Engineering Operative Apprentice

We manufacture precision sheet metalwork products for the aerospace, communications and electronics industries. An Engineering Operative apprentice would be learning production worker skills within all areas on the manufacturing facility. The apprentice would report directly to the supervisor of that department.,

• Metal surface finishing


• Masking and pre-paint preparation


• Fastener insertion on a Haeger machine


• Learning to master the use of pillar drills for drilling, countersinking and tapping, metal treatments and machine metal forming.

The role is essentially a junior production worker job where all training will be given for a wide variety of tasks. Day to day contact: engineering supervisor/ paint shop supervisor / workshop manager.,
• The learner will be studying the Engineering Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard qualification.


• Day release to West Suffolk College.


• Functional skills will be studied if equivalent qualifications are not held.


Things to consider
This role will be very varied. It will give the apprentice a very wide range of skills to well equip them for the future. It will teach them the foundations of the precision manufacturing process and the attention to detail required to produce the required finish.
Skills required
Array
Future prospects
Opportunity to secure full time role within the company upon completion of the apprenticeship.
Hours per week 40
Working week Monday to Thursday between 07:30 to 16:30, Friday between 07:30 to 14:00
Apprenticeship standard Engineering operative (Level 2)
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, IP28 7A

Ideally grades 4-9 in English and Maths GCSE.