Apprentice Metal 3D Printing Technician

QUICKPARTS UK LTD

HIGH WYCOMBE, HP12 4HH

Closes on Thursday 31 October

Posted on 18 September 2024

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Summary

Quickparts has a great opportunity to work within our 3D printing facility in High Wycombe. Here we print a wide variety of parts, both in metal and plastic, for our customer’s applications ranging from motorsport to film industry.

Annual wage
£13,312 to £23,795.20 a year

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Training course
Engineering fitter (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 5.00pm.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Friday 1 November

Duration

3 Years 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

Tasks to include:

  • Setup and operation of 3D Printing machines
  • Metal and plastic powder processing and quality control
  • Support structure removal and final finishing of metal parts produced from 3D Printing
  • Operation of manual machine tools - drills, saws, grinder, lathe, mill etc
  • Operation of inspection equipment to check manufactured product to required standard
  • Maintenance and housekeeping of entire workshop including 3D printers, CNC and manual machines

Where you’ll work

UNIT D

LANE END ROAD

HIGH WYCOMBE

HP12 4HH

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

THE WINDSOR FOREST COLLEGES GROUP

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

    • Level 3 Engineering Fitter apprenticeship
    • Level 2 Functional Skills in English and maths, if required.
    • One day a week tutor delivery in college

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English and maths (grade 4)

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • 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

    • Communication skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Team working
    • Physical fitness
    • Manufacturing processes
    • Working in machining workshop
    • Deburring
    • Milling, grinding or turning
    • Reads and interprets drawings
    • Manual metrology equipment

    About this company

    Quickparts is considered the originator and pioneer of a full digital manufacturing platform that delivers on-demand additive and traditional manufacturing services across a wide range of capabilities from rapid prototypes to volume production for customers in a wide range of industry, including aerospace, motorsport and medical sectors. Quickparts owns six manufacturing facilities across Europe and USA, along with a wide network of partners globally. Quickparts UK Ltd, located in High Wycombe, specialises in metal and plastic 3D printing, is one of the first of its kind in the industry.

    After this apprenticeship

    • Employment within metal and/or plastic teams

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    THE WINDSOR FOREST COLLEGES GROUP

    Business Services - Apprenticeship

    business.services@windsor-forest.ac.uk

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000277415.

    Apply now

    Closes on Thursday 31 October

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