Apprentice Welder Level 2

SPENBOROUGH ENGINEERING LTD

WEST YORKSHIRE, WF12 9EA

Closes in 10 days (Monday 30 September)

Posted on 9 July 2024

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Summary

The apprentice will be required to learn all aspects of vehicle bodybuilding and develop a range of new skills and become a qualified Welder and fabricator.

Annual wage
£13,312 a year

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Training course
Welder (level 2)
Hours
Monday – Friday / 8.00AM – 4.30PM

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 1 October

Duration

1 Year 6 Months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

  • Learning All Aspects Of Welding Equipment And Machinery
  • Mig Welding
  • Cutting And Bending
  • Shadowing engineers
  • Develop new skills

Where you’ll work

CALDER ROAD

RAVENSTHORPE

DEWSBURY

WEST YORKSHIRE

WF12 9EA

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

CALDERDALE COLLEGE

Your training course

Welder (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
  • Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
  • Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
  • Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
  • Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
  • Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
  • Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
  • Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
  • Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
  • Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
  • Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
  • Identify surface defects.
  • Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
  • Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
  • Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
  • Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
  • Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
  • Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
  • Apply team working principles.

    • Your training plan

    The apprentice will gain the following General Welder Level 2 qualification;

    • AWS D1.1 Structural Welding - Steel: Certification: American Welding Society, OR

       

    • AWS D1.2 Structural Welding Code - Aluminium: Certification: American Welding Society, OR

       

    • ASME Section IX, OR

       

    • ISO 9606 Qualification testing of welder, OR

       

    • ISO 14732 Welding personnel - Approval of welding operator, OR

       

    • BS4872 Specification for approval testing of welders when welding procedure approval is not required

    Functional Skills Level 1 & 2 in English and maths will be provided for those without GCSE Grade 4/C (or equivalent) if required.  

    Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date. 

    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • Maths and English (grade 4/C or above)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • Presentation skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Initiative

    About this company

    Spenborough Engineering Ltd is a wholly independent company specializing in Commercial Vehicle Bodybuilding, Tippers, Tipper Bodies, Drop Side Tippers and more, whose origins date back to 1913.

    After this apprenticeship

    Our Goal is to have a well-rounded individual who’s confident working in a modern, fast paced working environment, with potential for employment within the industry, or seek further education as a qualified Welder.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    CALDERDALE COLLEGE

    Shannon Ingham

    shannon.ingham@calderdale.ac.uk

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000261384.

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    Closes in 10 days (Monday 30 September)

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