Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship Creative – Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician

JLR

Gaydon, Whitley, CV35 0RR

Closes in 29 days (Monday 24 March)

Posted on 13 February 2025

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Summary

A JLR Advanced Apprenticeship gives you the opportunity to expand your knowledge by learning cutting-edge concepts and technologies at college and applying them to real-world projects. This apprenticeship takes four years to complete and adheres to the IfATE Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician apprenticeship standard.

Wage
£16,893 a year

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Training course
Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday. Working hours to be confirmed.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 8 September

Duration

4 years

Positions available

4

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

  • At JLR, Modern Luxury embraces our Modernist Design Philosophy to authentically build desirability and emotional engagement for our brands. We’re on an exciting journey – creating four distinct brands with their own purpose, insight, benefit and personalities – each built on a foundation of exemplary British design and craftsmanship that elevates the end-to-end client experience
  • Creative is a multi-disciplinary department, boasting over 700 proud creators. An inclusive and diverse international team from a wide range of industry backgrounds, we work together to create vehicles, experiences and services that truly resonate with our clients
  • From our state-of-the-art design studios in Gaydon, Warwickshire, we offer our teams an inspirational place to work and interact in a creative, collaborative space to deliver our Modern Luxury vision for Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar

As an advanced apprentice, you could join us in the following Creative teams:

  • Hard Modelling team – Our Hard Modelling team transforms designers' visions into reality. As highly skilled craftspeople, they create world-class models that support the creative process at every stage
  • As an apprentice, you’ll play a vital role in building bespoke models – mastering essential hand skills and modelling methods to bring designs to life to meet the various stages of the Creative process involving creating beautiful, hand-built models
  • You’ll learn how to use a variety of hand tools, including manual, electric, and air-fed tools. You’ll also build an understanding of modelling methods, refining your knowledge of fixings, adhesives, composites, and finishes, and develop your problem-solving and communication skills
  • Trim Development team - The Trim Development team create and deliver soft and hard trimmed models for the Creative department. These models are frequently used in the creative process, supporting gateway milestones, customer engagement, visual sign-off, and creative exploration
  • As an apprentice, you’ll work with textiles, leather and other materials for creative displays, internal reviews, and show vehicles. Under the guidance of experts, you’ll learn practical skills such as patterning, industrial sewing, material assessment, fabric manipulation, wrapping, and foam shaping
  • You’ll also learn about safe workplace practices, time management, and how to effectively collaborate as a team
  • Paint team - The Paint team is responsible for the complete surfacing of models, including paint application, paint shop systems, and tool functions, to deliver high-quality design model assets for the Creative department
  • As an apprentice, you’ll get involved in the full paint application process for prototype parts, working to match bespoke colours to the designer’s brief. This includes applying polyester, primer, water/solvent base coats, gloss and matt lacquers, polishing prototype parts and models to show car standards, and hand and machine surfacing of exterior and interior models to a high quality
  • Additionally, you’ll learn about safe workplace practices, time management, and how to effectively collaborate as a team

Where you’ll work

Gaydon, Whitley

CV35 0RR

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

WARWICKSHIRE 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

  • During your apprenticeship, you’ll spend a significant portion of your first year at Warwickshire College Group’s Trident College based in Warwickshire (CV34 6SW)
  • Here you’ll be assigned a Work Based Learning Manager (WBLM) and a JLR early careers cohort leader to support you throughout your apprenticeship journey

Year 1 - Foundation Phase:

  • In your first year, you'll focus on building your foundational knowledge of engineering and essential workplace competencies to ensure safety
  • You’ll spend time in workshops developing practical skills such as welding, electrical installation, milling, and fault finding
  • You’ll also take part in regular plant placements where you’ll have the opportunity to apply these newly acquired skills in a real-world environment
  • You’ll also begin studying your Level 3 BTEC qualification

Year 2 - Academic Knowledge and Skills Development:

  • In your second year, you’ll divide your time between your workplace and college, spending four days on plant and one day at Trident College each week. During this time, you’ll continue your Level 3 BTEC qualification and put your academic knowledge into action while working on site

Year 3 - Academic Knowledge and Competence Development:

  • In your third year you will be based fully within the plant focusing on developing your skills beyond the basics and working on real-world projects on-site at JLR

Year 4 - Continuation of Competence Development and End Point Assessment:

  • In your final year, you’ll complete your apprenticeship and prepare for your End Point Assessment, supported every step of the way by your Early Careers Cohort Leader and your WBLM

This exciting programme is designed to help you build practical skills, deepen your technical knowledge, and develop key workplace behaviours like teamwork and problem-solving.

For this apprenticeship you will be based in our Creative team.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • any subject (grade C/4 or above)
  • any subject (grade C/4 or above)
  • English (grade C/4 or above)
  • Maths (grade C/4 or above)
  • Science or Technology based subject (grade C/4 or 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

  • Interest in engineering

Other requirements

Due to the hands-on nature of this role, hybrid working is not feasible. JLR is a multi-site business, and you will be required to work with various departments across multiple locations.

About this company

LIVE THE EXCEPTIONAL WITH SOUL We are the proud creators. The curious minds. Inspired to create unique vehicles, to realise our vision of modern luxury. We work as one. Shaping the future. Motivated by a love for our customer. United by a deep admiration for each other. Our sense of integrity and our spirit of excellent empowers us. Our ambition to grow. Our passion to chart new landscapes of innovation, encourages us to dream. It’s what drives us. To be visionaries. To be creators.

https://careers.jaguarlandrover.com/early-careers (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

You’ll enjoy a generous holiday allowance, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, an excellent pension scheme and access to a wide range of deals and discounts from retailers and sports clubs.

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • Upon completion of the apprenticeship, you will move into a substantive position within the business

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000303654.

Apply now

Closes in 29 days (Monday 24 March)

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Company’s application instructions

Please be aware that we may close our programmes at any point and at short notice based on the volume of applications received. To give yourself the best chance of being considered for a place on this programme, please apply early.