Sewing Machinist Apprentice

THE HATCHBAG COMPANY LTD

Birkenhead, CH41 9BA

Closes in 11 days (Monday 30 September at 11:59pm)

Posted on 11 September 2024

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Summary

The Hatchbag Company Limited are looking to take on a Sewing Machinist Apprentice to work within their team. You will have a hands on approach, handling specialist responsibilities in the Sewing-PVC Department such as sewing, taping, packing, final inspection, sewing machine maintenance & fault finding.

Annual wage
£13,312 a year

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Training course
Sewing machinist (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Thursday, 8.00am - 5.00pm with a half hour (unpaid) lunch break and 2 x 15 minute breaks and Friday 8.00am - 2.00pm with no breaks.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 1 October

Duration

1 Year 3 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

  • Learn & perform the basic sewing/taping skills for the business
  • Operations through the manufacture of sewing PVC weather guards
  • Basic maintenance skills to keep sewing machines in proper working order

Where you’ll work

Unit 1

Unit 1

Turbine Road

Birkenhead

CH41 9BA

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

NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP LIMITED(THE)

Your training course

Sewing machinist (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Follow work instructions for example, specifications, standard operating procedures, and specific instructions.
  • Organise resources for example, equipment, components, and tools.
  • Check working environment for hazards.
  • Apply safe working practices including guards, seat positioning, safety clothing, and manual handling.
  • Apply sustainability principles for example, minimise energy usage and waste.
  • Identify and segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
  • Lay out equipment, components, and resources.
  • Inspect cut or pre-sewn components before sewing; identify and resolve issues.
  • Select and insert needles.
  • Select thread.
  • Fill and insert spool and thread a sewing machine.
  • Select the sewing machine settings.
  • Conduct sewing machine test run for example, pre-production, following threading up, adjustments, or maintenance.
  • Make sewing machine adjustments for example, stitch tension.
  • Operate, monitor, and control a sewing machine for example, lockstitch, linker, blind hemmer, overlocker, cup seam, and coverstitch machine.
  • Control material feed.
  • Conduct quality checks.
  • Identify needle damage.
  • Identify and resolve sewing issues for example, skip stitch, lose stitch, or pucker stitch.
  • Follow post-production procedure for example, re-bundle, bag up, and attach work ticket.
  • Enter information to track work process for example, work dockets, documentation, or electronic tracking system.
  • Select maintenance tools.
  • Remove and replace sewing machine parts for example, the presser foot, throat plate, spool, and spool case.
  • Clean sewing machine and machine parts.
  • Check oil.
  • Use information technology and digital systems for example, real time system or computerised sewing machine settings.
  • Communicate with others for example, other machinists, senior machinists, production staff, supervisors, and team leaders.
  • Report issues for example, product quality and machine faults.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
  • Monitor own performance.
  • Complete and record learning and development activities.

    • Your training plan

    • Sewing Machinist Level 2 qualification
    • Training will take place on-site in Birkenhead site
    • Training will be one day a week on-site for maximum of 8 hours per day (can be split into two 4 hours per day)

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 3)

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • Maths (grade 3)

    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
    • IT skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Number skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Creative
    • Initiative
    • Non judgemental
    • Patience
    • Physical fitness
    • Interested in Sewing

    About this company

    The Hatchbag Company is a leading boot liner manufacturer with a wide range of bespoke, high quality boot liners for a wide variety of vehicles in the UK and Europe. We have comprehensive marketing, design and manufacturing capabilities covering many techniques to promote, develop and produce custom made boot liners.

    http://www.hatchbag.co.uk (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    • Become a skilled and qualified Sewing Machinist in a manufacturing business

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    THE HATCHBAG COMPANY LTD

    Sharon Owen

    sharonowen@raventa.com

    07850300058

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000276180.

    Apply now

    Closes in 11 days (Monday 30 September at 11:59pm)

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