Apprentice Engineering Role
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIAL DOORS LTD
LEIGH ON SEA (SS9 5PR)
Closes in 16 days (Monday 1 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 August 2025
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Summary
Apprentice engineering role in the industrial door sector. Apprenticeship covers manufacture, installation, repair and service of the systems the company sells.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Engineering fitter (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday,
Start time various depending on work booked, but 8.00am to 4.30pm in Factory.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 2 September 2025
- Duration
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3 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
The apprenticeship is split into 2 modules, factory work and site work:
- Factory module - You will learn fabrication and use of a variety of tools and disciplines to produce a variety of door systems
- Site module - You will learn from a senior engineer the site aspects of the role, installation, repair and servicing
Where you'll work
45 PROGRESS ROAD
LEIGH ON SEA
SS9 5PR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOUTH ESSEX COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION
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
- Engineering Fitter Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- 1 day will be spent at our Luckyn Lane Campus in Basildon
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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
At the start of the apprenticeship you will be working in the factory at our main office, you will then go out on various sites with a main engineer. When out with a fitter you will be require to make your own way to the factory or a meeting place on route to your fitter – but this would be discussed prior to the job booked with you.
About this employer
Established in 1979 Guardian Industrial Doors are a family run business based in Leigh on sea in Essex. From this base we serve the whole country and are involved in the supply manufacture, installation, repair and maintenance of industrial and commercial doors systems
After this apprenticeship
- Possible full time employment dependant on availability and successful completion of the apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOUTH ESSEX COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Diane Ridgley
diane.ridgley@southessex.ac.uk
07855701273
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337399.
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Closes in 16 days (Monday 1 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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