Apprentice Engineering Quality Operative
PLASTEK UK LTD
Nottinghamshire (NG19 0FT)
Closes on Friday 6 June 2025
Posted on 23 April 2025
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Summary
Plastek UK Limited are looking to hire another apprentice to work alongside our experienced quality team to understand the goals of the department and to support the day-to-day function of the Quality department, to assist the Quality manager, Quality Engineer, and Quality auditors.
- 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
- Engineering operative (level 2)
- Hours
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07:30 - 16:30 Mon - Thurs,
07:30 - 11:00 Fri.
Exact working pattern to be assigned once successful as there are two choices to suit the learner.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 July 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
To support the day-to-day function of the Quality department, to assist the Quality manager, Quality Engineer, and Quality auditors:
- Maintain and update the calibration database.
- Check all goods in and releasing to stock.
- Create customer Certificate of Analysis documents and administer internal as requested.
- Create packing specs.
- Tool map changes on machines.
- Carry out environmental swabbing for machines and send them away.
- Collect and send migration samples for testing.
- Document changes.
- Input data and create reports (cover).
- KPI monitoring (daily history).
- Checking labels for production.
- Collating and organising paperwork for audits on the shop floor.
- Ensuring Specifications and limits are adhered to e.g. control limits.
- Adhere to all company ISO accreditations.
Where you’ll work
Crown Farm Way Forest Town
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG19 0FT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
Your training course
Engineering operative (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Your training plan
This programme is delivered via a day release delivery model, which means that one day per week, your attendance is required at our engineering campus (NG17). This attendance is required during term time only.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- 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
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Time keeping skills
About this company
As a highly experienced and technically advanced injection moulding specialist, Plastek can offer genuine expertise in the design and development of innovative packaging solutions using a large range of injection and injection blow moulding techniques. Our speciality is in value-added packaging components which offer enhanced functionality and differentiation, including actuators and spray caps, cosmetics tottles, wet wipes packaging, and infant nutrition packaging. Our 155,000 square metre manufacturing facility in the centre of the UK is subject to a continuous improvement regime which guarantees the highest levels of efficiency. This allows us to give total focus to design creativity and to production systems which meet and exceed the quality criteria and validation requirements of our customers.
After this apprenticeship
Long-term progression to lead the team through natural career progression and succession planning for leavers and retirements.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
Leoni
apprenticeships@wnc.ac.uk
01623 900469
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316630.
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Closes on Friday 6 June 2025
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