Apprentice Engineer fitter

Summary

The candidate will be working along side a PVD engineer. There will be opportunities with CNC and robot welding.

Annual wage: £13,312 to £23,795.20 a year
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Training course: Engineering fitter (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm, with 1 hours for lunch.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 14 October
Duration: 4 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

Disassembly of products and preparation for the PVD process
Quality control of the coating
Reassembly and packaging of the products.

Where you’ll work

3 ASHFIELD ROAD TRADING ESTATE

SALISBURY

SP2 7HL

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

WILTSHIRE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CENTRE

Your training course

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.

Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.

Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.

Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.

Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.

Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.

Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.

Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.

Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).

Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.

Reporting work outcomes or issues.

Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.

Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.

Operating within limits of responsibility.

Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
maths (grade 4)
Science (grade 4)

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

Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Logical

Other requirements

We have a robot welder and have just invested in CNC machinery. This is a very interesting small factory in Wilton.

About this company

We are a small business who manufacture and sell bathroom products mainly towel warmers but are currently designing a range of taps. We PVD coat our products and other bought in items. We have a robot welder and have just invested in CNC machinery. This is a very interesting small factory in Wilton.

https://www.livinghouse.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Offer of a full time position

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