Engineering Apprentice – Fitter – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

A 4-year engineering apprenticeship at EDM Ltd offering hands-on experience, professional development, and work within a quality-controlled, safety-focused environment. Apprentices must follow company policies and may take on various duties as needed.

Wage

£14,414.40 a year

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£7.70 per hour (based on 36hrs a week) Weekly = £277.20

Training course

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Hours

Year 1 = college 4 days a week, EDM 1 day a week (Monday-Friday). Year 2-4 = EDM 3 days a week, college 1 day a week (Monday-Thursday). When working at EDM the hours will be 6:45am – 4:15pm (with 30 minutes unpaid lunch break).

36 hours a week

Start date

Saturday 16 August 2025

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

3

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

Duties and Responsibilities:

Gain skills in the use of appropriate measuring equipment and be able to interpret and accurately measure.
Gain knowledge and skill in the setup, guarding and use of appropriate machinery required to undertake manufacture.
Work towards the ability to interpret engineering technical drawings.
Developing the skills to construct or modify equipment from verbal instructions and drawings to a high degree of precision.
To be able to demonstrate the skills and processes as the training period progresses by working independently or with a team, to undertake tasks as instructed and increase overall contribution to the business.
Maintain thorough records and documentation of a training/education/skills progress.
Observing, learning and understanding a wide range of engineering skills and processes while under the instruction of skilled technical staff.
Be skilled in the use of appropriate measuring equipment and be able to interpret and accurately measure.
Gain knowledge and skill in the setup, guarding and use of appropriate machinery required to undertake manufacture.
To be able to demonstrate the skills and processes as the training period progresses by working independently or with a team, to undertake tasks as instructed and increase overall contribution to the business.
Learning how to interpret engineering technical drawings.
Undertake skills, knowledge and behaviours required to achieve end point assessment at the appointed partnering college.
Learning and understanding the importance of Health & Safety with the workplace.
To develop the skills to construct or modify equipment from verbal instructions and drawings to a high degree of precision.
Maintain thorough records and documentation of a training/education/skills progress.
Establish yourself as an integral part of a multi-skilled team of engineers.

Where you'll work

Brunel House 1 Thorpe Road
Newton Heath
Manchester
Lancashire
M40 5BJ

Training

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

College or training organisation

ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Your training course

Engineering fitter (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
Reporting work outcomes or issues.
Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
Operating within limits of responsibility.
Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
Reporting work outcomes or issues.
Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
Operating within limits of responsibility.
Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.

Your training plan

Overview of all departments within production to see how these are relevant to their role

Wood shop training

From us:

Completion of a L3 Apprenticeship with continued training & development.
4 day working week.
Supportive and enjoyable working environment.
Competitive salary with structured increases.
Company Pension - 25 days holiday + public holidays (pro rata).
Life Insurance following 12 months service - Opportunity to work abroad.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 Subjects (Including Maths and English) (grade Grade 4/C 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

Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Passionate about Engineering
Good time management skills
Self Motivated

Other requirements

Flexibility to travel within the UK and abroad – this requires you to have a passport. Able to achieve UK Security Clearance – this means no unspent criminal convictions and you must be a UK national.

About this company

EDM is the world’s leading supplier of training simulators to the civil aviation and defence markets. We design, manufacture and install specialist mechanical applications to a wide variety of prestigious clients on some of the most exciting Military and Civil aviation training engineering projects around the world. With over 50 years British heritage with the strongest engineering team in the industry, we are committed to delivering market-leading products that will enhance the safety and operational efficiency of your organisation. Products include door trainers, cabin service trainers, cabin emergency evacuation trainers, cabin simulators, full size mock ups and more across a variety of simulators catered towards various clients around the world. On offer is an opportunity to work for a company that have an excellent reputation in their industry and a state-of-the-art facility to enable them to deliver on bespoke projects for a range of clients.

https://edmgroupltd.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Dependent on opportunities at the time of successful completion, the apprentice will be offered full-time employment on a permanent basis. This will be based on a development plan as a Junior Fitter for 12-18 months with regular increases in rate of pay leading up to 100% of the full rate for the role.

EDM are open to supporting further education if requested, dependent on the needs and the role at the time.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Jason Wales

jwales@rochdaletraining.co.uk

07860 919 380

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330340.

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Closes on Friday 15 August 2025

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