Apprentice Engineer
IQ ENGINEERS LTD
UPPER POPPLETON (YO26 6QT)
Closes on Saturday 31 May 2025
Posted on 8 April 2025
Contents
Summary
The role will involve job related training, gaining workshop experience and elements of on-site works. This will involve attending site with a Supervisor to assist in mechanical installations and servicing of some of the products that have been assembled in the works. Generally, this will happen when the candidate is 18 years or over.
- Wage
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£20,800 a year
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Pay will be reviewed after first year
- Training course
- Machining technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 08.30 to 16.30
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 1 August 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
Day to Day duties include:
- Assisting in the assembly works of mechanical water and sewage treatment equipment.
- Checking fabrications against drawings.
- Completing workshop job packs.
- Assisting in stock control.
- Arranging courier deliveries for customers.
- Collecting / off-loading parts from suppliers.
- Checking off deliveries against purchase orders.
- This role will also include general housekeeping, maintenance and cleaning of the work area. Plus knowing how to make a good cup of tea is a bonus!
Where you’ll work
UNIT 2H
GLAISDALE ROAD
NORTHMINSTER BUSINESS PARK
UPPER POPPLETON
YO26 6QT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
DERWENT TRAINING ASSOCIATION
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
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. All Training will take place at Derwent Training in Malton, North Yorkshire.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Any Subject (grade 4)
- Any Subject (grade 4)
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Positive attitude
- Good sense of humour
- Positive, friendly & flexible
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
Other requirements
This role starts predominantly in the IQ workshop in York, where you will work along others including a supervisor in carrying out a variety of tasks, there can be a lot of time stood up working, a work desk area will also be provided for carrying out other tasks and college work with computer access.
About this company
IQ Engineers Vision: To be a robust Yorkshire business with great people providing the right water and wastewater products and services throughout the UK and across the World
After this apprenticeship
During the Apprenticeship period, you will receive training and experience of different areas within the business, starting in the workshop, on site, reading drawings, assisting with purchasing etc. All of this will provide a great foundation in our business and will give you a taste of what your preferred area of work is. IQ Engineers always to try to support and develop our employees providing great opportunities. Subject to a satisfactory Apprenticeship, it is likely that a full-time position will be available within the business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DERWENT TRAINING ASSOCIATION
Charlie Curless
charlie.curless@derwenttraining.co.uk
01653697698
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314456.
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Closes on Saturday 31 May 2025
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