoices.
I am now starting within the Customer Services, I am specifically looking forward to seeing things from a different stage in the process and learning about our products and how we deal with orders from customers.
Abby
I have just finished the first section of my apprenticeship, which was within the Customer Services department. I am now looking forward to moving onto our Transport/Logistics department.
I really enjoyed Customer Services and being in a job role where direct contact with our customers is required. This allowed me to develop my communication skills, whilst also helping to broaden my knowledge of EGGER products, systems and production operations. 
I am looking forward to having a different role within Transport and seeing how other departments within the business work. This will help me to understand how EGGER runs and where each department fits, building on the knowledge that I gained within Customer Services.
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