Profile

I come from a small village from west berkshire where I live with parents, brother, two cats and my pet gecko. Outside of work I often spend my time gardening, running games of Dungeons & Dragons or socialising with friends either out on the town or online through skype and computer games.

I do a lot of different placements but to this date one of my favourites has been working at a place called JETops where I installed and tested a number or alarm systems used to detect gas leaks ranging from common gasses like CO2 to Tritium a radioactive isotope of Hydrogen. Another favourite placement was my time at the Materials Research Facility designing a compact bending rig for use in a radioactive room called a hot cell as well as performing tests on the radiation shielding used in the hot cells.

I also work on a number of side jobs with groups such as the Inclusion and diversity group, the apprenticeship scheme and the communications department. With these groups I often help to run and organise events, give tours of the site and the JET fusion reactor, visit schools for careers fairs or to teach them about fusion or run a presentation on the work we do at Cullham site.

My day to day starts at 7:30am when I leave for work getting in for 8:30am, I work till 4:45pm, taking a short lunch break around midday, and getting home at about 5:45pm.

It’s easier to break my workload into weeks as opposed to days. My apprenticeship scheme pays for half my hours with my work placement picking up the rest. With this in mind I normally spend half my week out on site working to install and maintain new systems, in workshops creating components and  assemblies for instillation, or at an office designing and preparing for my next assignment. The rest of my time is dedicated to my training completing coursework assignments, write ups, and studying. I also use this time for my side projects.