Electronic Sensor Technician Apprentice
HANSFORD SENSORS LTD
HIGH WYCOMBE (HP12 4HJ)
Closes in 24 days (Monday 25 August 2025)
Posted on 31 July 2025
Contents
Summary
The Apprentices will learn all aspects of building electronic vibrations sensors together with a structured training program that will provide a foundation to accelerate their career across the Group in many department disciplines.
- Wage
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£19,500 a year
- Training course
- Engineering fitter (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 16:30
37 hours 30 minutes 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
- Initially you will assemble and integrate mechanical and electrical components in line with engineering drawings, schematics, and work instructions
- Learn skills in identifying faults and reworking PCB assemblies and hardware
- Prepare data collector cables equipped with 2 pin socket connectors or BNCs as required
- Participate across production disciplines of various electronic sensors and cable assemblies
- Understand how to complete product assemblies within limited timeframes while following work instructions to ensure quality standards are met
- Understand health and safety protocols in the workplace. Learn and become mentored by experienced staff members
- All supported by a structured training scheme
Where you'll work
ARTISAN
HILLBOTTOM ROAD
SANDS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
HIGH WYCOMBE
HP12 4HJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ENGINEERING TRUST TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Engineering fitter (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
- Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
- Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
- Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
- Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
- Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
- Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
- Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
- Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
- Reporting work outcomes or issues.
- Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
- Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
- Operating within limits of responsibility.
- Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
- Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
- Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
- Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
- Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
- Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
- Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
- Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
- Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
- Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
- Reporting work outcomes or issues.
- Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
- Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
- Operating within limits of responsibility.
- Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
Training schedule
Qualifications included:
- Engineering Fitter Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- Company Training Plan & Assessment
- Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering - Development Knowledge (1 day per week for 2 years at college)
Development Competence Qualification (workplace) - Level 2 Functional Skills - maths (If required)
- Level 2 Functional Skills - English (If required)
- End Point Assessment at the end of the apprenticeship
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- Motivated
- Time Management
- Inquisitive Mind
- Interest in Engineering
- Willingness to learn
Other requirements
Uniforms are provided. The candidate will be mentored and supported by 2 Directors
About this employer
Hansford Sensors Ltd is a UK-based manufacturer specialising in vibration monitoring equipment, particularly industrial accelerometers and related systems. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Our mission is to be recognised as an International Centre of Excellence in Vibration Monitoring. We serve a global market, with subsidiaries in the Usa and Germany. The Group has grown significantly in the past few years and currently employees circa 100 people globally.
After this apprenticeship
- The Group likes to promote and develop people from within the organisation
- Having grown from £8m revenue to £14m on the last 4 years there is plenty of opportunity for career development
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ENGINEERING TRUST TRAINING LIMITED
Sally Parr
s.parr@theengineeringtrust.org
07879 128768
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334750.
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Closes in 24 days (Monday 25 August 2025)
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