Apprentice Engineering Level 3 Technical Support
Shrewsbury College
Shrewsbury (SY2 6PR)
Closes on Monday 19 January 2026
Posted on 18 December 2025
Contents
Summary
A unique opportunity for an Engineering Apprentice to work alongside our outstanding engineering team, ensuring the Engineering workshops run efficiently and support lesson delivery.
Involving a range of duties, supported by an experienced team, you'll also undertake a Level 3 Engineering Techncal Support Apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£14,560 a year
- Training course
- Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
37 hours per week
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 26 January 2026
- Duration
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4 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
- To prepare and develop equipment and materials for student and teacher use
- Apply workplace organisation processes adopting LEAN methodologies
- To support the re-organisation rooms and facilities as required
- To plan and organise maintenance on equipment, tools and facilities (including recording of such incidents, maintenance logs etc.)
- Assist staff during classes, demonstrate techniques and advise students as appropriate
- Check equipment and materials and return to storage following classes
- Clean maintain and repair equipment, including tidying
- To ensure that current Health and Safety legislation and codes are maintained and storage of equipment and materials (such as Risk assessments, COSHH, Safe Systems or Work)
- Prepare orders for material and equipment, check goods on arrival and maintain an inventory of materials and equipment as required and make necessary reports
- Contribute to appropriate maintenance, repair projects and programmes throughout the College
- Work flexibly, undertake training and development, and undertake such other tasks as may be required or directed from time to time to meet the needs of the College
- Support and promote the College’s equal opportunity, diversity, health and safety, Prevent and other policies, processes and objectives
- Shrewsbury College actively promotes a ‘safeguarding children and vulnerable adult’ culture. As such employees are expected to carry out their role and responsibility in relation to a childs’ or vulnerable adults’ welfare. Employees are expected to access child protection training in accordance with their role and be aware of who to contact and what action to take if there are concerns regarding the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult. We are committed to ensuring that all employees are supported in respect to their safeguarding children and vulnerable adult duties
- Work positively to suggest and deliver quality improvements for your area. Engage with all quality improvements agreed for implementation from both internal and external sources
Where you'll work
London Road
Shrewsbury
SY2 6PR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SHREWSBURY COLLEGES GROUP
Training course
Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO). European Norm (EN).
- Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
- Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles.
- Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
- Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Produce job specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications.
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery.
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO). European Norm (EN).
- Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
- Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles.
- Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
- Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Produce job specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications.
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery.
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Training schedule
Training will also be held on our London Road campus- this will be discussed at interview but will likely be 2 days of day release, with the remainder being based within the Engineering department undertaking your job role.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
- Engineering (grade pass)
- IOSH or NEBOSH (grade pass)
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
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Awareness of Health & Safety
- Understanding of workshops
- Mechanical equipment interest
Other requirements
Essential - Keen interest in mechanical equipment and industry.
Essential - Strong team ethos, working on own initiaitive and have high standards of work mentality.
Desirable - Knowledge of engineering processes such as welding and milling and turning.
Desirable - full driving license
About this employer
Shrewsbury College gives students greater choices and dedicated subject resources at different campus locations and is proud to offer the largest and most flexible curriculum within Shropshire, comprising A Levels, vocational diplomas, T Levels, apprenticeships, and higher education qualifications.
http://www.shrewsbury.ac.uk (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Potentially a full time role, or progression to further qualifications
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SHREWSBURY COLLEGES GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005821.
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Closes on Monday 19 January 2026