Machining technician apprentice

Summary

Join our team as a Machining Technician Apprentice! This is a fantastic opportunity to develop hands-on skills in precision machining while working with advanced equipment and technologies. You'll receive expert training, mentorship, and a competitive salary, all while gaining invaluable experience in a growing industry.

Annual wage: £12,313.60 a year
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Training course: Machining technician (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 7.45am - 3.45pm and Friday, 7.45am - 12.00pm
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 3 February
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

Conduct safety checks and performance monitoring for machining, associated equipment and surrounding work area
Receive, read and interpret engineering data and documentation, engineering drawings and technical data
Contribute to or plan the days machining schedule
Check and inspect materials to be machined to ensure that they conform to quality standards
Identify and report any issues or faults such as incorrect grades, dimensions and thicknesses
Plan and prepare sequence for the machining activities
Ensure that the correct tooling, work holding, and materials are used
This applies to conventional complex or CNC complex machining tasks
Set up, operate, or adjust conventional machines or set up, prove and validate CNC machining equipment settings and programs for the machine tool being used
Machine high-quality complex components using a broad range of processes
For example, internal or external thread cutting, slots and pockets, internal or external under cutting. Also profile forms, tapered and eccentric diameters, bored holes, and tee slots
Inspect components produced. Adjust the machining equipment or program and tooling to ensure components meet quality requirements
Identify, communicate and report issues affecting machining component quality, quantity and deadlines
Complete machining documentation at all stages of the work activity. For example, standard operational procedures, control documentation and contribution to audits
Maintain and restore the machining work area, performing housekeeping and waste management as appropriate
Ensure tools, unused materials and equipment are returned to a safe, clean and approved condition on completion of machining work
Keep stakeholders for example, customers, colleagues and line managers informed about machining work
Perform scheduled daily inspection and machine shut down or safe isolation
Support continuous improvement activity to address business problems

Where you’ll work

COOMBS ROAD

HALESOWEN

B62 8AF

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

SANDWELL COLLEGE

Your training course

Machining technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
Plan and organise own work and resources.
Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
Select machining process.
Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
Measure and check components.
Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
Apply ethical principles.
Apply team working principles.
Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
Plan and organise own work and resources.
Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
Select machining process.
Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
Measure and check components.
Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
Apply ethical principles.
Apply team working principles.

Your training plan

Machining Technician Level 3 (A level) Apprenticeship Standard:

Over a 42 month period you will be working at company for four days a week and then 1 day a week you will be in attendance at Sandwell college

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4/C)
Maths (grade 4/C)

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
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

About this company

The management at Hilltop Engineering have long appreciated the benefits of ‘total quality’. Our procedures, systems and disciplines are all laid down with this in mind. Our quality engineers provide a quality plan for each job and control the work during manufacture, performing a complete check prior to delivery. Full traceability and release documentation is available, all in line with our ISO 9001 : 2015 accreditation.

https://www.hilltop-engineering.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

A full time role

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SANDWELL COLLEGE

Adele Radford

Adele.Radford@Sandwell.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000288604.

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Closes on Wednesday 15 January

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