Apprentice Quality Engineer
LOMAX TRAINING SERVICES LTD
WALLSEND (NE28 0BD)
Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025
Posted on 19 June 2025
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Summary
The apprentice will work alongside the quality manager ensuring that the business is compliant with all outside agencies. The apprenticeship will give excellent experience with both qualifications & practical engagement in processes, staff, learners and employers.
- 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
- Quality practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8.30 to 5.00
40 Hours per week
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 5 August 2025
- Duration
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1 year 2 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
Ensuring continued approval of the ISO 9001:2015, corrective actions, Complaints.
Auditing of internal quality procedures.
Liaising with local colleges.
Ensuring continued compliance for Matrix, IIP & Cyber Essentials Plus.
Aid the quality manager at Ofsted inspections.
Aiding with the production of the company’s annual Self-Assessment Report (SAR) & Quality Improvement Plan (QIP).
Work with Awarding Bodies related to External Quality Assurance visits.
Updating policies & procedures to ensure continuous improvement.
Aiding with site Health & Safety i.e. Risk Assessment, COSHH Assessments.
Ensuring learner & staff have up to date knowledge of Safeguarding & Prevent.
Where you'll work
OLD GAS DEPOT
HOWDON LANE
WALLSEND
NE28 0BD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
CLEAR QUALITY LIMITED
Your training course
Quality practitioner (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
- Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
- Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
- Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
- Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
- Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
- Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
- Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
- Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
- Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
- Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
- Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
- Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
- Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
- Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
- Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
- Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
- Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
- Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
- Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
- Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
- Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
- Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
- Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
Your training plan
The Quality Practitioner Apprenticeship Level 4 will be a 14-month duration and all training will be online (Teams).
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
Other requirements
Can you work alone and as part of a team?
About this company
Lomax Training Services Limited is a work based learning provider that meets the needs of learners by upskilling those who currently work in the Energy Industry or by developing new skills for those wishing to have a career in the Energy Industry.
https://www.lomaxtraining.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Apprentice hourly rate £7.55. Pension scheme. 28 days holiday.
After this apprenticeship
Full time employment and possible promotion to a more senior role within the business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LOMAX TRAINING SERVICES LTD
Colin Arkley
0191 2623040
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000326886.
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Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025
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