Ryanair "Intern" offer
 

While trawling for something else, I came across an advert placed by Ryanair which at first sight seems to be (a) deeply cynical exploitation and (b) against the law in UK. But maybe I just don't understand, and I have always had a very high opinion of Ryanair's maintenance standards after a period spent supplying Pt 145 line maintenance to them. Stripping the ad of the corporate boasting, BS and so on, here are the bare bones (yes, I know it's giving Ryanair free advertising!). Pay is not mentioned and I am suspecting therefore that there isn't any.

All comment welcome; from where I sit, someone with those qualifications, fulfilling all the tasks listed, especially those near the bottom, should be on a starting salary of about £30K minimum. Do you agree/disagree? Is this just a wonderful opportunity, and my cynicism is misplaced?

" Ryanair is currently recruiting for an Intern to assist​ in our Training department in Stansted. "

"The desired candidate;

• Third year student of a bachelor’s degree in Aviation/Aerospace Engineering or a similar discipline
• A keen interest in pursuing a career in the aviation industry
• The ability to work without constant supervision in a fast pace environment, work as part of a team, multitask and think outside the box are essential
• Close attention to detail and an ability to work to tight deadlines
• Excellent communications and written skills
• Excellent IT/Software knowledge – Microsoft Office suite

​Duties include;

• Maintain Training registers for PAML training department;
• Responsible for the archiving of all PAML training records;
• Creation and Issuance of PAML Certificates
• Register training courses
• Take attendance bookings
• Creation and Issuance of PAML Employee Training Records
• Consolidating training data for management review.
• Ensuring that the technical training requirements of the business are supported in a structured and timely manner, in conjunction with any additional training requirements specified by Management.
• Training Projects will include the creation of documents/work instructions, research of training material, and creation and preparation of lesson plans
• May be required to travel to other sites (maximum 3 times per year)
• Understands business end-to-end processes and participates in production verification and validation.
• Maintains the status of project responsibilities and works across teams to achieve group goals."

You can put all the dressing on it you like , its a training assistant role. About 23-25K would be the market price.

Training Assistant? Really?

That JD looks to me as though the idea is to find some sucker, call the sucker "Assistant" to justify low pay, and then tell the sucker to run the training department, on account of that's what the JD says.

And there's no mention of any remuneration; at best that's so they can squeeze the said sucker down to minimum wage or less, at worst the use (misuse) of the word "Intern" means no remuneration at all.

Exactly what about that advert breaks any laws, no salary mentioned is standard for a lot of positions advertised. Trying to make something out of nothing.