Arc Welder L2 Apprenticeship

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic company as an arc welder reporting to the Welding Manager and studying for a General Welder Level 2 Apprenticeship. You will be responsible for supporting all aspects of the welding function including document control, metrics & KPIs, records, maintenance.

Annual wage

£15,120 a year

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Annual

Training course

Welder (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday Shifts to be confirmed

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Friday 20 December

Duration

1 year 9 months

Positions available

2

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

This role will suit someone who has a keen interest in becoming a welder with a genuine enthusiasm for learning the trade.

You will need to be prepared to handle high value components.

Key Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

Collating information
Helping to outline and document best practice processes
Ensuring accuracy
Keeping everything updated so it can be shared with various teams as appropriate

In return you will gain:

A wide and varied understanding of welding and fabrication
Work on exciting engineering projects
Exciting future career opportunities’
Become a professional coded welder
Knowledge, Skills, Experience

Where you’ll work

Water Lane Industrial Estate

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Storrington

West Sussex

RH20 3EA

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

CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP

Your training course

Welder (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.

Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.

Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.

Check and use or operate tools and equipment.

Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.

Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.

Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.

Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).

Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.

Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.

Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.

Identify surface defects.

Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.

Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.

Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.

Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.

Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.

Follow work instructions - verbal or written.

Apply team working principles.

Your training plan

Arc Welder Level 2 Apprenticeship On job supervised training

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths (grade 9-5)
English (grade 9-5)

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

Team Player
Enthusiastic
Willingness to learn
Reliable
Good timekeeping
Attention to Detail
Honest
Hardworking
Good communication skills
Consistency
Thorough methodical approach

Other requirements

You spend 4 days on site and one day at college in Crawley so own transport would be an advantage. If you already have a Level 2 you can apply to train for a Level 3 instead. To be eligible for an apprenticeship you must be free from full time education.

About this company

Our Tesla facility in Storrington is responsible for designing and manufacturing an array of products including MRI gradient coils, resistive electromagnets and superconducting magnets. The factory is undertaking an ambitious digital transformation, to help increase competitiveness and productivity to deliver more innovative products and services to our customers.

After this apprenticeship

Apprentices may have an opportunity to move on to complete a higher level or study such as HNC/HND or Degree.

We must be clear that there is no guarantee of a permanent role at the end of your Apprenticeship.

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