Engineering Fitter Apprenticeship
Backer Heatrod Ltd
SMETHURST LANE (BL4 0AN)
Closes on Saturday 31 May 2025
Posted on 10 April 2025
Contents
Summary
Apprentice Production Operative based at Backer Heatrod in Farnworth. The main requirements of the role are the efficient production of elements using hand tools, task specific machinery and manual assembly. Quality checks of manufactured product. Involvement in achieving internal KPI’s. Have some involvement in continuous improvement activities.
- Wage
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£15,906.80 a year
- Training course
- Engineering fitter (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 7.30am - 4.00pm and Friday, 7.30am
- 12.50pm
2 x 15 minute breaks each day
20 minutes lunch break
38 hours 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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3
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
- Manufacture of elements
- Bending, coil assembly, filling, testing and packing
- Heater manufacture
- Soldering, braising, blasting, pressure test, assembly, packing
- General housekeeping
- Attending daily huddles
- Involvement in continuous improvement activities
- Attending personal mentoring sessions
Where you’ll work
RECEPTION
UNIT 10
TOP DECK INDUSTRIAL
SMETHURST LANE
BL4 0AN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
WIGAN AND LEIGH COLLEGE
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
Engineering Fitter Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:
- The training will take place on a day release basis at Wigan & Leigh College
- The apprentice will be working 4 days a week in the job and then attend College one day per week
More training information
- The training will take place at Wigan & Leigh College's Pagefield Centre for Excellence in Engineering, based in Wigan
- The course is structured to enable apprentices to complete a Level 2 qualification in the first year and then complete their Level 3 in second and third year
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 5)
- Maths (grade 5)
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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
No requirement to work away overnight Work based at the site in Farnworth, living within a reasonable commute is desirable.
About this company
Greater Manchester based Heatrod is the UK’s leading manufacturer of heating elements and associated process heating equipment required for your industrial heating applications. Having recently moved into a brand new, environmentally conscious production facility in Bolton we are uniquely positioned to provide electric products and solutions using manufacturing processes which are sympathetic to our precious environment. "Renewable ways to make renewable energy friendly equipment".
After this apprenticeship
- Following successful completion of the Level 3 apprenticeship there are opportunities to progress to technician level within production and possibly to Engineer depending on preferred development of individual
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WIGAN AND LEIGH COLLEGE
Andrew Fleetwood
a.fleetwood@wigan-leigh.ac.uk
01942 761528
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314985.
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Closes on Saturday 31 May 2025
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