Welding Apprentice
WEBSTER WILKINSON LTD
TELFORD (TF7 4QP)
Closes in 18 days (Tuesday 3 November 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 October 2026
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Summary
Webster Wilkinson is looking for a motivated apprentice to join our team and learn the welding trade. You’ll work alongside experienced welders and fabricators, building real skills on real projects while earning a wage and gaining a nationally recognised qualification.
- Wage
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£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Welder (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday, 7.00am to 3.30pm.
Friday 7.00am to 12.00pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 9 November 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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2
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 duties will include:
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Learning to weld using [MIG / TIG / MMA] processes in a range of materials
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Reading and following engineering drawings and welding procedures
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Preparing materials, including cutting, grinding and fit-up
Working safely at all times, following health and safety procedures and wearing the correct PPE -
Checking your own work to the required quality standards
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Keeping your workspace clean and tidy
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Supporting the wider fabrication team as needed
Where you'll work
UNIT A
HALESFIELD 10
TELFORD
TF7 4QP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Training course
Welder (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
This is a Level 2 Welding apprenticeship. The apprentice will be required to attend the training centre, In-Comm Training Services, in Telford, TF3 3AJ, 1 day per week for 2 years.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Can-do attitude
- Self-disciplined
- Highly motivated
Other requirements
- A genuine interest in welding and engineering
- A reliable, punctual and positive attitude
- Good practical skills and attention to detail
- Willingness to learn and take instruction
- Ability to work as part of a team
About this employer
For over 50 years Webster-Wilkinson Ltd have been helping to connect the Transmission and Distribution Industry with our range of high voltage transformer bushings, cable boxes, connectors, off-circuit tapping switches and protection and indication equipment. From our own factories in the UK, Webster-Wilkinson Ltd are able to control production from raw materials up to tested and inspected finished product. Our In-house processes vary from traditional skills – such as our foundry and include also the latest laser cutting equipment. We operate a completely integrated manufacturing facility producing all our own products from raw materials. We are able to design and manufacture solutions for you or alternatively manufacture parts or equipment to your specifications. Over our long history Webster-Wilkinson Ltd have supplied high-voltage equipment and components to most if not all UK Power and Distribution transformer manufacturers – including GEC, Babcock, Bonar Long, Parsons Peebles, South Wales Transformers, Lindley Thompson, Brentford and Hawker Siddeley Power Transformers. We continue to supply current UK transformer manufacturers including Brush, ABB, Groupe Schneider, Areva, Alstom, Seimens, Richard Wilson, Bowers, Transmag, T & R, Ultra and IST amongst others. We also supply our products and services to most leading Distribution Network Operators including Western Power Distribution, UK Power Networks, CE Electric UK and Scottish & Southern Energy.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Further training may be offered to the correct candidate once this qualification has been achieved
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Alex Jones
AlexJ@in-comm.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000059286.
Apply now
Closes in 18 days (Tuesday 3 November 2026 at 11:59pm)