Summary
Working towards a Level 2 Welding Apprenticeship developing the next generation of world-class engineers. The role includes learning how to read engineering drawings, working on exciting engineering projects daily, and understanding and learning MIG / TIG welding.
Wage
£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Training course
Welder (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 07:30 - 16:30
39 hours 45 minutes a week
Start date
Monday 1 September 2025
Duration
1 year 6 months
Positions available
6
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
* Learn how to read engineering drawings
* Working on exciting engineering projects daily
* Understanding and learning MIG / TIG welding
Where you’ll work
7040-7060
Middlemarch Business Park
Siskin Parkway East
Coventry
CV3 4PE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
WEC GROUP LIMITED
Your training course
Welder (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
* Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
* Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
* Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
* Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
* Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
* Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
* Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
* Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
* Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
* Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
* Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
* Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
* Identify surface defects.
* Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
* Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
* Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
* Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
* Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
* Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
* Apply team working principles.
* Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
* Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
* Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
* Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
* Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
* Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
* Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
* Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
* Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
* Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
* Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
* Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
* Identify surface defects.
* Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
* Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
* Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
* Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
* Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
* Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
* Apply team working principles.
Your training plan
Welder Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:
* The trading will take place at our site in Coventry. We focus as much as possible as hands on learning
* You will be learning different welding styles one day a week alsoincorporate theoretical knowledge
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade 4)
* Maths (grade 4)
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
* Attention to detail
* Problem solving skills
* Number skills
* Team working