Summary
We offer successful applicants a comprehensive and carefully tailored training programme to become a qualified engineer. Throughout your four year apprenticeship you will follow a highly practical training programme leading to a national recognised qualification.
Wage
£16,348.80 a year
Min of £7.86/hour (will be dependent on age, we pay national minimum wage for age even in first year of apprenticeship) Salary is reviewed regularly throughout the apprenticeship to reflect progress against the objectives of each phase of training
Training course
Machining technician (level 3)
Hours
Aged 18 and over will do 40 hours a week: Monday- Thursday 7am- 4.15pm Friday- 7am- 12.00 Under 18’s will do a 37 hour week: (Monday- Thursday) 7.30am- 4pm and Friday- 7am- 12.00 No evening or weekend work is required during an apprenticeship
40 hours a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
4 years
Positions available
2
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
For the majority of your apprenticeship, you will work alongside an experienced engineer in a small friendly team environment gaining work experiene. You will attend our training provider to gain your nationally recognised qualifications on a day release basis.
Salary is reviewed regularly throughout the apprenticeship to reflect progress against the objectives of each phase of training.
As part of your apprenticeship training, you will work to become a fully skilled machinist.
You will work in our Machine Shop on a variety of machines and learn manual and CNC machining. You will gain experience in milling, turning and grinding, but will then specialise in one if these skills as your apprenticeship progresses.
Once fully skilled Machinists:
* Manufacture, to our drawings, parts that are supplied to our Assembly Shop or direct to customers.
* Operate manual and CNC machines
* Self-inspect parts produced
* Be able to interpret drawings and specifications
* Produce high quality work with an attention to detail
* Be able to work well within a team environment and to offer improvement ideas
* Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, assisting other sections when required
* Work within planned times for jobs, and to feedback deviations when necessary
Where you’ll work
Manor Drive
Paston Parkway
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE4 7AP
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
INSPIRE EDUCATION GROUP
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
College attendance will be 1 day a week at Peterborough College for the first three years of the apprenticeship programme.
For the fourth year you will not attend College as you will be fully work-based.
Requirements
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
* Team working
* Interest in how things work
* Interest in engineering
* Passion to learn new skills
* Self motivation
* Determination to succeed
* Good communication skills