Spring Maker Apprentice
CYRIL NORRIS (SPRING SPECIALISTS) LTD
ROCHDALE (OL16 4JD)
Closes on Sunday 15 June 2025
Posted on 14 May 2025
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Summary
The Job of a spring maker is to set up the relevant machine and producing the job to the required quality level. Applicants will be trained and supported on the Job, hopefully becoming a new member of the team for the future.
- Wage
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£11,385.40 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Engineering operative (level 2)
- Hours
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To be discussed at interview.
28 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 16 June 2025
- Duration
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1 year 9 months
- Positions available
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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
- The job of a spring maker is to set up the relevant machine and producing the job to the required quality level.
- Selecting the correct: Tooling, Material and heat treatments.
- Understanding how the spring operates in application and altering its parameters to perform to the customers requirements.
- Learning to read a technical drawing and ensuring the spring meets the stated requirements to the tolerances stated.
Where you'll work
LADY HOUSE WORKS
NEWHEY ROAD
MILNROW
ROCHDALE
OL16 4JD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Your training course
Engineering operative (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
Your training plan
Machine Set up, Reading technical drawings, Spring Design and Manufacturing, Heat treatment, Manual Handling, Material Specifications.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Maths (grade 4 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
- Number skills
- English Skills
- Ambition to learn
- Good timekeeping
- Resiliance
- Happy getting dirty hands
Other requirements
Spring Making is not easy, There can be very difficult Jobs, and very difficult days, from my experience there are many more good days than bad. You will have to be able to be honest with yourself, learn from mistakes and come back stronger. For many of our team, Spring Making has provided not just a job but a career, and job stability.
About this company
Norris Springs is a bespoke spring manufacturer supplying the Primary and Secondary economic sectors. This means every week will produce varied work, never doing the same job twice in a month. We are a family run company employing many time served employees with 10+ years with us, and some with 20+ years. We aim to have the highest skilled workforce to give us and edge in our market.
After this apprenticeship
- We are looking for the Apprentice to train up to the level of a fully skilled Spring Maker and become a future full-time member of our production team.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Jason Wales
jwales@rochdaletraining.co.uk
07860919380
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320060.
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Closes on Sunday 15 June 2025
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