Apprentice Workshop Technician

LABCARE SERVICES LTD

BRAINTREE (CM7 3QT)

Closes in 31 days (Friday 13 June 2025)

Posted on 12 May 2025

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Summary

We are currently seeking an Apprentice Workshop Technician to join our team. In this role with us you will be providing a service to many of the top research medical industries throughout the UK. Receiving inhouse one to one training to achieve a high level of skill in repairing, servicing and calibrating equipment to a high standard throughout.

Wage

£13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Depending on individual performance a discretionary bonus payment is paid annually to employees.

Training course
Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Thursday 7:30am - 4:00pm. Fridays 7:30am - 12:30pm. With a one hour lunch break each day.

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

3 years 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

Role Responsibilities will include:

  • Repair of faulty modules and units using soldering de-soldering equipment.
  • Reading engineering drawings.
  • Using workshop equipment for fabrication, temperature measurements and calibrations.
  • Understanding electrical principles.
  • Fault find to component level.
  • Administration - Using PC and telephone to communicate with suppliers, customer and company staff.
  • Purchasing of components required for day to day running of the company.
  • Assisting field and workshop engineers with sourcing replacement components.
  • Arranging collection and returns of customers equipment’s.
  • Packaging goods into boxes and unpacking goods shipped to Labcare.
  • Inspection of goods on receipt and dispatch. Making sure all paperwork is supplied for dispatch.
  • The occasional visit to other sites to assist field engineers with their workloads.

Where you'll work

1A CHAPEL HILL
BRAINTREE
CM7 3QT

Training

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

College or training organisation

COLCHESTER INSTITUTE

Your 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.

Your training plan

  • 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.
  • All college attendance will be at Colchester Institute at our Colchester Campus one day per week.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade A*-C/9-4)
  • maths (grade A*-B/9-5)
  • science (grade A*-C/9-4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship 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

Other requirements

The position is mainly workshop based but there may be field work as needs must, and some long periods of computer use.

About this company

Labcare Service Ltd is a service company supplying the UK medical research industry with the repair of faulty laboratory equipment, equipment service and a UKAS calibration service. Our engineers are recognised throughout the industry for there skills in getting our customers back up and running in quick time. Being in the East means we have quick access to a large customer base such as Cambridge, London, Oxford etc.

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Company benefits

Annual Holiday of 24 days a year + bank holidays. After 5 years you will receive 1 extra day per year up to a maximum of 28 days. Following a successful probation period of 3 months you will be eligible to join the company pension scheme.

After this apprenticeship

Technician to Engineer to Senior engineer as appropriate to experience and training passes.

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 VAC1000318449.

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Closes in 31 days (Friday 13 June 2025)

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