Quality Technician Apprentice

Summary

The Quality Technician supports the quality process to ensure a high level of quality standards are maintained and in accordance with the relevant requirements. This is an entry-level role with opportunities to extend and develop into other quality-based roles.

Wage

£22,000 a year

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The basic salary to this role is bracketed £22K-30K. The starting salary will depend on the candidate’s experience and abilities.

Training course

Quality practitioner (level 4)

Hours

Monday – Friday: 37.5 Hours per week. “Operational Hours” are hours during which you will be able to access the office: 07:30-17:30 and “Core Hours” are hours during which you must be present at the office: 09:30-15:00. Shifts TBC.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 9 September 2025

Duration

1 year 8 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

Your responsibilities will include:

Ensure compliance to the Quality Management Systems, policies, and procedures to assure continuing compliance to ISO 9001 and ISO 19443 standards
Liaise with internal customers on Quality concerns
Ensure compliance to all applicable quality assurance plans
Undertake project work in support of the quality department on topics such as, assisting with production weld data sheets, associated inspection test records & internal records. This support will include organisation, reviewing and tracking skills
Approving incoming materials by confirming specifications; rejecting and returning unacceptable materials and reviewing material certification and ensuring vigilance to CFSI requirements
Dealing with document inspection results by completing reports and logs; summarizing rework and waste
Review, track and compile Quality records required per product.
Maintaining an inspection equipment registration
Maintaining a safe and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations
Accomplishing quality through organising tasks by completing related results as needed. Such as co ordinating correction to a records following review comments
Assisting, raising, tracking, co-ordinating non-conformities by working on root cause analysis, corrective actions, preventative actions and the verification of closure of actions
Assist the workshop implementation of Lean and 6Sigma activities
Assisting with Procedural and Instruction implementation to grow the Integrated Management System

Where you'll work

Unit 6 Portside Park
Kings Weston Lane
Avonmouth
Bristol
BS11 8AR

Training

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

College or training organisation

CSR SCIENTIFIC TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Quality practitioner (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.

Your training plan

You will undertake a Level 4 Quality Practitioner Apprenticeship with an Ofsted-rated Outstanding training provider, CSR Scientific Training, which will include:

Fully recognised apprenticeship qualification - Level 4 Quality Practitioner
On-the-job competency training
Monthly online lectures
A continuous improvement project

This apprenticeship is professionally recognised by the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) and successful completion of this programme provides an opportunity for Practitioner registration with the CQI. CSR are an approved provider and when you enrol into this apprenticeship, you are entitled to 50% discount off Student membership for the first 2 years with the CQI.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

x 5 including Maths and English (grade C/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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Logical
Team working
Patience
Knowledge of welding processes

Other requirements

The majority of time will be spent working as a team in an office environment with quality department. This involves review and compilation of documentation, including the usage of digital systems. There will be opportunities to go out on the workshop floor and visit other sites on occasion. It is desirable if you have knowledge of non-destructive testing and destructive testing processes.

About this company

Framatome is a major international player in the nuclear energy market recognised for its innovative solutions and value-added technologies for designing, building, maintaining, and advancing the global nuclear fleet. The company designs, manufactures, and installs components, fuel and instrumentation and control systems for nuclear power plants and offers a full range of reactor services. With 14,000 employees worldwide, every day Framatome’s expertise helps its customers improve the safety and performance of their nuclear plants and achieve their economic and societal goals. Framatome is owned by the EDF Group (80.5%) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI – 19.5%) In the UK we are currently over 300 strong and our plans are to grow to 400-500 by 2025 through the development our UK nuclear service offerings.

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Company benefits

• Private Medical Insurance (Bupa & Health Shield) • 25 days annual leave • Personal development appraisal reviewed annually following probation • Probation period = 6 Months

After this apprenticeship

Depending on the employees' interests, there are multiple opportunities in which they can develop their professional careers and development. Examples of these types of roles are below:

Welder
Non-Destructive Testing Inspector
Quality Control Inspector
Technical Reviewer / Co-ordinator
Quality Engineer
Quality Auditor
Project Engineer
Manufacture Engineer

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