Apprentice Production Operative

Limbtex Limited

Wigston (LE18 4AE)

Closes in 29 days (Friday 16 January 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 18 December 2025

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Summary

To be a vital part of the production department, working in the print, strap and stockinette departments. Examination of workloads in each department, and prioritising time. Gaining an understanding of what each job entails and planning tasks around deadlines.

• Wage:

  £15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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• Training course: Improvement technician (level 3)
• Hours: Monday - Thursday, 8.00am - 4.30pm and Friday, 8.00am - 4.00pm.

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 2 February 2026

• Duration:

  1 year 3 months

• Positions available:

  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

Design department:

• Preparing print ready files – checking artwork proofs
• Provide print production quality assurance and review entire work from concept through to delivery
• Adhering to efficient waste management
• Safely operating printers, plotter cutter, lamination machine

Strap Department:

• Keeping the production machinery clean at all times
• Making straps, chafes and pads
• Measuring and cutting materials
• Packing, and labelling
• Following standards of Quality Assurance throughout process
  Ensure that all standard operating procedures and processes are followed and adhered
• Provide a safe working environment, adhering to Health, Safety & procedures and ensuring they are understood and practiced by the team at all times
• Ensures all areas are kept clean and in line with cleaning procedures
  Keep waste to a minimum

Stockinette Department:

• Keep stockinette machines cleaned and area tidy
• Marking up reels
• Assist in putting stockinette stock away
• Loading machines with yarn
• Running stockinette machines
• Making up reels
• Weighing and measuring
• Packing, and labelling
• Following standards of Quality Assurance throughout process
  Ensure that all standard operating procedures and processes are followed and adhered
• Provide a safe working environment, adhering to Health, Safety & procedures and ensuring they are understood and practiced by the team at all times
• Ensures all areas are kept clean and in line with cleaning procedures
  Keep waste to a minimum

Where you'll work

1 Elizabeth Business Park
Tigers Close
Wigston
LE18 4AE

Training

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

Training provider

GLP TRAINING LTD

Training course

Improvement technician (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Compliance: Work in accordance with organisational controls and statutory regulations
• Communication: Share improvement progress through appropriate reporting
• Project management: Plan, manage and implement improvement activities. Identify and support management of risks. Develop the business case for improvement activity and implementation
• Change management: Engage through communications. Reinforce – positively and negatively. Effectively coach peers
• Principles and methods: Use a structured method and appropriate improvement tools engaging with subject matter experts to deliver business benefits
• Project selection and Scoping: Identify and scope improvement projects and establish clear measurable objectives
• Problem definition: Develop a problem/opportunity statement supported by validated data
• Voice of the customer: Apply techniques to identify customers, their requirements and translate these to metrics
• Process mapping & analysis: Apply process mapping tools to visualise processes, analyse process performance establishing key insights for performance improvement
• Lean tools: Apply techniques such as identification and removal of 8 wastes, 5S (Sort, Shine, Set, Standardise, Sustain), standard work, kaizen, visual displays and controls, error proofing, preventative maintenance
• Data acquisition for analysis: Develop data collection plan and validated measurement processes to understand performance
• Basic statistics & measures: Establish patterns and trends in data over time using tally, pie, run/trend and pareto charts
• Data analysis-statistical methods: Identify common and special cause variation
• Process capability & performance: Analyse product/process performance using good quality data
• Root cause analysis: Use cause and effect diagrams, technique of 5 whys and graphical analysis to understand and verify root causes
• Identification & prioritisation: Identify and prioritise improvement solutions
• Benchmarking: Recognise the value of sharing best practice
• Sustainability & control: Create control and reaction plans with detection measures, identify opportunities to embed changes to leverage benefit to the business.

Training schedule

• Monthly 1-to-1 meetings (approx. 2 hours) with a GLP Trainer, either face-to-face or virtually
• Online learning modules and group sessions
• Building an electronic portfolio of work-based evidence
• Maths and English Functional Skills (if necessary). Please click here to learn more
• Around 6 hours per week dedicated to apprenticeship activities
  Final assessment by an external examiner, comprising a resourcing project assignment and a professional discussion to complete the qualification

More training information

• The training follows a blended learning model, delivered primarily on-the-job during working hours
• A structured learning and assessment plan ensures progress is regularly evaluated throughout the course

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 5 and above)
• Maths (grade 5 and above)

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
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative

About this employer

LimbTex Ltd is a manufacturer and supplier of high quality Prosthetic & Orthotic materials, based in South Wigston, Leicestershire, East Midlands, in the United Kingdom. 

We have been supplying the National Health Service (NHS), trade companies, private practices and distributors worldwide since 2006.

The CEO/Owner has been in the prosthetic and orthotic profession for over 37 years and brings a wealth of knowledge to the company regarding materials and their applications.

After this apprenticeship

• Upon completion of apprenticeship there will be opportunities to progress within the company for the correct individual

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

GLP TRAINING LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005406.

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Closes in 29 days (Friday 16 January 2026 at 11:59pm)