Machining Technician (CNC) Apprentice
ROSS PNEUMATROL LTD
Lancashire (BB5 4WZ)
Closes on Saturday 31 May 2025
Posted on 24 March 2025
Contents
Summary
Formal apprenticeship position, learning wide range of CNC Machining skills, You will learn to work to strict safety and quality requirements, helping the CNC department achieve its daily targets.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Machining technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Mon - Thurs 8AM - 16:45PM
Friday - 8AM - 12:00PM
37.5 Hours Per Week
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
- Safe operation of CNC milling machines & lathes
- Setting up of tooling, & managing tool wear in operation
- Setting up machines, CNC milling & lathes.
- Monitoring of machine once in operation
- Learning to read & edit CNC programmes
- Learning to understand & read technical drawings & specifications
- Use of a wide range of technical measuring equipment used in the control of quality.
Where you’ll work
West End Business Park West End Business Park
Oswaldtwistle
Accrington
Lancashire
BB5 4WZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NELSON AND COLNE COLLEGE
Your training course
Machining technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
- Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
- Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
- Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
- Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
- Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
- Plan and organise own work and resources.
- Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
- Select machining process.
- Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
- Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
- Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
- Measure and check components.
- Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
- Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
- Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
- Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
- Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
- Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
- Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
- Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
- Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
- Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
- Plan and organise own work and resources.
- Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
- Select machining process.
- Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
- Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
- Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
- Measure and check components.
- Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
- Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
- Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
- Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
- Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Apply team working principles.
Your training plan
This is a 4 year apprenticeship. In year 1, you will attend Nelson and Colne College on full year term time college attendance. In year 2 - 4, you will work in company 4 days a week and attend Nelson and Colne College on day release.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C or Equivalent/above)
- Maths (grade 4/C or Equivalent/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
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Mindset For Accuracy
- Mathematically Minded
- Able To Take Instruction
About this company
ROSS Pneumatrol provides engineered pneumatic solutions for use within hazardous and non-hazardous environments. For over 60 years ROSS Pneumatrol has developed the technical and manufacturing expertise together with the market knowledge necessary to meet the demands of the Process, Rail, Energy and Industrial market sectors.
After this apprenticeship
There may be the opportunity to go on to higher level study or secure full time employment if successful in completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NELSON AND COLNE COLLEGE
Lauren Thomas
lauren.thomas@nelsongroup.ac.uk
01282440319
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000311318.
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Closes on Saturday 31 May 2025
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