Craft Apprentice
CULLUM DETUNERS LIMITED
Heanor (DE75 7SW)
Closes in 27 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 4 August 2025
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Summary
This is a fantastic apprenticeship opportunity to join a specialist engineering business based in Heanor as a craft apprentice doing fabrication and welding where you will be involved in marking out, fabrication and welding and learning and developing plating skills and increase knowledge and understanding of fabrication processes.
- Wage
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£16,672 a year
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The pay may be negotiated and may rise after a probation period has been successfully completed
- Training course
- Metal fabricator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday: 6.00am - 4.15pm
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years 9 months
- 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
- Carry out instructions from the technical services manager and team leaders in all aspects of the role
- To produce a consistently high standard of work, meeting the targets and deadlines set by the manager and relevant training facilitators
- To identify and where possible offer solutions to training issues and procedures
- Under instruction and within training guidelines, operate/train in the use of Cullum machinery/ equipment in order to gain a good knowledge of machine capacities and metal working techniques
- Learn and develop welding techniques and skills with a view to securing qualification in this discipline
- Learn and develop plating skills and increase knowledge and understanding of fabrication processes
- General labouring duties around the shop floor including fettling/ cleaning fabricated items and sweeping up when necessary
Where you'll work
Adams Close Heanor Gate Industrial Park
Heanor
DE75 7SW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TRAINING SERVICES 2000 LTD
Training course
Metal fabricator (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Work safely at all times, comply with health & safety legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Comply with environmental legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Obtain, check and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation).
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity.
- Undertake the work activity using the correct processes, procedures and equipment.
- Carry out the required checks (such as quality, compliance or testing) using the correct procedures, processes and/or equipment.
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within the limits of their responsibility using approved diagnostic methods and techniques and report those which cannot be resolved to the appropriate personnel.
- Complete any required documentation using the defined recording systems at the appropriate stages of the work activity.
- Restore the work area on completion of the activity and where applicable return any resources and consumables to the appropriate location.
- Identify and follow correct Metal work instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Mark out using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Cut and form Metal for the production or maintenance of fabricated products.
- Produce and assemble Metal products to required specification and quality requirements.
- Identify and follow correct joining instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Carry out the relevant preparation before starting the joining fabrication activity.
- Set up, check, adjust and use joining and related equipment.
- Weld joints in accordance with approved welding procedures and quality requirements.
- Work safely at all times, comply with health & safety legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Comply with environmental legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Obtain, check and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation).
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity.
- Undertake the work activity using the correct processes, procedures and equipment.
- Carry out the required checks (such as quality, compliance or testing) using the correct procedures, processes and/or equipment.
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within the limits of their responsibility using approved diagnostic methods and techniques and report those which cannot be resolved to the appropriate personnel.
- Complete any required documentation using the defined recording systems at the appropriate stages of the work activity.
- Restore the work area on completion of the activity and where applicable return any resources and consumables to the appropriate location.
- Identify and follow correct Metal work instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Mark out using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Cut and form Metal for the production or maintenance of fabricated products.
- Produce and assemble Metal products to required specification and quality requirements.
- Identify and follow correct joining instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Carry out the relevant preparation before starting the joining fabrication activity.
- Set up, check, adjust and use joining and related equipment.
- Weld joints in accordance with approved welding procedures and quality requirements.
Training schedule
An apprenticeship allows you to earn a wage, gain valuable work experience and industry specific competence. You will be expected
to work towards the Metal Fabricator Level 3, with support from your employer and the Chesterfield College Group.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
- Science (grade 4/C)
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
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
Cullum Detuners Limited is a world leading engineering company with a proven track record in providing advanced engineered solutions to the Aerospace, Energy, Marine and Nuclear Sectors. Browsing our website you will be viewing our company history; the range of products and services we provide and an overview of some of the prestigious projects with which we have been involved.
After this apprenticeship
Possible full time position within the company for the right candidate
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TRAINING SERVICES 2000 LTD
James Sayles
saylesj@chesterfield.ac.uk
07929669938
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335265.
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Closes in 27 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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