Apprentice CAD Technician
MOBILE CAD SURVEYING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
PONTEFRACT (WF8 1QY)
Closes in 30 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 31 July 2025
Contents
Summary
Working with a team of surveyors to produce accurate measured building and topographical surveys with AutoCAD and Revit software systems. The ability to train on both computer systems and survey equipment as well as utilising broader construction knowledge to develop technical drawing packages for projects.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Engineering design technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday between 9am to 4pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years 9 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
- Use computer-aided design software to create drawings using the information created from surveys using a range of technologies, from traditional surveys to laser scanners creating 2d and 3d outputs.
- Working with a team of surveyors to produce accurate measured building and topographical surveys with autocad and revit software systems.
- Utilise broader construction knowledge to develop technical drawing packages for projects
Where you'll work
POMFRET BUSINESS CENTRE
2 HARROPWELL LANE
PONTEFRACT
WF8 1QY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
T3 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LTD
Training course
Engineering design technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
- Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
- Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
- Select materials and parts.
- Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
- Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
- Provide feedback on engineering designs.
- Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
- Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
- Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
- Read, interpret and establish design intent.
- Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
- Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.
- Option 1. Produce general arrangements of electrical power.
- Option 1. Produce detailed drawings of electrical power components such as wires connection, voltage, capacity, main switches.
- Option 1. Identify cable types and application.
- Option 1. Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce electrical power project deliverables such as output drawings and electrical designs.
- Option 2. Produce general arrangements of control and instrumentation designs.
- Option 2. Produce detailed drawings of control and instrumentation components such as cable numbers, wire colours, junction block numbers and panel identification.
- Option 2. Identify different cable types and appropriate application.
- Option 2. Use digital tools such as CAD to produce control and instrumentation project deliverables.
- Option 3. Produce general arrangements of mechanical designs.
- Option 3. Produce detailed drawings of mechanical components such as part dimensions, shape and manufacture.
- Option 3. Use digital tools such as CAD to produce mechanical project deliverables.
- Option 4. Produce general arrangements of piping design.
- Option 4. Produce detailed drawings of piping components such as pipework, ducts and fittings and including supports and skids.
- Option 4. Use digital tools such as CAD or Plant Design Management Systems to produce piping design project deliverables.
- Option 5. Produce general arrangements of structures showing multiple materials such as steel, concrete, masonry, timber.
- Option 5. Produce detailed drawings for multiple materials such as steel, concrete, timber or masonry.
- Option 5. Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce structural project deliverables.
- Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
- Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
- Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
- Select materials and parts.
- Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
- Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
- Provide feedback on engineering designs.
- Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
- Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
- Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
- Read, interpret and establish design intent.
- Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
- Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.
Training schedule
- 2 ½ Year Apprenticeship Programme.
- Design Technician Skills, Knowledge & Behaviours – delivered in the workplace.
- Level 3 BTEC in Construction and the Built Environment – Day Release or Remote Delivery (Mandatory qualification).
- Specialist Training Programme Blocks of your choice.
- End Point Assessment – Knowledge Test, Practical Test and Presentation/Interview.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4+)
- Mathematics (grade 4+)
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
- Number skills
About this employer
Our team is committed to producing high quality surveys to an architectural detail standard using technology-driven surveying solutions. Produced on site, in real time, our surveys are focused on the needs of our clients and end-users.
After this apprenticeship
Possible progression into either a survey technician or an architectural technologist.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
T3 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LTD
Will Mackintosh
Will.mackintosh@t3-training.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334843.
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Closes in 30 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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