What you will do in your working day
The Basildon engineering team are focussed on the assembly, maintenance and validation testing of pre-production prototype tractors undergoing development processes. Daily working activities will include but are not limited to:
* General prototype workshop activities including the construction, reworking and maintenance of our development tractors
* Discovery and diagnosis of faults, functional problems and durability issues both mechanically and electrically
* Following of test procedures, engineering drawings and electrical schematic
* Building of test rigs for component and structural durability testing
* Use of machining and fabrication facilities in order to make functional components to specification, modifications or test fixtures
* Use of PC based diagnostic equipment for programming and configuring of development tractors
* Track testing and shakedown of development tractors (depending on age and driving license status)
* Functional performance testing of all tractor systems
The training you will be getting
* Engineering Technician - Product Design pathway
* This will be day release to college
Mandatory Qualifications:
After a period of foundation skills and technical knowledge development all apprentices will be required to achieve the following qualifications:
* Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Foundation Competence)
After a further period of skills and technical knowledge development all apprentices will be required to achieve the following qualifications:
* Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Competence) – Product Design and Development
Plus one of the following
* Level 3 Diploma in Engineering Technology (QCF) – for starts up to June 2017 only
* Level 3 Extended Diploma in Engineering Technologies (QCF) - for starts up to June 2017 only
* Level 3 Diploma or Extended Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge) - for all starts from 1st July 2017
What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship
The skills learned throughout this apprenticeship are very much valued by us. Our intention is for us to retain these skills and the candidate at the end of the apprenticeship as a fully-fledged product development technician however this will be in line with business needs at that time and so is not guaranteed.