Apprentice Fabricator / Sheet Metal Worker
KAEFER LIMITED
Jarrow (NE32 3DP)
Closes on Thursday 12 February 2026
Posted on 22 December 2025
Contents
Summary
Kaefer is offering an exciting opportunity for 2 x Metal Fabricator Apprentices to join their team based in Jarrow, South Tyneside. This apprenticeship is ideal for 2 candidatesl ooking to build long-term careers in metal fabrication and sheet metal working, gaining hands-on experience within a professional manufacturing environment.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Metal fabricator (level 3)
- Hours
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07:30 to 16:15 Mon to Thurs (30 min unpaid lunch break) and 07:30 to 12:30 on Friday, no lunch break
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 13 April 2026
- Duration
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3 years 6 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 apprentice will:
- Work with time served sheet metal workers and fabricators.
Learn how to read drawings, select steel and prepare materials
be trained in how to use specialist tools and equipment in the workshop - Mark off, measure, cut and bend using various cutting and forming tools and equipment
- Work safely at all times complying with health and safety legislation, regulations, organisational and environmental requirements
- Prepare for the metal fabrication activities before commencing work
- Check materials conform to the specified grades, dimensions and thicknesses identified on detailed engineering drawings
- Use the correct methods for the moving and handling resources and materials
- Set up, check and adjust the equipment for use in the safe and reliable fabrication of metal products or components and maintaining the equipment in a reliable and safe condition throughout
- Interpret technical drawings, patterns, templates and specifications to mark out, produce and assemble complex fabricated products to meet the required specification and quality requirements
- Cut, drill, shape and preparing metal materials during fabrication activities using manual and power tools as required calculating dimensions and tolerances using knowledge of mathematics and instruments/equipment
Where you'll work
9 Rolling Mill Lane
Jarrow
NE32 3DP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TDR TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Metal fabricator (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Work safely at all times, comply with health & safety legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Comply with environmental legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Obtain, check and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation).
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity.
- Undertake the work activity using the correct processes, procedures and equipment.
- Carry out the required checks (such as quality, compliance or testing) using the correct procedures, processes and/or equipment.
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within the limits of their responsibility using approved diagnostic methods and techniques and report those which cannot be resolved to the appropriate personnel.
- Complete any required documentation using the defined recording systems at the appropriate stages of the work activity.
- Restore the work area on completion of the activity and where applicable return any resources and consumables to the appropriate location.
- Identify and follow correct Metal work instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Mark out using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Cut and form Metal for the production or maintenance of fabricated products.
- Produce and assemble Metal products to required specification and quality requirements.
- Identify and follow correct joining instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Carry out the relevant preparation before starting the joining fabrication activity.
- Set up, check, adjust and use joining and related equipment.
- Weld joints in accordance with approved welding procedures and quality requirements.
- Work safely at all times, comply with health & safety legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Comply with environmental legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Obtain, check and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation).
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity.
- Undertake the work activity using the correct processes, procedures and equipment.
- Carry out the required checks (such as quality, compliance or testing) using the correct procedures, processes and/or equipment.
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within the limits of their responsibility using approved diagnostic methods and techniques and report those which cannot be resolved to the appropriate personnel.
- Complete any required documentation using the defined recording systems at the appropriate stages of the work activity.
- Restore the work area on completion of the activity and where applicable return any resources and consumables to the appropriate location.
- Identify and follow correct Metal work instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Mark out using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Cut and form Metal for the production or maintenance of fabricated products.
- Produce and assemble Metal products to required specification and quality requirements.
- Identify and follow correct joining instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Carry out the relevant preparation before starting the joining fabrication activity.
- Set up, check, adjust and use joining and related equipment.
- Weld joints in accordance with approved welding procedures and quality requirements.
Training schedule
The candidate will work towards a Metal Fabricator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:
- Extended Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge)
- End point assessment
- Delivery method to be confirmed
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
Kaefer in Jarrow is part of the global KAEFER Group, which has over 33,000 employees and operates in more than 30 countries, offering services that help keep complex industrial assets safe, efficient and long-lasting. Kaefer’s core business is delivering technical industrial services across sectors such as nuclear, energy, defence and heavy industry. Their work focuses on asset integrity and maintenance, helping clients protect and extend the life of critical infrastructure.
Services offered include access solutions (like scaffolding and rope access), insulation and thermal management, surface and protective coatings, electrical, control & instrumentation work, inspection & non-destructive testing, HVAC design and fabrication and asbestos management. They also provide specialist engineering, facilities support, passive fire protection, industrial cleaning and metal fabrication.
At the Jarrow site, Kaefer combines its UK head office with a fabrication facility producing precision-engineered components like steel ductwork used in projects such as nuclear power stations.
Overall, Kaefer Jarrow delivers tailored solutions that ensure safety, compliance and operational continuity for demanding industrial environments.
After this apprenticeship
- Full-time position upon completion of the apprenticeship may be offered to the right candidate
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TDR TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005704.
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Closes on Thursday 12 February 2026
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