Printing Apprenticeship
STANDISH SPORTS & UNIFORMS LIMITED
Warrington (WA3 3GR)
Closes in 29 days (Sunday 30 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 October 2025
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Summary
You will be working in the print and embroidery department. Your main tasks will deal with taking an order through the entire process from learning how to order, prepare everything to be able to complete, using the machinery necessary, completing the order and then can even start to deal with customers, once fully trained.
- Wage
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£9,422.40 to £15,238.08, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Print technician (level 3)
- Hours
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24 hours per week. Days and times to be negotiated.
24 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 December 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- 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
- Maintenance on the machines
- Different types of garment printing
- Undertake research on new areas of print we could expand to correctly package jobs for dispatch
- How to use the software associated with the different prints
- Create mock up designs
- Learn social media linked with jobs created
Where you'll work
Unit 116
Golborne Enterprise Park
Golborne
Warrington
WA3 3GR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BPIF TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Print technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply environmental and sustainability procedures in compliance with regulations and standards for example, segregating resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Apply health and safety and manual handling procedures in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Plan and prioritise work
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic for example, work sheets, check lists, handover records, job sheets.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Communicate with others verbally including colleagues or stakeholders.
- Communicate in writing.
- Apply problem-solving techniques to common problems.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Identify, organise and use resources effectively to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Apply team working principles.
- Convert customer files to print-ready files using software and workflow packages.
- Check, process and transmit digital files using software.
- Create and edit digital images.
- Conversion of digital files into colour separations for the defined production method.
- Apply digital techniques to produce a proof.
- Apply colour profiles to the design.
- Apply production techniques to produce plates, screens, or output files.
- Apply pre-press quality assurance procedures.
- Set up and check the multi-unit print press, including speeds, inks and toners and pre-printing quality checks.
- Follow print press start up or warm up procedures.
- Apply print press operations and techniques, including managing colour. Handle variable data on digital presses.
- Follow quality control processes during printing, including checking for colour matching, print resolution, product consistency.
- Apply press equipment and machinery maintenance techniques including cleaning and servicing.
- Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, hand over procedures. Escalate issues.
- Apply press quality assurance procedures.
- Apply safe systems of work to the printing press process in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidelines. This should include identifying risks and hazards and the handling and disposal of chemicals.
- Set up finishing equipment for example, guillotines, stitching-trimming machinery, binding machinery, laminating equipment, die-cutters.
- Operate finishing equipment to apply different finishing processes, for example, varnishing, folding, embossing and debossing, foil blocking, scoring, packing, gluing, match and attach, tab and slot, sorting, banding.
- Prepare printing for next stage, including packing and wrapping.
- Apply post-press equipment maintenance techniques including cleaning and servicing.
- Apply post-press quality assurance procedures such as checking for folding accuracy, stitch alignment, foil position.
- Apply safe systems of work to the finishing process in compliance with regulations, standards and guidelines, including the handling and disposal of chemicals.
- Apply environmental and sustainability procedures in compliance with regulations and standards for example, segregating resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Apply health and safety and manual handling procedures in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Plan and prioritise work
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic for example, work sheets, check lists, handover records, job sheets.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Communicate with others verbally including colleagues or stakeholders.
- Communicate in writing.
- Apply problem-solving techniques to common problems.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Identify, organise and use resources effectively to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Apply team working principles.
Training schedule
A structured, 3-year apprenticeship program leading to a Level 3 Print Technician qualification. Dedicated Support: Regular 1-on-1 meetings with your manager and a designated mentor to track your progress and provide guidance
Culture:
- A supportive and friendly team environment where you can develop your skills and grow with us
- Throughout your time as an apprentice, you will be supported by both your employert and BPIF Training
- You will be assigned a training coordinator to work with you throughout the duration of your apprenticeship
- Training requirements will be discussed at the point of employment to suit both your own and business needs
- Most training and studying will be site-based
- You should be comfortable with planning your workload as you progress through the apprenticeship
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Initiative
- IT skills
- Logical
- Number skills
- Organisation skills
- Patience
- Problem solving skills
About this employer
We believe that our business exists to positively impact out customers, our team, the communities in which we work and our planet. As such we designed our policies and working practices with this in mind. We believe that profit is a result and not a purpose. Our values have led to a Gold Standard accreditation in the Wigan Business Charter. In 2023 we were awarded small business of the year in the Wigan and Leigh Apprenticeship Awards. And more recently, we were named Micro Business of the Year 2024 in the Wigan Borough Business Awards.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon completion of the apprenticeship there will be a permanent role working for us as a printing technician
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BPIF TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348432.
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Closes in 29 days (Sunday 30 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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