Apprentice Engineering Operative
SPOONER INDUSTRIES LIMITED
West Yorkshire (LS29 8JB)
Closes in 22 days (Friday 6 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 May 2025
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Summary
Joining Spooner as an apprentice will be a rewarding career choice. We are a diverse business with many engineering opportunities to grow and develop your skills across manufacturing, design, and installation. Our apprenticeship schemes have been designed to support you, allowing you to showcase your skills to succeed.
- Wage
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£15,463.50 a year
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Our policy is to regularly review our apprentices and offer improved levels of pay for those succeeding on their course and in their roles at work. Reviews will take place every 6 months.
- Training course
- Engineering operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 7:30am - 4pm
45-minute per day unpaid break.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
- Work safely at all times, comply with health & safety legislation, regulations and organisational requirements
- Comply with environmental legislation, regulations and organisational requirements
- Obtain, check and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation)
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activities
- Undertake the work activity using the correct processes, procedures and equipment
- Carry out the required checks (such as quality, compliance or testing) using the correct procedures, processes and/or equipment
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within the limits of their responsibility using approved diagnostic methods and techniques and report those which cannot be resolved to the appropriate personnel
- Complete any required documentation using the defined recording systems at the appropriate stages of the work activity
- Restore the work area on completion of the activity and where applicable, return any resources and consumables to the appropriate location
- Identify and follow correct metal work instructions, specifications, drawings etc.
- Mark out using appropriate tools and techniques
- Cut and form metal for the production of fabricated products
- Produce and assemble metal products to the required specification and quality requirements
- Identify and follow correct joining instructions, specifications, drawings etc.
- Carry out the relevant preparation before starting the joining fabrication activity
- Set up, check, adjust and use joining and related equipment
- Weld joints in accordance with approved welding procedures and quality requirements
Where you'll work
Moorland Engineering Works
Lower Railway Road
Ilkley
West Yorkshire
LS29 8JB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP
Your training course
Engineering operative (level 2)
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Your training plan
Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- 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
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
Experts in the use of forced convection technology, Spooner engineer dryers, ovens and coolers across a wide range of industries including paper, converting, metals, food and environment. We are proud to be a British manufacturing company with a long history of developing excellent processing equipment. Working with some of the biggest names across the various sectors Spooner has become well-established within the process industry. Providing a tailored solution Spooner works with customers to understand their processes before developing a bespoke solution. Just like William Spooner did in the early years Spooner continues to invest in research and development. With a dedicated research and development centre, we encourage our staff to push the boundaries by designing and testing new possibilities. Over the last 90 years, we have built up lots of knowledge and experience that we continued to develop and pass on to our apprentices and younger colleagues members.
After this apprenticeship
Following the Level 2 Engineering Operative apprenticeship, you would decide which Level 3 apprenticeship route you would like to go down. This could be Welding/fabrication, Assembly/Fitting, or Mechanical Design Engineering.
Apprentice Welder/Fabricators – post apprenticeship they would be offered a role within the Fabrication or Assembly department. For the right candidate there are opportunities to study further which can lead to roles within other departments in the Company. Opportunity to progress to supervisor and team leader or management positions.
Apprentice Assembly Fitters - post apprenticeship they would be offered a role within the Assembly department. For the right candidate there are opportunities to study further which can lead to roles within other departments in the Company such as Site or Spoonerplus. Opportunity to progress to supervisor and team leader or management positions
Apprentice Mechanical Design Engineer – post apprenticeship they would be offered a role as a Mechanical Design Engineer. With the potential to progress their career within the mechanical design department or within others. For the right candidate there are opportunities to study further.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SPOONER INDUSTRIES LIMITED
Katie Jones
hr@spooner.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320707.
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Closes in 22 days (Friday 6 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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