Engineering Operative Apprentice

Summary

Looking to start a career in engineering? Join us as an engineering operative apprentice, gaining hands-on experience with both our office and workshop teams. You'll develop key skills across the business and be supported in finding the path that suits you best from fabrication to machining etc.

Wage

£19,500 a year

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Pay is £10 per hour

Training course

Engineering operative (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm. Breaks at 10am - 10:30am & 1:00pm - 1:30pm each day.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year

Positions available

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

Day-to-day role responsibilities will include:

Workshop:

Shadowing and working alongside pipe fabricators to understand how our processes work
Working alongside someone to understand the different methods or cutting, drilling, and machining methods we use
Using allocated time to work through college assignments
Working with goods in to manoeuvre raw materials around workshop
Learn the cutting methods we use
Helping with painting finished products
Helping with goods out to load deliveries

Office:

Working alongside Engineers to develop and gain understanding of drawings

Where you'll work

Bouchiers Grange Courtyard
Marks Hall Road, Coggeshall
Colchester
CO6 1TE

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

COLCHESTER INSTITUTE

Your training course

Engineering operative (level 2)

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Your training plan

The apprentice will be working towards the Level 2 Engineering Operative Apprenticeship Standard
This is a 12-18-month duration apprenticeship with college attendance required once per week at Colchester Institute's Braintree Campus, transport from Colchester campus provided

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

maths and English (grade A*-D/9-3)

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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Customer care skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Team working
Physical fitness
Keen to engage
Keen to learn
Good numeracy knowledge

Other requirements

There may be some rare occasions that our sites need some support, and you will be asked to go.

About this company

YSM Pipework Solutions Ltd has an impressive resume, having successfully completed numerous prestigious and complex construction projects across the UK. Our expertise extends from handling small, hand-drawn spools to large-scale multi-million-pound projects designed using CAD. Our skilled and fully trained workforce ensures top-quality work is delivered promptly, earning us a trusted reputation within the industry. We are a pipework fabrications and installation company. We operate from Essex and have sites in Essex, Suffolk, and London.

http://www.ysmpipework.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

- Pension scheme - Employee training scheme

After this apprenticeship

There would be an opportunity to work alongside our engineers to produce drawings, quote tenders, and develop computer skills.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COLCHESTER INSTITUTE

Colchester Institute - Apprenticeships Team

ci.apprenticeships@colchester.ac.uk

01206712043

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000329695.

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Closes on Friday 15 August 2025

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