Apprentice Welder
DAHER AEROSPACE LIMITED
DERBY (DE24 9RE)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 12 June 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 May 2026
Contents
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Daher Aerospace as an Apprentice Welder. This position will be inclusive of metalwork and assembly operations.
- Wage
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£16,731 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
Profit related bonus.
- Training course
- Welder (level 2)
- Hours
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7.35am - 4.05pm Monday to Thursday, 7.35am - 3.05pm Fridays. Day release for college each week.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 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
Day-to-day contact will be through the designated co-ordinator/team leader of that area with a direct link to the manufacturing manager. Key responsibilities will be to work closely with the production team leader(s) within the business to learn the principles relevant to all manufacturing departments, but metalwork in particular. This is a hands-on position, and you will experience the various techniques used on a daily basis. This will go hand in hand with understanding the requirement to meet on-time delivery commitments to our customers at the required quality standards. This will include;
- A dedicated college course to assist in learning
- Learning to understand and interpret engineering drawings
- Use of manual and mechanical tools, welding machines (MIG/TIG), bandsaw, milling machine, lathe, press brake, and laser. Training will be provided as necessary
- Learn how to meet the required quality standards
- Gain an understanding of customer specifications and standards
- Gain experience in the differences between manufacturing and servicing
- Learning to understand applicable risk assessments
- Gain an understanding of health & safety requirements
- Undertaking assembly of various containers
- Learning container construction techniques to build both simple and complex designs
- Through communication, develop a relationship with the design department in order to discuss design changes where required
Where you'll work
AMBERLEY DRIVE
SINFIN
DERBY
DE24 9RE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DCG
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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4 or above)
- Maths (grade C/4 or above)
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- Science (grade C/4 or above)
- Technology (grade C/4 or 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
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Willing to learn
- Confidence
- Interest in design
Other requirements
The role is a factory/manufacturing environment, naturally with welding it is steeped with H&S compliance and the need for many forms of PPE that needs to be worn at all times, regardless of environmental conditions.
If we are interested in taking your application further, you will receive an email from a Derby College email address (@derby-college.ac.uk). Please make sure that you check your inbox as well as your spam/junk folders, so you do not miss out on the opportunity to apply.
About this employer
Daher pride themselves as an aircraft manufacturer and an industry & service equipment supplier. Daher asserts its leadership in three main businesses: aircraft manufacturing, aerospace equipment and systems, logistics and supply chain services.
With the stability provided by its family ownership, Daher has been committed to innovation since its creation in 1863. Daher is a leader in Industry 4.0, designing and developing value-added solutions for its industrial partners.
https://www.daher.com/en/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- 20 days holidays in year one increasing to 25 in second year
- Medicash health programme
- Company pension
After this apprenticeship
You will be able to move onto further qualifcations within welding.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DCG
Chloe Westhead
chloe.westhead@derby-college.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000033232.
Apply now
Closes in 16 days (Friday 12 June 2026 at 11:59pm)