Weldrite - Level 3 - Engineering Technician Apprentice
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Company: Weldrite Ltd
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Location: Wolverhampton, WV14 8RP
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £302.00 per week
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Sector: Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies
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Ref: VAC-00763
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Application Deadline Date: 07/07/2025
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Start Date: 17/09/2025
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: At company - Mon - Thur - 8am to 5pm and Fri 7am to 4pm
Brief Description
The role uses CAD technology to prepare customer designs in preparation for production. There will also be a hands-on role helping to operate our CNC plasma cutter including using CAM to load cutting dimensions onto machine, as well as loading and unloading sheet metal, grinding and cleaning operations.
Qualifications Required
5 GCSEs at 9 – 4 / A* - C (5 or above preferred), must include maths, English language, and ideally Science, or equivalent related qualification.
Personal Qualities
• Willing to work hard and show interest in their duties.
• Get to work regularly and on time.
• A good attitude to working with and taking instruction from management and colleagues
• Willingness to learn and put in the appropriate effort to gaining their qualification and learning about the business.
Skills Required
Good communication skills
Team Working skills
Training to be Provided
Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll gain several academic and vocational qualifications throughout your time with us and Make UK, which are fully paid for, including:
● Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Practical Foundation Training – in year 1, in 6 week blocks to include 4 weeks at Make UK and 2 weeks in company
● Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Workplace Competence Training - in years 2 to 4 in company
● Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Knowledge - in Years 1, 2 & 3 on block release to Make UK
● In house training in line with your requirements.
● Further qualifications deemed necessary by your employer
On completion of your studies and End Point Assessment (EPA), you will achieve your full apprenticeship certification that will prove competence as a Level 3 Engineering Technician.
Future Prospects
The plasma cutting role may expand to a more supervisory position as the workload increases and therefore include NVQ level 4 qualification, and future advancement to HNC.
The company plans to expand into other complementary products and therefore opportunities could be available within the other group companies.
Vacancy Detail
COMPANY
Weldrite (Midlands) Ltd is a small Company producing metal stillages and cages for the storage and transportation of goods. The main operation is welding metal parts together to assemble a wide variety of cages of different sizes. The materials used are mainly metal tubing, sheet metal and metal mesh.
We are a progressive company continuing to invest in up-to-date equipment and in improving the skills of our employees.
We are proud of the high-level quality of our products and delivery time given to our customers.
The equipment used in production areas include:
MIG Welders, Hand grinders, various metal cutting machines, pedestal drills, Fork Lift Trucks, enclosed paint spray booth, and the Plasma Cutter.
The current system used for CAD/CAM is Solidworks in 3D.
THE ROLE
We are seeking to employ and train 1 Technician Apprentice
You will be highly trained to work in the world of manufacturing. The initial training will be broad based and could lead to a first appointment as a Technician
The main operators are MIG welders and they are supported by material handling personnel who prepare the parts.
• The material preparation include use of cutting machines, hand grinders, pedestal drillers.
• The apprentice will become familiar with all these operations whilst on site.
• They will also be assisting in the operation of the Plasma Cutter which cuts out metal shapes. The design drawing is loaded into system and converts the information into a a programme file (Computer Aided Manufacturing) which tells the machine what shape and dimensions to cut.
• The loading and unloading of the sheet metal onto the cutting bed.
• The use of a hand grinder to smooth edges
• Getting an understanding of the products and production of drawings (CAD)
Other Information
The important part of the position is to provide detailed drawing for your customers and to operate the plasma cutting equipment.
The design role is office based with the plasma cutting part requiring manual work loading and offloading metal plate, grinding and simple maintenance/cleaning of the equipment
Make UK reserve the right to close this advert early, based on application numbers, so if you would like to be considered, please apply now to avoid disappointment