Apprentice Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician
MOWDEN CONTROLS LTD
NORTHALLERTON (DL6 2YD)
Closes in 12 days (Thursday 14 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 July 2025
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Summary
An apprentice in Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician.
- Wage
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£14,976 a year
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Annual Salary starting: Age 16+ £14976 Age 17+ £16848 18+ £18720
- Training course
- Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday 8-hours
Friday - 4-hours
Exact working hours TBC
36 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years 6 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
- Develop, review and implement process instructions current work instructions
- Produce and implement process stage instructions and functions
- Involved with manufacturing and new product introduction
- Assessing process methods and test instruction implementation
- Engineering and production support to assist in the production systems, processes and controls
- Developing and implementing updates to programs to automatic manufacturing equipment
Where you'll work
MOUNT VIEW
STANDARD WAY BUSINESS PARK
NORTHALLERTON
DL6 2YD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
S.W. DURHAM TRAINING LIMITED
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.
Training schedule
This apprenticeship standard requires the learner to pass all the following in order to complete their End Point Assessment:
Level 3 Diploma or Extended Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge)
Day(s) Release to take place at South West Durham Training. Day(s) to be determined.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Comfortable with Teams
- Self Motivator
- Presentation Writing
- Report Writing
- Understand Complex Inputs
About this employer
Mowden Controls are an Electronics CEM (Contract Electronics Manufacturer) based in Northallerton, North Yorkshire and are proud to be celebrating 60 years of electronics manufacture, design and assembly in 2025. We manufacture both critical and non-critical PCB assemblies and electronics for control systems and monitoring devices, trusted by many partners in industries such as Harsh Environments (ATEX – Intrinsically Safe), Cryogenics, AS9100 Aerospace, Defence, Environmental and SatComms. We are looking for outstanding, hard-working and motivated candidates who are passionate about learning and enjoy working with a team as well as individually. If this is you and you are seriously considering a career in Electronics, we have amazing opportunities for you.
After this apprenticeship
Full-time job within the company.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
S.W. DURHAM TRAINING LIMITED
Sarah Merryweather
smerryweather@swdt.co.uk
01325 31 31 94
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334688.
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Closes in 12 days (Thursday 14 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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