Apprentice Shipwright
CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED
Wirral (CH41 9BP)
Closes in 8 days (Monday 16 June 2025)
Posted on 2 June 2025
Contents
Summary
The Successful Apprentice will be actively and enthusiastically engaged in all activities, to ensure that you learn the practical skills, underpinning knowledge and understanding required to qualify as a Shipwright. Whilst ensuring health and safety and statutory regulations and procedures are followed throughout.
- Wage
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£14,922.60 a year
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Year One - £7.70 per hour Hourly rate will increase with each completed year of the apprenticeship in line with Cammell Laird and The Engineering College expectations and standards
- Training course
- Metal fabricator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday: 08.00 - 16.30
Friday: 08.00 - 14.30 - total 38 hours per week
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- 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
- To be dependable and responsible, (punctual and reliable)
- Learn and follow all health and safety procedures required to keep yourself and others safe
- Familiarise yourself with all equipment; learning how to conduct pre-user checks and report all defects
- Learn how to safely use all plant and equipment
- Positively commit with mentor, training officers, supervisor and HR to complete all elements of the training programme in a timely manner
- Attend full-time, block release and/or day release in college, work diligently to complete, modules, units and elements of theoretical learning and underpinning knowledge in a timely manner
- Following an initial period of ‘Basic Engineering Skills Training’
- Become a competent member of the Shipwright Department This role will include; being a part of drydocking and launching ships, carrying out safety work on vessels and repairing lifeboats
- Follow instructions and advice of supervisors; make a positive contribution in the production process
- Successfully complete trade and coding qualification tests if required to meet company needs, classification society requirements and specifications
- Conduct yourself in a professional manner in all contacts with course personnel, clients, inspectors, supervisors, maintaining the excellent reputation of the company
Where you'll work
Cammell Laird Shipyard
Campbeltown Road
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 9BP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
MARITIME + ENGINEERING COLLEGE NORTH WEST
Your training course
Metal fabricator (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Work safely at all times, comply with health & safety legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Comply with environmental legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Obtain, check and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation).
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity.
- Undertake the work activity using the correct processes, procedures and equipment.
- Carry out the required checks (such as quality, compliance or testing) using the correct procedures, processes and/or equipment.
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within the limits of their responsibility using approved diagnostic methods and techniques and report those which cannot be resolved to the appropriate personnel.
- Complete any required documentation using the defined recording systems at the appropriate stages of the work activity.
- Restore the work area on completion of the activity and where applicable return any resources and consumables to the appropriate location.
- Identify and follow correct Metal work instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Mark out using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Cut and form Metal for the production or maintenance of fabricated products.
- Produce and assemble Metal products to required specification and quality requirements.
- Identify and follow correct joining instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Carry out the relevant preparation before starting the joining fabrication activity.
- Set up, check, adjust and use joining and related equipment.
- Weld joints in accordance with approved welding procedures and quality requirements.
- Work safely at all times, comply with health & safety legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Comply with environmental legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Obtain, check and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation).
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity.
- Undertake the work activity using the correct processes, procedures and equipment.
- Carry out the required checks (such as quality, compliance or testing) using the correct procedures, processes and/or equipment.
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within the limits of their responsibility using approved diagnostic methods and techniques and report those which cannot be resolved to the appropriate personnel.
- Complete any required documentation using the defined recording systems at the appropriate stages of the work activity.
- Restore the work area on completion of the activity and where applicable return any resources and consumables to the appropriate location.
- Identify and follow correct Metal work instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Mark out using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Cut and form Metal for the production or maintenance of fabricated products.
- Produce and assemble Metal products to required specification and quality requirements.
- Identify and follow correct joining instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Carry out the relevant preparation before starting the joining fabrication activity.
- Set up, check, adjust and use joining and related equipment.
- Weld joints in accordance with approved welding procedures and quality requirements.
Your training plan
Metal Fabricator Level 3.
Training will take place full-time at The Engineering College for the first Year.
After the first year you will move across to Cammell Lairds.
Year 1 - full-time at The Engineering College.
Year 2 & 3 - 4 days at Cammell Lairds, 1-day at The Engineering College.
Year 4 - full-time at Cammell Lairds.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
Science (grade 4 or above)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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
Other requirements
All the below are Essential to the Apprenticeship: • Fit with the strength and stamina to complete tasks in very challenging and sometimes inclement conditions • Ability to work at heights, within confined spaces and above water • Good close eye sight • Good hand- eye co-ordination • Ability to maintain competency record book, gather recent evidence. • Ability to complete assignments and other assessment tasks set by mentor, training officer, training provider and HR • Ability to follow health and safety rules, procedures, safe working practices to ensure their own safety and that of others
About this company
Cammell Lairds is Known across the globe, the company was founded by Scottish entrepreneurs William Laird and his son John and has been operating since 1828s. Since its inception, Cammell Laird has built more than 1,350 ships including many famous and innovative vessels. Cammell Laird has been at the forefront of UK shipbuilding and ship repair for more than 120 years. As such, it has played a pivotal role in supporting the Wirral community, sustaining vital jobs and creating a lifeline for the Wirral economy.
After this apprenticeship
Previously our apprentices have gone onto roles in the Technical Office, QA, Management and Supervision roles.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MARITIME + ENGINEERING COLLEGE NORTH WEST
Elaine Kerr
e.kerr@theengineeringcollege.co.uk
07770349902
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000323408.
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Closes in 8 days (Monday 16 June 2025)
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