Welding/Fabrication Apprentice
MERCEDES-BENZ GRAND PRIX LTD
Northamptonshire (NN13 7BD)
Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 24 February 2026)
Posted on 11 February 2026
Contents
Summary
You will develop advanced fabrication and welding skills, with a strong focus on aluminium TIG welding, precision sheet metal work, and general fabrication.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Metal fabricator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
08:30 to 17:30
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- 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
Key Skills to be developed during the Apprenticeship include:
- Understanding and application of TIG welding techniques, with a specific emphasis on aluminium welding to aerospace and motorsport standards
- Experience with MIG and jewellery welding
- Sheet metal fabrication
- Reading, interpreting, and working to technical drawings, and welding symbols
- Use of fabrication and measuring tools including bandsaws, guillotines, rollers, jigs, and inspection equipment
- Understanding material types, heat distortion, joint preparation, and welding sequences to achieve consistent quality
- Developing professional, collaborative relationships within the Fabrication Shop, Machine Shop and across departments, including Design and Quality
- Safe working practices in line with Health, Safety, and Environmental regulations and specific departmental risk assessments
Where you'll work
Operations Centre
Brackley
Northamptonshire
NN13 7BD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE
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
Day release learning at MK College
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 5 and above)
- Maths (grade 5 and above)
- Science (grade 5 and above)
- Two other GCSEs (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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this employer
At the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, a group of passionate and determined people work to design, develop, manufacture and race the cars with the aim of fighting for world championships each and every year. Whether working in our Operations, Technical, Race or Business Support functions, we are all in and aspire to build the greatest team in the history of our sport.
Build your skills. Make an impact. Race towards excellence.
Every dream needs a team.
http://www.mercedesamgf1.com/careers/apprenticeships (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
- Welding/Fabrication Technician
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000014778.
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Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 24 February 2026)
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