Level 4 Quality Engineering Technician Apprentice

APOLLO AEROSPACE COMPONENTS LTD

BRIERLEY HILL (DY5 1UU)

Closes in 25 days (Friday 2 January 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 5 December 2025

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Summary

A Quality Technician will understand standards and requirements for the qualification of aerospace parts, inspection techniques and decision making, building up to being a quality delegate with ability to develop procedures and support the requirements of AS9100/9120 certification.

Wage

£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Opportunity for pay increase after first year of apprenticeship is complete.

Training course
Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 08:00 - 16:30.

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 5 January 2026

Duration

2 years

Positions available

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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

  • Support the delivery of high reliability aerospace components by assisting with inspection, testing, and documentation processes across the lifecycle of the parts in Apollo.
  • Learn to conduct dimensional checks, review technical specifications, and verify that materials and assemblies meet stringent aerospace standards.
  • Work alongside experienced quality engineers, the apprentice will participate in root-cause analysis, non-conformance investigations, and continuous improvements activities.
  • Contribute to maintaining accurate quality records, supporting procedure updates and audits, whilst ensuring compliance with Apollo's quality management system and industry regulations.

Where you'll work

UNIT 12B
TWO LOCKS
HURST BUSINESS PARK
BRIERLEY HILL
DY5 1UU

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

DUDLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

Training course

Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Read and extract relevant engineering and manufacturing related data and information (such as workplans or project plans, schedules,  drawings, specifications, production data, quality reports, costing data, statistical information) drawing accurate conclusions and making informed decisions.
  • Use project management tools, such as Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT), stakeholder matrices, risk mapping, radar chart and summary risk profiles.
  • Use problem solving tools such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Process Failure Modes Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Fishbone, Practical Problem Solving (PPS) and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP).
  • Analyse and interpret data and information in order to generate manufacturing engineering documentation such as Parts Per Million (PPM) quality adherence, cost analysis and test data.
  • Communicate using the appropriate method for the audience such as, formal and informal presentations, written reports, verbal, electronic, social media and incorporating relevant and appropriate data or metrics.
  • Use the approved process and quality compliance procedure to create or amend engineering or manufacturing documentation.
  • Use lean tools and techniques, such as Six Sigma, 8 Wastes, Workplace organisation such as 5S's (sort, set in order, shine, standardise and sustain), Kaizen and Poka-Yoke (Error proofing).
  • Apply documentation control processes and procedures such as format, location, access, authorisation.
  • Use financial planning, recording and review processes and documentation such as departmental budgets, estimating, cost control, cost forecasting, and investment appraisal.
  • Use computer based software systems or packages such as Computer Aided Design (CAD), Data Analytics and Databases.
  • Read and extract relevant engineering and manufacturing related data and information (such as workplans or project plans, schedules,  drawings, specifications, production data, quality reports, costing data, statistical information) drawing accurate conclusions and making informed decisions.
  • Use project management tools, such as Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT), stakeholder matrices, risk mapping, radar chart and summary risk profiles.
  • Use problem solving tools such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Process Failure Modes Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Fishbone, Practical Problem Solving (PPS) and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP).
  • Analyse and interpret data and information in order to generate manufacturing engineering documentation such as Parts Per Million (PPM) quality adherence, cost analysis and test data.
  • Communicate using the appropriate method for the audience such as, formal and informal presentations, written reports, verbal, electronic, social media and incorporating relevant and appropriate data or metrics.
  • Use the approved process and quality compliance procedure to create or amend engineering or manufacturing documentation.
  • Use lean tools and techniques, such as Six Sigma, 8 Wastes, Workplace organisation such as 5S's (sort, set in order, shine, standardise and sustain), Kaizen and Poka-Yoke (Error proofing).
  • Apply documentation control processes and procedures such as format, location, access, authorisation.
  • Use financial planning, recording and review processes and documentation such as departmental budgets, estimating, cost control, cost forecasting, and investment appraisal.
  • Use computer based software systems or packages such as Computer Aided Design (CAD), Data Analytics and Databases.

Training schedule

You will be required to attend the Institute of Technology, Dudley College, 1 day per week in term time only.

  • You will be assigned an assessor who will visit you in the workplace up to every 8 weeks to support you with your apprenticeship.
  • Upon successful completion of this apprenticeship you will receive a Engineering Manufacturing Technician HNC Level 4 - Mechanical qualification.

More training information

You will receive on the job training as well as a formal pack to develop you throughout the quality and aerospace parts processes.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C/4/Level 2 Functional Skills)
  • Maths (grade C/4/Level 2 Functional Skills)

Other in:

Level 3 in Engineering/3 A Levels- Maths & Science (grade Pass)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Methodical
  • Willingness to learn

About this employer

We are a growing company in the aerspace parts supply market and are focused on the development of the team which will give us more strength to serve the quality of our products in a large and diverse industry. We want to inpsire and develop the next generation of quality engineers to give us future strength in this space

http://www.apollo-aerospace.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Progression to Quality Engineer.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DUDLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004074.

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Closes in 25 days (Friday 2 January 2026 at 11:59pm)

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