Apprentice Fabricator / Welder
SUPREME SURFACE TREATMENT ENGINEERI D
Little Burton West (DE14 1PP)
Closes in 11 days (Thursday 21 May 2026)
Posted on 7 May 2026
Contents
Summary
Under supervision you will perform essential duties to ensure that parts are fabricated to the specifications detailed in the engineering drawings and other related documents. One of the prime duties is to assure both quality and quantity. Working as a team to provide in-process trouble shooting and evaluate the quality of the finished product.
- Wage
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£18,200 a year
- Training course
- Welder (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday 7:30am – 4:30pm, Friday 7:30am – 1:30pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 July 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
Fabricating and welding metal components to manufacture jigs, baskets + bespoke items for surface finishing + aerospace industries.
Over the Apprenticeship period you will learn to:
- Refer to specifications, drawings to understand the project effectively
- Read and interpret complex blueprints to comprehend work order
- Perform preventative and regular maintenance on tools used in all processes
- Confirm conformance of finished work to specifications, using measuring and inspection tools as necessary
- Create appropriate labour and time reports by following instructions provided by superiors
- Identify workmanship and material defects and deficiencies
- Provide tooling and fixturing improvement solutions as need during each procedure
- Complete all reports and other paperwork associated with projects in process
- Perform other related duties as assigned
- Report any problems to appropriate setter/supervisor
Where you'll work
Little Burton West
DE14 1PP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BURTON AND SOUTH DERBYSHIRE COLLEGE
Training course
Welder (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
- Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
- Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
- Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
- Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
- Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
- Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
- Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
- Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
- Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
- Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
- Identify surface defects.
- Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
- Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
- Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
- Apply team working principles.
- Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
- Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
- Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
- Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
- Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
- Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
- Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
- Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
- Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
- Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
- Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
- Identify surface defects.
- Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
- Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
- Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
- Apply team working principles.
Training schedule
Level 2 General Welder apprenticeship standard
Level 1/2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
This apprenticeship is delivered through a combination of Work Based Assessment and day/block release. The programme will culminate in an End Point Assessment, where all the skills and knowledge gained on the apprenticeship will be formally tested.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Initiative
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Time-Management
Other requirements
Driving licence preferred.
About this employer
Leading manufacturers of Jigs, Racking systems, Baskets, Heaters, Coils and many other products for the Anodising & Electroplating industry
Our company’s main priority is to provide a fast and efficient service, supplying excellent quality products and solutions which fulfil our clients needs.
We use the latest CAD CAM technologies to produce precision components for many companies in aerospace, agriculture, automotive and food industries.
Utilizing our expertise in both metal finishing technologies and production manufacturing, we work with a range of specialist materials such as Titanium, Stainless Steel and various plastics.
We know that quality is crucial - our employee’s have been retained not only for their core skills in engineering but also because they have shown that they care about the products they make. We strive to refine our production techniques continuously.
After this apprenticeship
Upon completing a 3-month trial prior to enrolment on the apprenticeship, successful candidates will be employed full time, upon completion of a successful 3-month trial period.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BURTON AND SOUTH DERBYSHIRE COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000030301.
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Closes in 11 days (Thursday 21 May 2026)
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