Electromechanical Assembly Apprentice

Summary

Webtec Products Ltd is a specialist manufacturer of hydraulic measurement and control products. They are currently looking for an Electromechanical Assembly apprentice to join and learn within their team.

Annual wage: £16,640 a year
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Training course: Engineering fitter (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Thursday between 8:30am and 4:30pm, Friday between 8:30am and 3:30pm
39 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 9 December
Duration: 3 years 6 months
Positions available: 1

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

Main Duties:

To learn how to build and test hydraulic instrumentation and valves
To learn and become proficient in the use of the company Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system (Epicor)
To understand our ISO9001 quality system and how that impacts on your role at Webtec.
To spend time working in other departments to broaden your skills and knowledge of what Webtec does.
To learn about Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement techniques.
To make sure that any test stand and tooling issues are reported to the relevant Team Supervisor.
To be responsible for keeping the areas you are working in and around, clean and tidy.
To ensure that all Health and Safety procedures are adhered to and to work in a safe and competent manner.

Day to day contact will be largely with the team supervisor and immediate colleagues. This role supports the daily production build and also supports colleagues within the team.

Where you’ll work

Webtec Products Ltd, 11-13 Nuffield Road

St. Ives

PE27 3LZ

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

WEST SUFFOLK 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

The learner will be studying the Engineering Fitter Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard qualification
Day release to West Suffolk College

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths and English (grade 5-9)

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

IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Initiative

Other requirements

Role requires an aptitude for high levels of manual dexterity. Also focusses on developing an ability to read engineering drawings (full training provided).

About this company

Specialist manufacturers of hydraulic measurement and control products.

After this apprenticeship

The apprenticeship may lead to permanent employment within the assembly department (this is not guaranteed) e.g. as an electrotechnical assembler. There may also be an opportunity for employment in other areas of the business such as engineering.

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