Apprenticeship Vacancy Details

What will the apprentice be doing?

During your apprenticeship your week will be split up and you will carry out the following duties:

• 1 days working alongside a trained fabricator and later on your own.
• 1 day working on preparation (cutting off) or cleaning up (de-spattering/ cleaning welds)
• 1 day being trained on other equipment such as laser cutting machine, water jet cutting machine, cnc press brake etc.
• 1 day supporting an ‘in need’ area of the business such as preparing items for paint, helping with assembly.
• 1 day carrying out general duties such as sweeping, tidying, emptying bins, working on continual improvement projects.

Once you are qualified as an apprentice in Fabrication and Welding you will be able to carry the following duties

• Ability to fabricate light to medium fabrications from typical material size of 25mm box section to 60mm box section / 1.2mm – 5mm sheet metal
• Work from engineering drawings or to specification.
• Ability to use semi-automatic saw, cnc press brake, corner notcher, guillotine.
• May be required to work on a job from start to finish or to carry out other tasks.

You will need to use an electronic clock card via a computer touch screen terminal which is also used to clock on and off jobs/ book time to different types of activity

What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?

• General Welder Level 2 Qualification 
• One day a week at DCG and the rest of the week at the workplace 

What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship?

• Advanced Apprentice – Beng Hons
• Fabricator
• Laser cutting operative
• Design Engineer
• Production assistant
• Management roles

Desired skills and personal qualities

Communication skills IT skills Attention to detail Organisation skills Problem solving skills Team working Initiative Non judgemental Patience Time keeping

Qualifications

GCSE or equivalent Maths and English (Grade C/4) Essential

Things to consider

Close, welcoming team, always ready to help and assist each other. A friendly, understanding and accommodating management team. An environment to learn, develop and challenge yourself. The ability to work on new projects and solve problems on a daily basis. Opportunity to work hard, satisfaction of hitting objectives and achieving targets. See the reward of your suggestions and improvements implemented – have a big impact on where you work. 31 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays. Cash back health scheme Company pension Free Lunch Petrol Bonus Prize Draw Boots & workwear provided

Employer

Acres Engineering Ltd

https://acres.engineering

Address

UNIT A
CASTLE LANE
MELBOURNE
DERBY

Training provider

DCG

Contact

DCG

Apprenticeship Intermediate

General welder (arc processes) (level 2)