Spring Maker Apprentice

CYRIL NORRIS (SPRING SPECIALISTS) LTD

ROCHDALE, OL16 4JD

Closes on Saturday 15 February

Posted on 10 December 2024

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Summary

The Job of a spring maker is to set up the relevant machine and producing the job to the required quality level. Applicants will be trained and supported on the Job, hopefully becoming a new member of the team for the future.

Annual wage
£11,648 to £20,820.80 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£6.75 per hour.

Training course
Engineering operative (level 2)
Hours
To be discussed at interview.

35 hours a week

Possible start date

Sunday 16 February

Duration

1 year 9 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

  • The job of a spring maker is to set up the relevant machine and producing the job to the required quality level.
  • Selecting the correct: Tooling, Material and heat treatments.
  • Understanding how the spring operates in application and altering its parameters to perform to the customers requirements.
  • Learning to read a technical drawing and ensuring the spring meets the stated requirements to the tolerances stated.

Where you’ll work

LADY HOUSE WORKS

NEWHEY ROAD

MILNROW

ROCHDALE

OL16 4JD

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

ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Your training course

Engineering operative (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Your training plan

24 hours at C.Norris + 14 hours at RT.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Maths (grade 4 or above)

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

  • Number skills
  • English Skills
  • Ambition to learn
  • Good timekeeping
  • Resiliance
  • Happy getting dirty hands

Other requirements

Spring Making is not easy, There can be very difficult Jobs, and very difficult days, from my experience there are many more good days than bad. You will have to be able to be honest with yourself, learn from mistakes and come back stronger. For many of our team, Spring Making has provided not just a job but a career, and job stability.

About this company

Norris Springs is a bespoke spring manufacturer supplying the Primary and Secondary economic sectors. This means every week will produce varied work, never doing the same job twice in a month. We are a family run company employing many time served employees with 10+ years with us, and some with 20+ years. We aim to have the highest skilled workforce to give us and edge in our market.

After this apprenticeship

  • We are looking for the Apprentice to train up to the level of a fully skilled Spring Maker and become a future full-time member of our production team.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Jason Wales

jwales@rochdaletraining.co.uk

07860919380

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000289215.

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Closes on Saturday 15 February

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