Herefordshire and Worcestershire Group Training Association (HWGTA) is an employer-led, not-for-profit training provider offering bespoke apprenticeships and training to local businesses and communities. HWGTA has over 50 years of experience in delivering excellent training across the two counties, consistently rating above the national average for learner success rates, holding "Outstanding" grading from Ofsted and maintaining successful, long-term relationships with local employers.
On successful completion of the four-year programme, a full-time position could be offered by the employing company.
HWGTA is recruiting Engineering Apprentices for local Engineering Companies, working in partnership with a range of companies. We are currently recruiting for opportunities in a variety of disciplines, including:
1. Multi-skilled Maintenance: Installing machinery and advanced equipment, fault finding, testing and monitoring, repairing and replacing components, ongoing improvement and preventative maintenance planning.
2. Machining/CNC: Manufacture using own initiative and design or interpret customer requirements. Understand and use a variety of hand and machine tools. Produce diagrams and programmes conforming to British and International standards and to customer specifications. Modify and control CNC (Computer Numerical Controlled) programmes.
3. Toolmaker: Manufacture using own initiative and design or interpret customer requirements. Understand and use a variety of hand and machine tools. Produce diagrams and programmes conforming to British and International standards and to customer specifications.
4. Technical Support: Working to meet customer specifications, understand methods for designing projects, analyse designs against the brief, and produce detailed design drawings.
5. Product Design: Establish areas for improvement, review quality and efficiency of existing products and processes, demonstrate benefits of proposals including costings, and work with the customer and production teams.
6. Production Engineering/Fitting: Read and interpret drawings and specifications, inspect wiring installations, mechanical assemblies and electronic circuits, adjust, repair and correct defects, and test products to ensure conformance to specifications.
7. Welder/Fabricator: Setting and operating welding equipment and machinery, completing inspections to ensure compliance with national standards for weld quality, understanding and producing a variety of welded joints, and preparing materials ready to join by cutting, bending, and folding.
Your training course:
* Engineering Technician (Level 3)
Your training plan:
* Formal training is delivered at HWGTA, located in Worcester (WR4 9GN).
Duration approximately 40-45 months. Year 1 includes 26-42 weeks off-the-job training to cover practical and theory aspects. Year 2 would include 1 day per week to complete EAL Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering - Development Knowledge. Years 2, 3, and 4 will be based in the company developing skills in preparation for the end-point assessment to gain your Engineering Technician Level 3 qualification.
You will receive monthly visits from your assigned Learning and Development Specialist, who will set you work, monitor your development and wellbeing, and discuss training sessions. They will also prepare you for your End Point Assessment.
Your main apprenticeship qualification may differ depending on the agreed pathway with the employer. Additional training for functional skills in English and Maths will be undertaken if needed unless required/stated by the employer.
There is also a five-day teambuilding residential trip that is held in the spring of each year offered to all apprentices on programme.
Mon - Thurs 8:30 - 16:30, Fri 8:30 - 15:15 whilst at the training provider.
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