Quality Technician Apprenticeship
ADVANCED MATERIALS LTD
LITTLEHAMPTON (BN17 7HD)
Closes in 16 days (Monday 10 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 October 2025
Contents
Summary
Join Advanced Materials Ltd as an Apprentice Quality Technician and start your career in manufacturing quality. This is a hands-on role where you'll learn how to inspect silicone products, manage quality records, and support compliance with industry standards such as ISO 9001 and customer specifications.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
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As the Apprentice develops their skills within the company there will be salary increases and profit share possibilities.
- Training course
- Quality practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday between 9am to 5pm, shifts.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Sunday 30 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 4 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
You’ll work alongside experienced team members, gain exposure to real-world production and inspection processes, and complete a Level 4 Quality Practitioner apprenticeship — setting you up for a long-term career as a Quality Assessor or Quality Engineer.
If you have a good eye for detail, a methodical mindset, and a willingness to learn, we’d love to hear from you.
Where you'll work
UNIT 17
ARNDALE ROAD
WICK
LITTLEHAMPTON
BN17 7HD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MBKB LTD
Training course
Quality practitioner (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
- Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
- Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
- Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
- Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
- Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
- Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
- Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
- Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
- Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
- Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
- Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
- Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
- Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
- Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
- Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
- Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
- Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
- Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
- Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
- Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
- Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
- Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
- Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
Training schedule
A 100% tailored training and assessment program will be delivered to support you throughout your Apprenticeship (14–18 months including endpoint assessment). Topics covered include –
- Introduction to Quality and Quality Management Systems
- Quality – Organisations and their Context
- Product and Service Life Cycle and Design
- Understanding and Delivering Customer Requirements
- Risk, Opportunity and Objectives
- Leveraging the value of Audits
- Driving Improvement
- Culture, Communication and Life-Long learning
You may need to complete level 2 Maths and English Functional skills (if you cannot evidence prior grades).
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this employer
About Advanced Materials Specialist Silicone Rubber Company Advanced Materials is a UK manufacturer of silicone rubber extrusions, trusted by engineers, buyers and production teams across regulated sectors. With over 30 years’ experience, we support companies in aerospace, food and drink, medical, transport and industrial manufacturing. Our in-house team combines technical expertise with reliable production and full traceability, helping you meet performance, compliance and supply chain demands with confidence.
https://www.siliconerubberextrusions.co.uk/about/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
As an Apprentice Quality Technician, you’ll inspect silicone products during and after production, carry out patrol and final checks, and support ISO 9001/14001 compliance. You’ll help manage NCRs, assist with audits, and contribute to maintaining high quality standards. With mentoring and structured training, you’ll build the skills needed to progress into a full Quality Lead role while completing a Level 4 Quality Practitioner apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MBKB LTD
Nicki Bevan
recruit@mbkbgroup.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348307.
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Closes in 16 days (Monday 10 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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