Advanced Apprentice in Engineering BRAINTREE PRECISION COMPONENTS LIMITED

Location

Braintree, Essex | United Kingdom

Job description

What you will do in your working day

Day to day role responsibilities:

• To complete a programme of training to be conducted within the various departments of Grinding, Turning, Engineering and Planning, Quality Assurance, Assembly and Jig and Tool to gain a good appreciation of the company as a whole
• Join a very knowledgeable and productive Turning department and learn to operate, set and programme CNC lathes
• Use and learn a number of different machines and processes, including Hard Turning
• Become a key member of the Turning department
• Carrying out tasks and duties as directed by the departmental Manager / Supervisor
• Dedicate sufficient amount of time to ensure all elements of the college side of the Apprenticeship are completed within set timescales
• Represent self and company when at college

All apprentices will be rotated through all the departments through the first year: Quality Assurance Jig and Tool Turning, Grinding Assembly, Engineering and Planning, But the final placement is in the Turning department.

The training you will be getting

• The apprentice will be working towards the Level 3 Machining Technician Apprenticeship Standard
• Qualifications include: EAL Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (Development Competence), EAL Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Foundation Competence) and EAL Level 3 Diploma in Machining (Development Knowledge)
• This is a 4 year apprenticeship with college attendance required once per week
• The first year is at Braintree campus and years 2 to 4 are at Colchester campus

What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship

Potential career progression within the company. Opportunity to train to become a fully trained CNC operator / setter after the initial 12 months training. We have a number of different machine types: Machining centres, sliding head lathes, hard turning lathes.

All producing precision components.Training will be proved in all areas, but specialising in one is possible after the initial training period.

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Salary

£10.71k per annum