Apprentice Governor Technician
ESSEX GOVERNOR SERVICES LTD
ESSEX (CO6 3NS)
Closes on Saturday 1 August 2026
Posted on 8 June 2026
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Summary
Kickstart your engineering career with hands-on experience across our build shop, machine shop, test shop, and field service callouts. You’ll learn to dismantle, inspect, and rebuild precision equipment while developing real skills in a supportive, close-knit team through experienced employees who have decades of knowledge behind them.
- Wage
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£25,359.75 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
- Salary is £12.75 per hour
- Training course
- Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday 7:45am - 4:30pm. Fridays 7:45am - 1:00pm. With a morning break 10:10am - 10:30am and lunch break 1:00pm - 1:30pm each day.
38 hours 15 minutes 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
Day to day role responsibilities will include:
Build Shop:
- Dismantle governor assemblies and similar equipment
- Use cleaning tanks to clean parts, inspect parts and identify parts that are worn and need replacing
- Rebuild governor assemblies or similar equipment
- Complete overhaul reports and other documentation
- Ensure Health & Safety guidelines and practices are following in line with company policies
- Assist with problem solving issues
- Ensure your work area is kept clean, tidy and well organised
Machine Shop:
- To interpret a technical drawing
- To accurately measure manufactured parts and compare those measurements to a drawing
- To operate machinery
- To handle materials in a safe manner
- To learn the care of cutting and manual tools
- To work effectively with other members of staff
- To identify and mitigate health and safety risks
- To distinguish between different machines and related processes
Where you'll work
WORMINGFORD RD
FORDHAM
COLCHESTER
ESSEX
CO6 3NS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
COLCHESTER INSTITUTE
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
- The apprentice will be working towards the Level 3 Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician Apprenticeship Standard
- Qualifications include the EAL Level 3 Diploma in Engineering and manufacturing support technologies
More training information
- This is a 4-year apprenticeship with college attendance required one day per week
- All college attendance will be at Colchester Institute at our Colchester Campus one day per week
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Desirable qualifications
Level 2 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
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
- Depending on the department the apprentice is in, depends on the additional information required
- Build shop and machine shop there is no additional information
- Test shop and service may be required to go out on site, and work in engine rooms of marine vessels and in turbine halls
- Occasional working overtime may be required (paid at time and a half)
About this employer
Essex Governor Services is a company that prides itself on quality and standard of work. With over four decades of experience in the governing industry we repair, overhaul and make new units of governors. We have a current 24 employees and we are hoping to expand with new engineering minds to come in. Based out of Fordham for the last 32 years and with the company over 41 years old, EGS has a mountain of knowledge in its doors waiting to pass it on to the next person.
https://www.egsgov.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- 22 days holiday plus bank holidays (raising to 25)
- Sick pay after 1 year
- Free car parking
- Uniform/PPE
- Yearly bonus
After this apprenticeship
The company has many promising routes a qualified apprentice can take. Working their way up through the company ladder is a real possibility for the right apprentice with the correct attitude and mind set.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
COLCHESTER INSTITUTE
Colchester Institute - Apprenticeships Team
ci.apprenticeships@colchester.ac.uk
01206712043
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000035532.
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Closes on Saturday 1 August 2026
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