Apprentice Production Welder

FRANKLIN SILENCERS LTD

NORTHAMPTON (NN1 2PS)

Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

Posted on 28 July 2025

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Summary

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience while working towards a recognised welding qualification. The successful candidate will learn various welding techniques, work with experienced professionals, and contribute to real-world projects in a supportive environment.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Welder (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Wednesday 07:00am- 05:30pm Thursday 07.00am- 04:30pm Lunch Break (unpaid) 12:30pm- 01:00pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

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

Scope of Work:

  • To assist the welding department in the production of welded components
  • Using the MIG and TIG welding processes to manufacture parts and assemblies as required
  • To use hand tools to prepare components for welding
  • To read engineering drawings and specifications to ensure components meet customer specifications
  • Undertake relative training, both in-house and external in line with the City and Guilds training requirements and Company skills matrix

Major Responsibilities: 

  • To assist in the production of welded components utilising fixtures and engineering drawings
  • All welding processes to conform to Customer Specification or ISO 9606
  • Assist, when required in the general production of components
  • Comply with The Company Health & Safety Policy, to ensure a safe working environment is maintained
  • Ensuring maximum production throughput is achieved
  • To ensure parts conform to customer expectations, in terms of Quality, Cost & Delivery
  • Support and maintain the Company Quality System
  • Support the Quality Department by identifying opportunities for improvement and supporting the delivery of continuous improvement activities
  • Perform other duties as requested by your line manager

Other Responsibilities: 

  • Complete and maintain relevant forms & records
  • Support investigations into nonconformance reports
  • Promote & maintain good housekeeping

Where you'll work

1 GRAFTON PLACE
GRAFTON STREET INDUSTRIAL ESTA
NORTHAMPTON
NN1 2PS

Training

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

Training provider

NORTHAMPTON COLLEGE

Training course

Welder (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
  • Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
  • Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
  • Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
  • Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
  • Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
  • Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
  • Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
  • Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
  • Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
  • Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
  • Identify surface defects.
  • Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
  • Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
  • Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
  • Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
  • Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
  • Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
  • Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
  • Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
  • Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
  • Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
  • Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
  • Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
  • Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
  • Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
  • Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
  • Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
  • Identify surface defects.
  • Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
  • Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
  • Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
  • Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
  • Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
  • Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
  • Apply team working principles.

Training schedule

1 day per week to take place at Northampton College

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 3)
  • Maths (grade 3)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Team working

About this employer

Franklin Silencers Ltd is a long-established Company of 50 years with an excellent reputation for the design manufacture and supply of Industrial Silencers along with associated fabrication work. The Company encourages its workforce to become multi skilled with the ability to undertake a diverse range of production operations and tasks. To this end employees are expected to undertake training as required by the Company.

After this apprenticeship

  • Potential for a full-time position once the apprenticeship is complete and progression within the company 

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NORTHAMPTON COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334171.

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Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

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