Apprentice Material Cutter - 14716

SOFAS AND STUFF LTD

Lancashire, PR1 5ST

Closes on Monday 23 December

Posted on 25 September 2024

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Summary

Sofas & Stuff Ltd in Preston are recruiting for an Apprentice Material Cutter. The successful candidate will work towards completing a Level 2 Material Cutter apprenticeship over the duration of 15 months.

Annual wage
£18,720 a year

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Training course
Material cutter (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 6.45am - 4.45pm, 15 mins break am and pm (Paid) and 30 min lunch (Unpaid)

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 6 January

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

We are looking for a motivated and dedicated individual to join our team as a Material Cutter apprentice. In this role, you will be trained to work alongside experienced craftsmen and technicians.

Duties include:

  • Learn all the details of cutting fabrics for upholstered furniture pieces
  • Learning how to operate and maintain hand cutting /machine cutting equipment
  • Learning the structure of fabrics and how they behave in a production environment, i,e stretch/pile of fabrics
  • Identifying flaws within the fabrics we use and how we work around these problems

Where you’ll work

Deepdale Mill Street

Preston

Lancashire

PR1 5ST

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

Material cutter (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Read, interpret, and follow information for example work instructions, material specifications.
  • Prepare the work area for cutting materials.
  • Maintain the work area.
  • Follow health and safety regulations, legislation and procedures; PPE, manual handling, lifting procedures and ergonomic practice.
  • Follow environmental and sustainability regulations and procedures.
  • Estimate and calculate material requirements to complete the job.
  • Select material following specification or instruction.
  • Inspect materials against specifications and quality standard.
  • Check lay plan.
  • Prepare materials for cutting for example lay and spread material.
  • Select, check and use tools/equipment for the task.
  • Cut material by hand and/or machine for example band knife, shears, laser.
  • Check quality of the lay post cut for example waste minimised, grain, component positioning, colour continuity.
  • Check cut components.
  • Prepare material for the next stage of the production process for example bundling, labelling.
  • Identify and segregate material for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Check and clean tools and equipment and sharpen or change blades as required.
  • Report cutting issues for example material faults, equipment faults shortages, required recuts, lay plan.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques.
  • Communicate with colleagues: verbal.
  • Enter information - written or electronic.
  • Read, interpret, and follow information for example work instructions, material specifications.
  • Prepare the work area for cutting materials.
  • Maintain the work area.
  • Follow health and safety regulations, legislation and procedures; PPE, manual handling, lifting procedures and ergonomic practice.
  • Follow environmental and sustainability regulations and procedures.
  • Estimate and calculate material requirements to complete the job.
  • Select material following specification or instruction.
  • Inspect materials against specifications and quality standard.
  • Check lay plan.
  • Prepare materials for cutting for example lay and spread material.
  • Cut material by hand and/or machine for example band knife, shears, laser.
  • Check quality of the lay post cut for example waste minimised, grain, component positioning, colour continuity.
  • Check cut components.
  • Prepare material for the next stage of the production process for example bundling, labelling.
  • Identify and segregate material for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Check and clean tools and equipment and sharpen or change blades as required.
  • Report cutting issues for example material faults, equipment faults shortages, required recuts, lay plan.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques.
  • Communicate with colleagues: verbal.
  • Enter information - written or electronic.

    • Your training plan

    • Level 2 Materical Cutter Apprenticeship Standard
    • Functional Skills 
    • Work based learning 

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 4)
    • Maths (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
    • Team working
    • Punctual

    About this company

    Sofas & Stuff are a leading upholstery manufacturing company specialising in producing high quality upholstered furniture for domestic and commercial clients. With a focus on craftmanship, we strive to create unique and durable pieces of furniture that exceed our customer expectations.

    After this apprenticeship

    • Progression onto full time employment

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP LIMITED(THE)

    Recruitment

    recruitment@nltg.co.uk

    01254 395355

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000279144.

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    Closes on Monday 23 December

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