Fibre Optics Engineering Apprentice
Gooch & Housego Torquay
Devon, TQ2 7QL
Closes in 27 days (Wednesday 12 February at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 January 2025
Contents
Summary
A 4-year long Gooch & Housego engineering and manufacturing support technician apprenticeship with South Devon College. Work and learn alongside our engineers, mastering fibre optic manufacture and building your engineering skillset and knowledge. You will receive mentorship and guidance from industry professionals.
- Annual wage
- £19,469 a year
- Training course
- Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
- Hours
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5 shift days (including college day) a week. Day hours 8 to 4.
39 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Wednesday 19 February
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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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
Responsibilities:
- Assisting in the design and development of fibre optic components and systems.
- Participating in the manufacturing process, including fibre routing, splicing, and assembly.
- Conducting quality control tests and inspections to ensure product reliability and performance.
- Collaborating with engineers to troubleshoot technical issues and implement solutions.
- Producing documentation, including operating procedures and technical reports.
- Maintaining and calibrating manufacturing equipment and tools.
- Tracking of your workplace accomplishments to meet learning outcomes.
- Plan and attend progress meetings with colleagues.
- Working with engineers and technicians to implement or improve processes.
- Working with engineers and technicians to complete personal competencies record.
- Attend South Devon College, on average, once per week.
Where you’ll work
Broomhill Way
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 7QL
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
SOUTH DEVON COLLEGE
Your training course
Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO). European Norm (EN).
- Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
- Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles.
- Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
- Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Produce job specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications.
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery.
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO). European Norm (EN).
- Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
- Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles.
- Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
- Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Produce job specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications.
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery.
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Your training plan
As an engineering apprentice at G&H Torquay you will have a unique opportunity to study and work in parallel in a dynamic and innovative environment. In partnership with South Devon College, you will spend 4 years working closely with our engineering team while complimenting your workplace experience with a mixture of theoretical and practical lessons. As you progress through our apprenticeship program you will learn about and contribute to the varied disciplines within fibre optics manufacturing while building upon your own skill set to enable the start of your career in engineering.
Our apprenticeship program offers a structured and varied learning experience, providing you with the opportunity to acquire, refine and apply valuable technical and inter-personal skills employed in fibre optics engineering. You will receive mentorship and guidance from industry professionals, allowing you to grow and develop your expertise. During the four years other, additional training and development, personal and technical will be offered as required and where appropriate.
More training information
Weekly Day Release to South Devon College
All apprentices will be required to achieve as a minimum:
- An employer approved Level 2 Foundation Competence qualification
- An employer approved Level 2 Foundation Competence qualification
- An employer approved Level 3 Development Technical Knowledge qualification
All of the qualification requirements in the foundation and development phases are mandatory outcomes for the completion and final certification of the Apprenticeship Standard. Each qualification has a core and options approach and employers will select the most applicable pathway and unit options to meet their organisational requirements.
There will be an end point assessment during the final phase of the Apprenticeship where the apprentice will need to demonstrate to the employer how they have achieved full occupational competence against, skills, knowledge and behaviours, set out in the Standard On successful completion of the End Point assessment and employer endorsement phase (final sign off) apprentices will be then be put forward to be awarded their Apprenticeship completion certificate.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
- Science (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
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Inquisitive
- Reliable
Other requirements
This job description is not intended to be exhaustive in every respect, but rather to clearly define the fundamental purpose, responsibilities and dimensions for the role. Therefore, this job description does not describe any individual role holder. In addition to the contents of this job description, employees are expected to undertake any and all other reasonable and related tasks allocated by their line manager. Performance Measures: Job reports, Course work, Personal one to one reviews (on-site/college)
About this company
G&H provides photonics engineering and manufacturing solutions for industry, telecoms, aerospace, defence, space and life sciences, enabling our customers to innovate and compete by leveraging our world-class expertise in photonics technology.
After this apprenticeship
Our apprenticeship program offers a structured and varied learning experience, providing you with the opportunity to acquire, refine and apply valuable technical and inter-personal skills employed in fibre optics engineering.
You will receive mentorship and guidance from industry professionals, allowing you to grow and develop your expertise.
During the four years other, additional training and development, personal and technical will be offered as required and where appropriate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOUTH DEVON COLLEGE
Gareth Parsons
garethparsons@southdevon.ac.uk
01803540305
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000296437.
Apply now
Closes in 27 days (Wednesday 12 February at 11:59pm)
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