Machining Engineering Technician Apprentice Level 3 x2
DYNAMATIC LIMITED
Wiltshire (SN2 2PZ)
Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 8 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 17 June 2025
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Summary
This is suited to enthusiastic individuals who have a passion for engineering, along with the confidence, belief, and determination to succeed in a company that offers variety, interest and responsibility with great engineering prospects for the future. Manufacturing engineers are designers, as well as analytical and creative thinkers. Must be 18+
- Wage
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£19,266 a year
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Hourly rate to be between national apprentice wage £7.55 per hour up to £9.50 per hour. Annual salary to be confirmed upon appointing of apprenticeship.
- Training course
- Machining technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday- Thursday, 7.00am- 4.00pm and Friday, 7.00am- 12.00pm
39 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
This is suited to enthusiastic individuals who have a passion for engineering, along with the confidence, belief, and determination to succeed in a company that offers variety, interest and responsibility with great engineering prospects for the future. Manufacturing engineers are designers, as well as analytical and creative thinkers.
This means you can operate on your own initiative but also contribute as a team member working with engineers from various disciplines.
As an Apprentice CNC Machinist / manufacturing engineer you will learn to use the latest cutting-edge machinery to manufacture low to medium volume, bespoke, precision components within a fast-paced environment whilst maintaining extremely high-quality standards, ensuring we continue to provide innovative manufacturing solutions to our customers.
We offer the opportunity to work and learn at the same time to achieve your Advanced Apprenticeship Standard to Level 3. By the end of your apprenticeship, you will have developed the knowledge and skills to:
- Produce the required volume of components within the required timescales to high quality standards, making use of CAD/CAM systems and drawings as appropriate
- Set, operate and program CNC machines producing high quality complex components with maximum efficiency
- Accurately plan the production method and create programmes to the customers specifications
- Operate the relevant inspection equipment to ensure the components are produced to the required quality standards
- Liaise with your manager and team to ensure the manufacturing processes are running at optimum efficiency
- Plan and specify tooling requirements for production, including any jigs and fixtures or special cutting tools
- To work to tight tolerances and check your own work during production runs
- Carry out inspection, including first-off inspection of products using a CMM and inspection equipment
- Support and advise other employees when required ensuring all operations are carried out efficiently and accurately to the customers’ requirements, drawing tolerances and specification
- Adhere to, create, and maintain standard operating procedures for machine processes and other operations
- Contribute to Continuous Improvement activities
Where you'll work
Cheney Manor Swindon
Wiltshire
SN2 2PZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NEW COLLEGE SWINDON
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
- Training both on the job and via taught sessions at New College Swindon
- The qualification(s) required is: EAL L3 Extended diploma in Machining (Development Knowledge) or Pearson BTEC L3 diploma in Advanced manufacturing engineering (Machining) (Development Technical Knowledge) or City and Guilds Machining technician (1273)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
Maths and English (grade 4/C and above)Desirable qualifications
NVQ or SVQ Level 2 or equivalent in:
Engineering Level 2 (grade Pass)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
- Patience
Other requirements
Uniform provided for apprentice. You will have a pre-screen chat with the College to discuss how the apprenticeship works before your application will be submitted to the employer for review. If you are suitable your application will be submitted and if the hiring manager is interested in seeing you an interview with the employer will be arranged. All applicants must be over the age of 18 Interviews will be held 14th of July
About this company
Dynamatic Technologies designs and builds highly engineered products for automotive, Aeronautic, Hydraulic and Security applications. Six decades of Engineering and manufacturing excellence. The Swindon facility has a long history of manufacturing that stretches back to the 1950’s. 2007 – present Dynamatic Technologies were looking to expand into Europe to better support their quickly growing customer base. They are a major supplier to the tractor industry worldwide from their production base in Bangalore and so the Swindon facility was a perfect fit. Dynamatic UK Limited was established and became part of the Dynamatic Technologies Group of companies. The fusion of the two organisations has set the stage for a huge leap forward in other manufacturing areas such as Automotive and the Aerospace industry.
After this apprenticeship
- To be confirmed towards the end of the apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEW COLLEGE SWINDON
Kirsty Bain
Kirsty.Bain@newcollege.ac.uk
07564576155
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000326656.
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Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 8 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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