Apprentice Fabricator
D & D Fabrications LTD
RUNCORN CHESHIRE (WA7 4DS)
Closes in 11 days (Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 20 August 2025
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Summary
An excellent opportunity to learn and gain welding and fabrication skills from experience professionals at a family run firm in Runcorn’s industrial heartland. All while being paid!
- Wage
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£17,238 a year
- Training course
- Metal fabricator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 7.30am - 4.00pm and Friday, 7.30am - 3.00pm
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 17 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- Positions available
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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
An experienced team of mentors will be on hand at D & D Fabrications to help you maximise your learning at this well-established metal fabrication company. Duties and responsibilities will include:
- Assisting colleagues with moving fabrications around the workshop
- Carrying out drilling and other hand tool duties
- Following training, using machinery such as saws, welding equipment to create bespoke work for customers
- Under supervision of a mentor, start to produce own fabrication work
- Perform quality control monitoring for your own work once more experienced
- Cleaning workplace at the end of tasks
- Informing management when an error has occurred and take initiative to improve processes and develop workplace improvements
- Dress presentably for work and wear full PPE which will be provided
- Take responsibility for health and safety in the workplace for themselves and others around them
- Learning to maintain conveyors, hoppers, silo’s and wheelwash
Where you'll work
SUB B STATION
OLD POWER STATION
PERCIVAL LANE
RUNCORN CHESHIRE
WA7 4DS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CHESHIRE COLLEGE SOUTH AND WEST
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.
Training schedule
- The candidate will follow a Level 3 Apprenticeship programme and study towards a full standard as a Metal Fabricator
- This training will be structured and delivered by Cheshire College - South & West
- A mentor from D & D Fabrications will be assigned to support you in the workplace and share their extensive knowledge and skills
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4)
- Maths (grade C/4)
- Science (grade C/4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Reliable
- Hard working
About this employer
D & D Fabrications is a family-run business which specialises in steel fabrications, repairs and maintenance. The family-run firm creates bespoke metal designs tailored to the customers’ requirements including an experienced welding service. Their premises are in the heart of industry within Runcorn, close by to the banks of the River Mersey.
After this apprenticeship
- To become a full-time and highly skilled member of the team following on from successful completion of apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CHESHIRE COLLEGE SOUTH AND WEST
Becky Smythe
becky.smythe@ccsw.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338152.
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Closes in 11 days (Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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