Apprentice Welder

CRK ENGINEERING LIMITED

HULL (HU7 0YQ)

Closes in 20 days (Wednesday 2 September 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 11 August 2026

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Summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated person that wishes to start a career as a Welding Apprentice within our team at CRK Engineering. We pride ourselves on offering first class quality service but also first-class training for our employees.

Wage

£16,640 to £26,436.80, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Welder (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Thursday 7.30am - 16.30pm Friday 6am - 12pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 7 September 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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

Main duties will include:

  • To learn to operate power rollers, pillar drills, band saws and hand tools
  • Reading and interpreting drawings
  • Learning and adhering to companies health and safety rules / policies
  • To learn to confidently weld in various techniques using MIG/MAG welders TIG Welder and MMA Welders
  • To assist press-brake operators and learn from them
  • To be trained and undertake material handling / cutting preparation
  • Assist in fabrication construction
  • General labouring duties
  • Additional welding / fabrication training and development will be made available to the right candidate
  • To shadow existing skilled engineers and learn from them
  • To show the hard working, willing to learn attitude that set you ahead from others

Where you'll work

4A BERGEN WAY
SUTTON FIELD
HULL
HU7 0YQ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

HULL 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

  • You will spend one day a week at Hull College while the remaining 4 days will be spent at the place of work learning from highly skilled members of the team
  • You will also be assigned a Skills Coach from Hull college who will regularly visit you in the work place

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 2 - 9 or A* - E)
  • Maths (grade 2 - 9 or A* - E)

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
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

CRK Engineering Ltd. is one of the leading engineering Fabrication/welding and maintenance companies in Hull and surrounding areas. Dedicated to delivering only the highest level of workmanship and quality, our team will ensure your commercial and industrial machinery is working as it should be along with bespoke and batch fabrication in mild steel, stainless steel, aluminium and other ferrous and non ferrous materials

With a specialist team of skilled welders, mechanical engineers, machinists and designers, there’s no repair or installation job too big or too small for us. Our past portfolio of clients spans a wide range of industries including food, pharmaceutical, recycling, construction, oil and gas and caravanning.

https://www.crkengineering.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

  • On successful completion of the apprenticeship there is a full-time position available for the right candidate.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HULL COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000047625.

Apply now

Closes in 20 days (Wednesday 2 September 2026 at 11:59pm)