2024 Manufacturing Apprentice

THALES UK LIMITED

Templecombe, BA8 0DH

Closes on Sunday 16 February

Posted on 28 October 2024

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Summary

Our manufacturing apprenticeship in Templecombe is a fantastic opportunity to learn our business from the ground up. The programme will allow you to rotate through a series of different placements, so you can see what you enjoy the most and where your strengths lie.

Annual wage
£16,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£16,000 (age 16-18) / £21,000 (age 19+) per annum

Training course
Engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
37 hours per week on site (8 hours Monday - Thursday, 5 hours on a Friday). Year 1 Monday – Friday 37 hours a week, moving to 4 day week when 18 years of age after Year 1 is complete.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

4 years

Positions available

10

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

  • Year 1 of the apprenticeship focuses mainly on learning, spending 3 days a week at Yeovil College and 1 day in the workplace, following a set curriculum to give you the skills required for your future career
  • Year 2 allows you to embed those skills and is predominantly based on site working with our experienced technicians, learning in role while continuing at college on day release to complete a BTEC and NVQ
  • Year 3 will offer the opportunity to rotate through other business functions while you work your way to end-point assessment

Where you’ll work

Ocean House

Throop Road

Templecombe

BA8 0DH

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

YEOVIL COLLEGE

Your training course

Engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Your training plan

As a Manufacturing Apprentice, you will enrol onto a Level 3 Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician Apprenticeship at Yeovil College over a 48 month duration.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • 5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade A-C (5-9))

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this company

Together, we create the ingenious technological systems and innovations that impact and improve people's lives every single day. Even if you haven't heard the name Thales before, you've definitely benefited from our inventiveness. We reinvest 20% of our sales in Research & Development in the UK. Together we supply invention across 4 core areas: Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security, Digital Identity and Security.

https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/uk-career (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• 201 hours annual leave (plus a company day and bank holidays) • Company Pension • Health Care Cash Plan • Life Insurance • Discount Portal • Performance-related pay uplifts • 80 Hours Volunteering (first two years)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • Will qualify with a Level 3 Engineering Technician Diploma and be a permanent Engineering technician within the Thales business.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THALES UK LIMITED

Thales Early Careers Team.

SuppEarlyCar@uk.thalesgroup.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000284414.

Apply now

Closes on Sunday 16 February

When you apply, you’ll be asked to sign in with a GOV.UK One Login. You can create one at the same time as applying for this apprenticeship.

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.

Company’s application instructions

Online application, Online assessment and video interview, Virtual assessment centre, Offer, if successful