Plate Welding Apprentice

Summary

Purdy fabrications provide a quality service and provide solutions to problems from design, fabrication and installation. They are looking for a Plate Welding Apprentice to join their team.

Annual wage: £12,646.40 a year
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Training course: Plate welder (level 3)
Hours: Monday- Thursday 8.00am- 4.30pm Friday 8.00am- 2.00pm
38 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 30 September
Duration: 3 Years
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

Working as a Plater shaping metal for pipework, tanks, vessels and component parts
You will be required to weld together sections of metal, and work with a range of different metals such as steel or aluminium
Working as part of production manufacturing different objects from steel according to work drawings and instructions
Different kinds of welding tasks and cutting and bending plates
Fit and align fabricated parts to be welded or assembled
Mark curves, lines, holes, dimensions, and welding symbols onto workpieces, using scribes, soapstones, punches, and hand drills
Lift and position workpieces in relation to surface plates, manually or with hoists, and using parallel blocks and angle plates

Where you’ll work

HUNTER HOUSE INDUSTRIAL

ESTATE

HARTLEPOOL

TS25 2BE

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

MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE

Your training course

Plate welder (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Work safely at all times, comply with health, safety and environmental legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.

Can obtain, check and use appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation).

Plan and prepare welding activities before commencing the work.

Obtain, position and assemble welding equipment and associated safety protection needed for activity.

Prepare, check and protect materials and work areas ready for welding.

Inspect assembly to be welded and undertake remedial work to comply with specification, or implement quality steps if rejected.

Receive, inspect, condition and maintain consumables.

Set, test and monitor key welding parameters as detailed within the Welding Procedure Specification.

Deal promptly and effectively with problems within the limits of their responsibility using approved diagnostic methods and techniques and report those which cannot be resolved to the appropriate personnel.

Use manual processes and equipment to remove material (powered and non‐powered).

Achieves a quality of work to meet international standards e.g. ISO5817, ISO9606, ASME IX, AWS D1.1 for dimensional, surface inspection (e.g. Visual, Magnetic Particle, Dye Penetrant) and volumetric inspection (e.g. Radiography, Ultrasonic inspection).

Complete progressive and final checks on the weld prior to release for formal inspection and report into the production control system at the appropriate stages of the work activity.

Restore the work area on completion of the activity and where applicable return any resources and consumables to the appropriate location.

Produce welds in plate and/or structural components using two welding processes from TIG, PAW, MMA, MIG/MAG, FCAW.

Produce welds in plate and/or structural components using two materials from Carbon Steel, Low Alloy Steel, High Alloy Ferritic/Martensitic Steel, Austenitic Stainless Steel, Nickel & Nickel Alloys, Aluminium & Aluminium alloys, Titanium & Titanium Alloys, Copper & Copper Alloys.

Produce welds in plate and/or structural components covering three plate welding positions which must include Vertical (either upward or downward progression) and overhead.

Produce plate welds in 3 main joint configurations (Single or Double Sided Butt, Single or Double Sided T‐Butt & Fillet)