Apprentice Machining Engineering Technician
BRIGHT SCREW CO LTD
LEEDS (LS13 1JB)
Closes on Friday 1 August 2025
Posted on 9 June 2025
Contents
Summary
Leeds-based Bright Screw Company is offering 2x Level 3 Machining Technician apprenticeships. Learning from skilled engineers, you will work toward machining high-precision component parts for the manufacturing sector. You will train on specific CNC machinery and work towards becoming a skilled engineer in 4 years.
- Wage
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£15,311.40 to £24,761.88, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Machining technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday between 08:00 - 1700 and Friday between 08:00 - 13:00.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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4 years
- 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
As part of your 4-year apprenticeship, you will be trained and mentored to skilled engineer level in areas of:
- In-house training by skilled engineers in conventional and CNC machining techniques
- Loading, proving and programming/operating CNC machines
- Inspection and quality practices
- Health and safety training
- Business improvement techniques
- Other technical engineering tasks and duties, as required
- "Off-the-job" training to gain UK recognised engineering qualifications
Where you'll work
BOUNDARY WORKS
BAGLEY LANE
RODLEY
LEEDS
LS13 1JB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
APPRIS CHARITY LIMITED
Your training course
Machining technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
- Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
- Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
- Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
- Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
- Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
- Plan and organise own work and resources.
- Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
- Select machining process.
- Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
- Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
- Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
- Measure and check components.
- Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
- Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
- Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
- Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
- Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
- Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
- Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
- Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
- Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
- Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
- Plan and organise own work and resources.
- Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
- Select machining process.
- Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
- Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
- Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
- Measure and check components.
- Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
- Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
- Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
- Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
- Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Apply team working principles.
Your training plan
You will work towards the Level 3 Machining Technician Apprenticeship Standard, which includes Functional Skills at level 2 if not already achieved grades 4/C or above in maths and English:
- Year One through Year 3 - Day release at Appris, Bradford: EAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Machining
- Year One through Year Four, Workplace Training and Mentoring towards achieving the Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours (KSBs)
- Internal training, development and mentoring with highly skilled engineers in a variety of machining (CNC) areas and other engineering related duties and requirements
- In your 4th Year, you will continue to work towards your occupational competency in engineering and prepare for independent end-point assessments
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade minimum 4/C or equivalent)
- maths (grade minimum 4/C or equivalent)
- Science (grade minimum 4/C or equivalent)
Desirable qualifications
BTEC or equivalent in:
Engineering (grade Level 2 or 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
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
This company is located in, Rodley, Leeds, so please ensure you can arrange suitable transport for the start and finish times of the job. It also includes off-the-job training at Appris in Bradford, so please make allowances for the travel
About this company
The Bright Screw Company Ltd has been located in Leeds since 1930 on the same ever expanding site. Dealing in both stocks of standard fasteners and the manufacture of special turned parts the company services both order on demand and Just In Time services Nationwide using our own fleet of vehicles. Over the past fifteen years the company has become increasingly involved with Stock Management of Industrial Hardware and Turned Parts to an ever increasing Just In Time / Kan Ban customer base. We are stockists of Rawl products, Dormer tools, Dow Corning Silicones, Gesipa & Avdel Rivets and many others.
After this apprenticeship
- Successful applicants can look forward to the possibility of a full-time position, post-apprenticeship
- Further training and job-specific development is also a possibility
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
APPRIS CHARITY LIMITED
Appris
info@appris.ac.uk
01274 668149
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325050.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 1 August 2025
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