Maintenance Fitter Apprenticeship

Summary

A four year Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Engineering Manufacturing. This opportunity is for someone who has the drive and desire to achieve within a caring and professional organisation. The Company is first and foremost an engineering business, it is our engineering excellence and manufacturing capability that our success relies upon.

Wage

£15,812 a year

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Training course

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Hours

Seetru: Monday - Thursday, 8.00am - 4.30pm. Friday, 8.00am - 3.30pm.

39 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

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

First Year, BEMA training centre:

3.5 days learning practical skills in the workshop
One day college per week- theory
Completing assignments

Where you’ll work

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

Albion Dockside Works, Hanover Place, Bristol, BS1 6UT
5A, Stover Road, Yate, Bristol, BS37 5JN

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

SOUTH WEST ASSOCIATION OF TRAINING PROVIDERS LIMITED

Your training course

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
Reporting work outcomes or issues.
Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
Operating within limits of responsibility.
Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
Reporting work outcomes or issues.
Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
Operating within limits of responsibility.
Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

Level 3 Engineering Fitter

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4-9)
Maths (grade 4-9)
Science (grade 4-9)

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
Problem solving skills
Team working
Time keeping
Willingness to learn

Other requirements

The ideal candidate would have to arrange transport to get to the BEMA training Centre based in Yate Bristol.

About this company

The Seetru Organisation (Seetru Limited and LESER UK Limited) is a fast-growing mechanical engineering manufacturing business. Growth is based on product innovation and strategic sales and marketing development programs worldwide. Seetru have a long and stable 75-year history of high quality and innovative products and services, with a strong people culture. The operation is fully integrated from R&D, international product approval, manufacturing production and assembly, sales and marketing, to full lifecycle support (via our Test and Maintenance Services division). In recent years the business has been undergoing an accelerating series of transformative changes including investment in new management structures and processes, new facilities and plant, a new ERP system and a torrent of new products: the business is now capitalising on this on-going investment program and is achieving substantial rates of growth.

https://www.seetru.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Work place pension

After this apprenticeship

Progression within the company will be supported and extra advanced training will be viewed positively.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SOUTH WEST ASSOCIATION OF TRAINING PROVIDERS LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314940.

Apply now

Closes in 6 days (Wednesday 30 April 2025)

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Company’s application instructions

Application Form on www.bema.co.uk, together with you CV and send to: admin@bema.co.uk

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