Quality Inspection Engineering Apprentice

Summary

We have an established apprenticeship programme that provides you with the opportunity to obtain a wide range of skills throughout the business, focussing on 3 and 5 axis CNC milling and CNC turning.

Wage

£15,311.40 a year

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Training course

Machining technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday – Friday, between 08:00 – 16:30.

39 hours a week

Start date

Sunday 31 August 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

We have an established apprenticeship programme that provides you with the opportunity to obtain a wide range of skills throughout the business, focussing on 3 and 5 axis CNC milling and CNC turning.

Throughout your apprenticeship you will experience and learn how to set and operate CNC machinery, create and edit CAD/CAM programs, how to accurately read and interpret drawings and customer requirements, and how to assess and accurately review your own work. We have a total staff of around 35 employees, so you really get to be part of the team.

Duties will include:

With support, you will carry out and test work:

Inspect machined components in line with standards and procedures
Maintain traceable records & results
Report and escalate non-conformities, and to work with colleagues to define and implement corrective actions
Collaborate and communicate with colleagues, suppliers and customers
Maintain good housekeeping across the facility

You’ll be a strong communicator, with the ability to work in a team, showing initiative.

Where you'll work

17-19
ERICA ROAD
STACEY BUSHES
MILTON KEYNES
MK12 6HS

Training

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

College or training organisation

MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE

Your training course

Machining technician (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
Plan and organise own work and resources.
Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
Select machining process.
Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
Measure and check components.
Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
Apply ethical principles.
Apply team working principles.
Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
Plan and organise own work and resources.
Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
Select machining process.
Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
Measure and check components.
Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
Apply ethical principles.
Apply team working principles.

Your training plan

Attendance at Milton Keynes College.

Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician Level 3.

Support from the employer for your learning, development and personal growth.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4-9)
Maths (grade 4-9)
Science (grade 4-9)

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

Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Initiative

Other requirements

Predicted grades will be accepted. However, any offers made will be conditional, pending actual grades.

About this company

Goodman Precision Engineering is an established company with a successful track record in the manufacture and production of parts for a variety of industries, primarily in Motor sport and High Performance Automotive. We continue to invest in the latest technology, to ensure that we are at the forefront of engineering developments. From our comprehensive facility, we have the capacity CNC Milling and Turning, CAD CAM programming, and CNC CMM inspection with full time inspectors working to our ISO9001 accreditation.

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Company benefits

28 days holiday, including Bank Holidays. Increases with service.

After this apprenticeship

At the end of your apprentice, our aim is to have a highly skilled and competent machinist that can join the company on a long-term basis.

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