General Apprentice Engineer
W S BARRETT AND SON LTD
LINCOLNSHIRE (PE21 7PJ)
Closes in 18 days (Monday 21 September 2026)
Posted on 3 September 2026
Contents
Summary
A fantastic opportunity to learn real life engineering skills on the job as part of a close team.
- Wage
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£16,224 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Engineering operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday 8.30am - 4.30pm and Friday 8.00am - 3.30pm.
Lunch break 12.30pm - 1.00pm.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 25 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
- Be part of a team producing quality products
- Learning new skills that cannot be taught at college
- Diverse tasks from cutshop, welding, paintshop and finishing department
- Hands on training in new departments
Where you'll work
RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
MARSH LANE
BOSTON
LINCOLNSHIRE
PE21 7PJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BOSTON COLLEGE
Training course
Engineering operative (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety legislation, regulations, environmental compliance procedures and systems and other relevant guidelines
- Identify and deal appropriately with any risks, hazards, hazardous situations and problems that may occur within the engineering environment within the limits of their responsibility
- Demonstrate effective communication skills which include oral, written, electronic
- Complete appropriate documentation accurately, efficiently and legibly using the correct terminology where required
- Obtain and follow the correct documentation, specifications and work instructions in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the engineering activities, extracting the necessary data/information from specification and related documentation
- Select and use appropriate tools, equipment and materials to carry out the engineering operation
- Deal appropriately with any problems that may occur within the manufacturing environment within the limits of their responsibility
- Work efficiently and effectively at all times maintaining workplace organisation and minimising waste
- Carryout fault location on appropriate equipment using suitable maintenance diagnostic techniques
- Carryout maintenance activities in line with work instructions
- Carryout tests on the maintained equipment in accordance with test schedule/defined test procedures
- Follow appropriate completion activities and restore equipment to service by replacing or repairing components
- Plan the mechanical manufacturing operation before they start
- Mount and set the required workholding devices
- Produce individual components, sub-assemblies or completed assemblies using mechanical manufacturing techniques
- Carryout quality checks during and after mechanical manufacturing operations
- Wire and terminate different types of cabling e.g. single core, multi core, screened, fire resistant, armoured, etc.
- Assemble and test a range of electrical components e.g. component panels, isolator switches, fuses, circuit breakers, contactors, relays, rail mounted terminal blocks, etc.
- Assemble and test a range of electronic components e.g. resistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors, etc.
- Follow appropriate completion activities and restore equipment/system to service after the assembly and testing has been completed
- Shape the materials using the appropriate methods and techniques
- Join the materials using the appropriate methods and techniques
- Produce components which meet the specification requirements
- Carryout quality checks during and after the fabrication activities
- Plan the materials, processing or finishing operation before they start
- Prepare equipment, tooling, materials, etc. and complete set up activities before carrying out the materials, processing or finishing operation
- Carry out the material, processing or finishing operation in line with specific safe working practices and specification requirements
- Carryout quality checks during and after the materials, processing or finishing operation
- Plan the technical support operation before they start
- Prepare equipment, tooling, materials, etc. and complete set up activities before carrying out the technical support
- Carry out the technical support operation in line with specific safe working practices and specification requirements
- Carryout quality checks during and after the technical support operation
Training schedule
The Engineering will typically take between 12-18 months to complete. You will attend College for one day a week.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 3 and above)
- Maths (grade 3 and 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Numerically accurate
Other requirements
- Numerically accurate, measuring is a large part of the position
- Special basic lifting and abrasive wheel
- Good timekeeping is essential. Lateness is not tolerated on a high scale
About this employer
Engineering firm, established since 1949. Producers of quality manual handling equipment, bespoke farm and horticultural equipment and supplier to the motor manufacturing industries.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Successful completion of the course would allow you to progress onto a level 3 course, either full time or as an apprentice or alternatively direct into employment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BOSTON COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000051539.
Apply now
Closes in 18 days (Monday 21 September 2026)
After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.