What do Royal Mail Engineers do?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Thanks guys, so they fix the sorting machines and other bits.

Not really, automation processing machinery, PCs and servers etc for processing engineers, building installations for ROMEC, and the local handyman for trucks and trolleys. There's a difference, although as you can see in this thread, most don't appreciate it.
Go for it, but if you have no real interest or aptitude in this line of work you'll struggle badly and probably jack without finishing as sadly so many seem to do (and that's not just in RM).
There's strong competition for places, and the younger and more GCSEs you have the better chance you'll have of getting a place, plus you may need to travel to an MC offering placements.
Lastly transferring from current OP grades to ETGs is unlikely, unfortunately. That was tried about twenty years ago (before the current apprenticeship scheme was restarted) when there was a manpower shortage,and led to some personnel "disasters" which are still recalled with a shudder by the upper echelons of training,management, etc.
Give it a shot, you've nothing to lose, but you'll need to be realistic about your chances.

Thanks for this informative Post TMan.

[General Mannerheim]

Thanks guys, so they fix the sorting machines and other bits.

Not really, automation processing machinery, PCs and servers etc for processing engineers, building installations for ROMEC, and the local handyman for trucks and trolleys. There's a difference, although as you can see in this thread, most don't appreciate it.
Go for it, but if you have no real interest or aptitude in this line of work you'll struggle badly and probably jack without finishing as sadly so many seem to do (and that's not just in RM).
There's strong competition for places, and the younger and more GCSEs you have the better chance you'll have of getting a place, plus you may need to travel to an MC offering placements.
Lastly transferring from current OP grades to ETGs is unlikely, unfortunately. That was tried about twenty years ago (before the current apprenticeship scheme was restarted) when there was a manpower shortage,and led to some personnel "disasters" which are still recalled with a shudder by the upper echelons of training,management, etc.
Give it a shot, you've nothing to lose, but you'll need to be realistic about your chances.

Absolutely, if tman can make it.............well, the world is your oyster Realistically it's what in the old days was called a caretaker or odd job man.

Yeah you could make it to the very top and then where would tman be?
Upper echelons of management are you taking the piss? No literally are you taking the piss the shithouse no 3 trap keeps making a funny noise when you press the flusher..it sounds like an aeroplane taking off,think somebody blocked it with the last recruitment drive of do you want to be a Royal Mail Engineer.

[Tman]

Yawn......

[Pinky 1]

Well i'm sorry Tman but i thought GM's post was feckin' hilarious

[jw1234]

Thanks guys, so they fix the sorting machines and other bits.

Not really, automation processing machinery, PCs and servers etc for processing engineers, building installations for ROMEC, and the local handyman for trucks and trolleys. There's a difference, although as you can see in this thread, most don't appreciate it.
Go for it, but if you have no real interest or aptitude in this line of work you'll struggle badly and probably jack without finishing as sadly so many seem to do (and that's not just in RM).
There's strong competition for places, and the younger and more GCSEs you have the better chance you'll have of getting a place, plus you may need to travel to an MC offering placements.
Lastly transferring from current OP grades to ETGs is unlikely, unfortunately. That was tried about twenty years ago (before the current apprenticeship scheme was restarted) when there was a manpower shortage,and led to some personnel "disasters" which are still recalled with a shudder by the upper echelons of training,management, etc.
Give it a shot, you've nothing to lose, but you'll need to be realistic about your chances.

Thanks for the great post, unfortunately I am unsure on some of the short words (Forgotten the word for them now! Its late... )

Oh so they are the ROMEC guys you seem going around? Sounds like a job that would really suit me. Will try at least, but like you said, the competition is probably quite fierce for a place.