Level 2 Welding Apprenticeship

KNIGHT FARM MACHINERY LTD

RUTLAND, LE15 8NF

Closes in 26 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)

Posted on 1 October 2024

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Summary

Apprentice welder/fabricator role within our fabrication department.

Annual wage
£13,312 a year

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Training course
Welder (level 2)
Hours
8am – 4:30pm. Days tbc.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Sunday 1 December

Duration

2 Years

Positions available

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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

  • Welding a variety of fabrications from large frames to small brackets in mild steel and stainless steel
  • Reading and interpreting engineering drawings
  • Material preparation
  • Maintaining a clean work area
  • Reporting directly to the Production Manager and working in a team of 4 other experienced fabricator welders

Where you’ll work

WIRELESS HILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

SOUTH LUFFENHAM

OAKHAM

RUTLAND

LE15 8NF

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

INSPIRE EDUCATION GROUP

Your training course

Welder (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
  • Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
  • Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
  • Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
  • Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
  • Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
  • Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
  • Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
  • Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
  • Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
  • Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
  • Identify surface defects.
  • Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
  • Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
  • Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
  • Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
  • Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
  • Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
  • Apply team working principles.

    • Your training plan

    You will be attending Peterborough College two days a week for the duration of the apprenticeship programme.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • 2/E (grade 2/E)

    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
    • Ability to read 2D drawings
    • Good computer skills
    • Keen to learn

    Other requirements

    Must be able to reliably commute to factory, ideally with own transport. Although welding is the key focus of the role the candidate will be expected to participate in other areas of the business to gain a well-rounded knowledge of the manufacturing process and product.

    About this company

    Manufacture of agricultural machinery specifically crop sprayers, supplying the UK and worldwide customers.

    After this apprenticeship

    This job offers the potential to progress from small fabrication and welding jobs onto large structural jobs as the candidate experience grows.

    There is potential for multiple-material welding.

    The company would sponsor additional training both in welding and related workplace areas such first aid and fork lift driving.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    INSPIRE EDUCATION GROUP

    Lauren Hopkins

    Lauren.hopkins@ieg.ac.uk

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000279933.

    Apply now

    Closes in 26 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)

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