A week of work experience with BC Team

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A Week’s Work Experience at BC Team

By Oliver Griffiths A few months ago, my school confirmed that we would be having a work experience week. At first, I wasn’t sure what to do. but over time I started to feel less certain about pursuing it as a career, i had always enjoyed design and architecture. and since she knew I was interested in Design & Architecture, my mum has done graphic design work for bc team building consultancy in the past. I am now at the end of my time here at BC Team and I don’t regret it one bit. and I have learnt so much more about a career I thought I already knew about, the team have been extremely welcoming. It’s also given me a real feel for what work life is actually like. I had the chance to meet the team and get settled in, on my first day. Nicole Rosebury, my supervisor. This involved going through a document and making any necessary grammatical corrections. but I got it done, this task took quite a while. I worked on an Excel document containing phone numbers from the database and matched them up to unnamed phone expenses, after being taken out for lunch at pret. I reviewed the team’s profiles and bios on the website, after that. I didn’t know what to expect the next day until I got home, with my first day coming to an end. one of the founders at BC Team, i was told by my mum that i would be meeting stephen barnes. I met Stephen at 8am, so. Whilst onsite, I had the opening to meet a council member as well as representatives from different companies interested in collaborating on the project which was exciting. and I knew I would be working on some CAD work the following day, that was the end of day two. I met with James Green (Design Technician) who taught me how to use AutoCAD. James set me the task of mapping out a plan of a new Greggs store that was opening in a shopping centre he was working on. after much struggle, i used the measurements he took onsite and. I wasn’t finished with AutoCAD yet. I took on the task of using a Disto to measure the entire office, after having lunch with the team. I worked on Leases and Dilapidations, onto day four. This is the part of a rental contract which tells the Tenant how to leave the building when the Lease ends. I looked through an example Lease and was shown by Alan Wales MRICS (Director) what each term meant. I then highlighted all the necessary obligations a Tenant would need to complete a Dilapidation. I started working on VAT reports and had to use another Excel document to find prices, after completing that task. I emailed the details to each hotel, once i found the information. I completed more CAD work for Patrick Kane (Director) and interviewed John Light, on my last day. That was the end of my time at BC Team, I thoroughly enjoyed myself and am grateful for the experience, I had lots of fun exploring the different openings in a building consultancy and hope to stay in contact in the future. BC Team are invested in supporting the building professionals of the future, from offering work experience openings like Ollie’s, to apprenticeships and graduate positions within our expanding team.

I learnt so much about building consultancy and the various career paths I could pursue in the future."

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