Epson - Toolmaker - Advanced Apprenticeship - September 2021 Start

At Epson Telford Ltd, Quality is the driving force behind everything we do, from our clean room manufacturing environment to the way we support and develop our people. Our core business at Hortonwood is the manufacture and distribution of printing cartridges. Join us and play your part to ensure that we maintain and improve our position as a world class Manufacturer.

We are seeking to employ and train one Tool Maker apprentice.

You will be highly trained to work in the world of manufacturing, the initial training will be broad based leading to a first appointment as an apprentice toolmaker.

As an apprentice toolmaker you will develop skills enabling you to perform the following duties:

? Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
? File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together.
? Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as callipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
? Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.
? Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders.
? Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, v-blocks, or angle plates.
? Measure, mark, and scribe metal to lay out machining, using instruments such as protractors, micrometers, scribes, and rulers.
? Cut, shape, and trim blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, power shears, rules, and hand tools.
? Set up and operate drill to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly.