Engineering Technician Apprentice
COOKE BROS LTD
WALSALL (WS9 8TL)
Closes in 14 days (Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 June 2025
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Summary
Cooke Brothers Ltd is seeking an enthusiastic Engineering Technician Apprentice to join their team. The apprentice will gain experience across multiple departments, including production, engineering services, technical sales, and quality engineering.
- Wage
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£16,224 a year
- Training course
- Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
- Hours
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7.30am - 4.35pm Monday to Friday
7.30am - 1pm Friday
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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3 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
During the apprenticeship at Cooke Brothers Ltd, the Engineering Technician will rotate through several departments, gaining hands-on experience in the following areas:
- In Production, the apprentice will carry out hands-on presswork, work with sheet metal, perform light assembly, and learn to operate and set CNC machines.
- In Engineering Services, they will assist with tool assembly and take part in machining, grinding, and wire eroding processes.
- In Technical Sales, they will contribute to CAD design, manage master data, respond to customer enquiries, and support product design and development.
- In Quality Engineering, they will conduct measurement studies, carry out calibration, support problem-solving activities, follow quality procedures, and perform data analysis.
Where you'll work
NORTHGATE
ALDRIDGE
WALSALL
WS9 8TL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Your training course
Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO). European Norm (EN).
- Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
- Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles.
- Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
- Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Produce job specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications.
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery.
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO). European Norm (EN).
- Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
- Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles.
- Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
- Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Produce job specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications.
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery.
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Your training plan
This is a Level 3 Engineering and Manufacturing Support apprenticeship, delivered over a 30 month period.
The apprentice will attend the training centre, In-Comm Training Services in Aldridge, WS9 8UG, 2 and a half days per week for the first 20 months.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
English and Maths (grade 5-9 minimum)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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Hobby in Engineering/Design
About this company
Cooke Brothers was established in 1872 when the sons of a William Cooke, a Lancastrian cotton producer, began manufacturing brass cabinet fittings in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham. Today, nearly 150 years later, Cooke Brothers manufacturing is run by 4th and 5th generations of the Cooke family, in a modern UK based manufacturing facility, still based in the West Midlands, where it was founded. The business continues to innovate and lead with British made specialist hinges and ironmongery, as well as wider production capabilities and world sourced products. Right from the outset Cooke Brothers have concentrated on the production of hinges and other hardware products as well as metal stampings. Cooke Brothers have rapidly prospered and after many earlier relocations within the industrial heart of Birmingham, a brand new purpose built site in the adjoining county of Staffordshire was developed. Cooke Brothers now occupies a 7 acre site dedicated to the manufacture of our core business - Hinges. You cannot sell a company on its history alone however, all this experience of combining enterprise and flexibility with caution and tradition are the foundations upon which the company thrives today. The latest addition to the company is Tim Cooke, the 5th generation of the Cooke family to enter the business. Tim is focusing on further improvements to the company’s manufacturing systems and will be leading us through our next phase of growth and development.
Company benefits
Good time keeping bonus £5 per week
After this apprenticeship
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, a full-time position will be available with potential opportunity to progress onto a level 4 HNC
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Aimee
aimeen@in-comm.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325627.
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Closes in 14 days (Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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