Summary
As a Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Engineering Degree Apprentice, you’ll help to maintain our reputation for technical excellence. Working in our Submarines business, you’ll get on-the-job training, hands-on experience, plus all the support you need to gain industry-recognised qualifications.
Annual wage
£20,735 a year
Training course
Non-destructive testing engineer (degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.00pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
4 years
Positions available
4
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
You’ll be trained to lead your own technical projects and work with expert mentors to develop the skills you need to thrive. Your role will see you selecting the optimal NDT method and conducting tests on parts – so be ready for practical experiments, project planning, resource control, problem solving and gaining technical know-how. You’ll also learn how we use NDT in research and development along with the state-of-the-art technologies that enable us to rapidly detect defects, increase our throughput and reduce costs.
You’ll complete a variety of placements across our business, which will give you practical experience in various NDT methods. You can also expect to spend some time in our offices, solving technical issues and running projects to help our internal customers. Throughout, you’ll study for a BEng (Hons) NDT Degree at the University of Northampton. These studies will help you get to grips with the Maths, Electronics and Physics behind the methods you’re using. Some modules will be delivered residentially at Northampton University while others will be delivered via distance learning.
Where you’ll work
Wilmore Road
Derby
DE24 9BD
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
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON, THE
Your training course
Non-destructive testing engineer (degree) (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
* Have advanced skills in NDT methods substantiating their lead competency role within their organisation and industry sector. Work in all industry sectors, such as nuclear or aerospace
* Critically apply knowledge of the concepts, principles and theories of developing engineering technology relevant to the interdisciplinary fields of NDT
* Work competently in a technical engineering environment, understanding and promoting personal responsibility for health, safety, radiation protection, environmental protection, quality, security, safeguards and principles of risk management
* Analyse engineering problems, selecting and using mathematical and theoretical data to provide suitable NDT solutions with consideration of the entire inspection cycle
* Apply their engineering knowledge to the development, operation, maintenance and progression of technologies used for NDT
* Observe, record and draw conclusions from data and experimental evidence, recognising inherent uncertainties and limitations
* Develop technical reports that meet the requirements of the prevailing verification process
* Apply the standards and procedures for NDT as required by the industry sector
* Develop and manage projects and contribute to financial planning, including some responsibility for the management and development of others.
Your training plan
Non-Destructive Testing is used across a wide variety of sectors and relies heavily on Physics and Maths. Your apprenticeship will give you exposure across our business as you learn how to use NDT to find surface and internal defects in a variety of materials.
Across four years, you’ll spend time building your practical and theoretical knowledge of X-rays (radiography), ultrasonics, eddy currents, magnetic particle inspection and fluorescent penetrant inspection, undertaking training courses in these five main NDT methods. You’ll gain manufacturing and laboratory experience of these methods along with quality assessment techniques, giving you an invaluable mix of practical and theoretical experience.
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
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Administrative skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Creative
* Initiative
* Non judgemental
* Patience