Engineering Fitter Apprentice Technician
S S S GEARS LTD
Sunbury-on-Thames (TW16 5BL)
Closes on Friday 22 May 2026
Posted on 26 February 2026
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Summary
As the apprentice, you will have the opportunity to receive on-the-job training and work towards your qualifications with Kingston College. You will be fully involved in the engineering industry, where there is a need to follow drawings, solve problems, and work as a team to complete any manufactured product.
- Wage
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£17,355 a year
- Training course
- Engineering fitter (level 3)
- Hours
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Mon – Fri, 08:30 – 17:00 hrs. 37.5 hrs p/w.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- 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
Due to an unprecedented order intake, we have vacancies for two Apprentice Fitter - Technicians within our company.
This is a long-term career opportunity within our company where you will become an integral part of the team. Learning from our experienced fellow technicians how to build and test clutches, understanding work operating systems regarding quality and documentation control of all clutches and other various components that come through the workshop.
This is an exciting opportunity to become a member of a high-calibre team involved in the inspection, assembly & testing of a wide variety of both small and large rotating units.
We are looking for highly motivated persons who have ambition, want to make a career and become a successful mechanical engineer in maintenance diagnostics, mechatronics, tool making and wants to gain experience in the technical assembly of complex components.
This is a very active and varied role requiring an energetic person with common sense and the ability to carry out a variety of the following duties:
As part of the role, you will be taught;
- Engineering best practices
- How to read technical drawings
- How follow issued build instructions – written and verbal
- Record in a clear and concise manner, build a data of components and testing results
- The use of hand tools and willingness to learn how to use these hand tools correctly for the building and fine finishing of components
- Training in the use of tools for measurement equipment, ranging from Verniers, Micrometres, Dial Test Indicators, and other such specialist gauging equipment
- Understands health and safety requirements
You will be a team player who can work well in a team as well as on your own. You will be able to plan your time well and meet tight deadlines on assigned work.
Where you'll work
S.S.S.Gears Ltd, Synchro House, Park Road
Sunbury-on-Thames
TW16 5BL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOUTH THAMES COLLEGES GROUP
Training course
Engineering fitter (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
- Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
- Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
- Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
- Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
- Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
- Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
- Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
- Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
- Reporting work outcomes or issues.
- Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
- Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
- Operating within limits of responsibility.
- Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
- Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
- Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
- Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
- Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
- Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
- Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
- Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
- Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
- Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
- Reporting work outcomes or issues.
- Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
- Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
- Operating within limits of responsibility.
- Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
Training schedule
You will attend Kingston College for your off the job training working towards Level 3 Engineering Fitter Apprenticeship as well as working alongside qualified and experienced Engineers.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Maths (grade 4)
- English (grade 4)
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
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Patience
Other requirements
You will need to be able to travel to both Kingston College (KT1) and SSS Gears (TW16).
About this employer
SSS Gears Ltd. is a private mechanical engineering company with over 70 years of history and experience in manufacture of mechanical clutches. We design, manufacture, assemble and test mechanical clutches which are widely used in the industrial fields throughout the world, from Power Generation, Energy Reclamation, Marine systems, and Petrochemical to name a few of the industries we are working with. All these various products are designed, assembled, and tested at our facility in Sunbury-on-Thames, London. Manufacturing of our large components is carried out by our site based in Tamworth and we also use local subcontract engineering companies to manufacture smaller clutches and components of the clutches, so all our components are manufactured in the UK.
After this apprenticeship
Completion of the apprenticeship is designed to be recognised by relevant Professional Engineering Institutions at the appropriate level of professional registration (EngTech). A number of our Engineering Apprentices go on to complete the HNC and HND offered at Kingston College.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOUTH THAMES COLLEGES GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000018205.
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Closes on Friday 22 May 2026
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