Welding Apprentice
WEBSTER WILKINSON LTD
TELFORD (TF7 4QP)
Closes on Tuesday 26 August 2025
Posted on 10 July 2025
Contents
Summary
Webster Wilkinson is seeking an Apprentice Welder and Fabricator to join their experienced team. You'll work with stainless steel to build components like drainage systems, gullies, and manhole covers for their Component Development Division. A great opportunity to gain hands-on welding and fabrication experience.
- Wage
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£13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Welder (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 8.00am - 4:30pm.
Friday, 8.00am - 1.00pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
Day to day tasks include:
- Assist in performing welding operations including MIG, TIG and MMA (stick) welding
- Prepare and clean materials prior to welding
- Learn to read and interpret engineering drawings and welding symbols
- Follow health, safety, and environmental regulations (SHE) at all times
- Maintain tools, welding equipment, and the workshop area
- Conduct basic quality checks on welds
- Record completed work and maintain accurate logs in line with apprenticeship requirements
- Participate in off-the-job training, assessments, and reviews
- Work alongside senior welders and learn industry-standard practices and techniques
- Produce welds using at least two welding processes (e.g. TIG, MIG/MAG, MMA, FCAW)
- Work with various materials like carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminium, and nickel alloys
- Weld in two positions (e.g. down hand, vertical, overhead)
- Prepare and inspect materials, equipment, and finished welds
- Follow health and safety protocols and environmental guidelines
- Maintain tools and work area
Where you'll work
UNIT A
HALESFIELD 10
TELFORD
TF7 4QP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Your training course
Welder (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
- Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
- Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
- Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
- Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
- Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
- Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
- Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
- Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
- Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
- Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
- Identify surface defects.
- Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
- Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
- Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
- Apply team working principles.
- Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
- Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
- Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
- Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
- Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
- Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
- Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
- Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
- Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
- Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
- Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
- Identify surface defects.
- Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
- Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
- Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
- Apply team working principles.
Your training plan
This is a Level 2 Welding Apprenticeship, delivered over a period 2 years.
The apprentice will attend the training centre, In-Comm Training Services in Telford, TF3 3AJ, 1 day per week for duration of the apprenticeship.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
Maths and English (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
- 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
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Candidates should be reliable, safety-conscious, and have strong attention to detail. A willingness to learn and grow, along with good teamwork and communication skills, is essential.
About this company
For over 50 years, Webster-Wilkinson have designed, manufactured and supplied a comprehensive range of Transformer Components to the Transmission & Distribution marketplace – both in the UK and overseas. From our wholly-owned manufacturing plants in Telford, England; Webster-Wilkinson continues to provide products and services to Transformer Manufacturers, Distribution Network Operator (DNO) Companies, Local and State Energy Utilities and all those who need high grade transformer components or high-voltage solutions.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, the apprentice will be offered a full time position with career progression and potentially further training.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Aimee
aimeen@in-comm.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000331070.
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Closes on Tuesday 26 August 2025
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