V03114 - Intermediate Apprentice Ancillaries – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world-class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century. The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, building, testing and commissioning of these state-of-the-art vessels.

Annual wage

Competitive

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We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme.

Training course

Lifting technician (level 2)

Hours

Days and shifts to be confirmed.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 22 September

Duration

2 years

Positions available

4

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

Working safely at all times, complying with Health and Safety and other relevant regulations and guidelines, in accordance with training standards, including mandatory SHE training.

During your apprenticeship you will gain many skills, you will also gain experience of working safely in accordance with operational requirements and associated Safe Systems of Work.

You will be delivering services and support activities to operational departments such as but not limited to:

Confined Spaces

Selection of correct material and equipment when setting up a confined space (extraction hose, Safety Air Monitor).
Using hand held atmospheric monitors to measure the confined space prior to entry.
Managing permit to work submissions on the confined space management system.
Routine inspections of confined spaces throughout ship yard, including access and egress arrangements and correct lighting.
Suspending any confined space that doesn't meet the requirements.
Examination of/and replacing extraction to the confined spaces to ensure it's suitable.
Understand and gain knowledge of gas concentrations.
Working to the process and Risk assessments including safe systems of work.
Managing calibrated equipment on a daily basis.
Selects and prepares consumables, materials, components and equipment.
Checks the completed activity to ensure that all operations have been completed to meet the required specification.

Temporary Protection

Select and prepare consumables, materials, components and equipment.
Assessing and measuring specific items to ensure that the protective equipment manufactured to templates, aligns with the size of the item to be protected.
Operating the sewing machine to construct the protection, then installing the protection onto the equipment.
Working to standards set out to ensure quality is maintained throughout build.
Using various hand tools to manufacture protection required to protect ships assets.
Using systems of protection within high value locations of the product.

Abiding by workmanship standards and risk assessments.

Where you’ll work

BAE Systems

1st Floor, Main Shipyard Offices

Barrow-in-Furness

Cumbria

LA14 1AF

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

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

Your training course

Lifting technician (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Your training plan

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.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

3 GCSEs Including Maths & English (grade A*-E (or equivalent))

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
Organisation skills
Team working

About this company

At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. We employ a skilled workforce of more than 93,000 people in around 40 countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.

https://www.baesystems.com/en/careers/careers-in-the-uk/early-careers (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts.

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

Approximately 95% of apprentices choose to stay on with us. As a global business, there is a world of opportunities – whether you decide to stay in the UK, or explore an overseas role.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

Early Careers Recruitment Team

GART@baesystems.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000286198.

Apply now

Closes on Friday 28 February

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