Welding Apprentice

Summary

Kickstart your career in welding with guidance from seasoned professionals. - Gain hands-on experience in constructing and maintaining specialised equipment, focusing on safety, quality, and productivity. - Develop practical skills and technical knowledge for career advancement

Wage

£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course

Welder (level 2)

Hours

Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 July 2025

Duration

1 year 9 months

Positions available

1

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

• Assist welders in setting up and preparing weld surfaces, equipment, and materials as needed
• MIG/TIG and spot welding of all aspects of mild steel and aluminium
• Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity etc.
• Clean and maintain welding equipment, tools and work areas daily
• Move materials and equipment within the workshop as directed
• Apply health and safety procedures, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Attend mandatory safety meetings and training sessions

Where you’ll work

Fordbridge Lane
Blackwell
Alfreton
Derbyshire
DE55 5JY

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

TRAINING SERVICES 2000 LTD

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

An apprenticeship allows you to earn a wage, gain valuable work experience and industry specific competence. You will be expected
to work towards the Welder Level 2 with support from your employer and the Chesterfield College Group.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 3)
Maths (grade 3)

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
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

The successful candidate will be given the option to do their day release from Chesterfield College, Infirmary Road S41 7NG or our Learning Unlimited Derby Campus, Royal Scot Road DE24 8AJ. Depending on their location.

About this company

With extensive high-quality workshop facilities, H.W. Martin Fleet Maintenance provide maintenance solutions to the Martin Group fleet of nearly 1000 vehicles and plant equipment, in addition we are DAF Trucks Service Partners and agents for Atlas cranes as a parts and service agent, we also have a long-standing list of commercial customers. The reliable and proactive service offered is widely recognised as being industry leading.

https://www.hwmartin.com/fleet-maintenance/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Apprentices will be employed on a full-time permanent basis with recognised terms and conditions of employment.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TRAINING SERVICES 2000 LTD

James Sayles

saylesj@chesterfield.ac.uk

07929669938

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317737.

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Closes in 30 days (Saturday 31 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

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