Apprentice Engineering Fitter
PUDSEY DIAMOND ENGINEERING LTD
HANTS (SP10 3TJ)
Closes in 26 days (Friday 6 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 6 May 2025
Contents
Summary
We are looking to recruit a keen apprentice to join our busy manufacturing team. The candidate will learn the skills to become a qualified Welder and to participate in the smooth running of the manufacturing organisation. Duties will include reading technical drawings, marking out, fabrication, cutting.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Welder (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 08:00 - 16:30
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 9 July 2025
- Duration
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1 year 9 months
- Positions available
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2
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
Reporting to a Team Leader under the control of The Production Manager, the position will require the candidate to be actively involved within the day-to-day running of the factory, assisting and shadowing of tradespersons as required and undertaking small projects to facilitate the passing of the Welding Standard.
This will involve:
- Reading technical drawings
- Marking out
- Fabrication
- Cutting
- Working to agreed requirements
Where you'll work
41 MITCHELL CLOSE
WEST PORTWAY IND ESTATE
ANDOVER
HANTS
SP10 3TJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SPARSHOLT COLLEGE
Your training course
Welder (level 2)
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What you'll learn
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
- You will attend Andover college on a day release basis starting in July 2025
- The qualification you will get at the end of the apprenticeship is a Level 2 General Welder Standard
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 3 (D) or above)
- Maths (grade Grade 3 (D) or above)
- Science Subject (grade Grade 3(D) or above)
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
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Evidence of practical hobbies
- An interest in engineering
- Mature attitude towards H&S
Other requirements
The work can occasionally be physically demanding, but never unsafe as we take pride in our H&S as well as our quality record. All employees, including trainees are required to undertake specific H&S and Quality Awareness relevant to the jobs and are expected to take responsibility for their own work and workspace, and preventing any risks.
About this company
Pudsey Diamond is a manufacturing organisation and since 1982, has been supplying local authority lighting engineers and contractors throughout the UK with street lighting and furniture, spares, accessories and hardware to maintain and improve their lighting stock and the environment. Computerized design, manufacturing and control have allowed us to maximize our versatility. We pride ourselves in being able to give expert advise and backup to lighting engineers, buyers and contractors.
After this apprenticeship
- Pudsey Diamond Engineering believe in training employees and the apprenticeship will give the best combination of teaching and work in real factory environment
- Progression in the organisation is based on merit and is dependent on the demonstrated achievement and commitment of the individual
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SPARSHOLT COLLEGE
Karen Jackson
karen.jackson@sparsholtservices.ac.uk
01962 797452
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000318741.
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Closes in 26 days (Friday 6 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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