Tooling and Fixture Apprentice
CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
West Midlands (Ws8 6jz.)
Closes on Monday 20 October 2025
Posted on 16 September 2025
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Summary
Castings PLC is offering an exciting Apprenticeship in its Pattern Shop, where you’ll learn to make, repair, and design tools, fixtures, and jigs. You’ll gain hands-on experience using lathes, milling, drilling, and grinding machines while developing valuable engineering skills.
- Wage
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£17,816.24 a year
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Auto-enrol pension scheme 33 days holiday Medicare enrolment
- Training course
- Engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Tuesday 7.45am - 4.30pm
Wednesday to Thursday 7.45am - 4.15pm
Friday 7.45am - 12.30pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 27 October 2025
- Duration
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2 years 8 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
Daily/Weekly Tasks:
- Operating and setting lathes
- Operating and setting millers
- Operating drilling and grinding machines
- Reading Engineering drawings and working close to tolerances
Where you'll work
Lichfield Rd.
Brownhills
West Midlands
Ws8 6jz.
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Training course
Engineering technician (level 3)
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Training schedule
This is a Level 3 Tooling apprenticeship, delivered over a 32-month period.
The apprentice will attend the training centre, In-Comm Training Services in Aldridge, WS9 8UG, for the first 7-months.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
The ideal candidate should have an interest in engineering and problem-solving. They should also be fully fit, have good time management and attendance.
About this employer
Castings P.L.C. is a market leading iron casting and machining group based in the UK, supplying both the domestic and export markets. The original foundry operation dates back to 1835 and today the group comprises of three trading businesses, employing over 1,000 people in the UK. The group operates two iron foundries – Castings P.L.C. (Brownhills, West Midlands) and William Lee Limited (Dronfield, Derbyshire) – together with the CNC Speedwell Limited machining operation which is also based in Brownhills. The group produces Ductile iron, SG iron, Austempered ductile iron (ADI), SiMo and Ni-resist castings up to 45kg in weight. Our four Disamatic moulding machines and three horizontal green sand moulding machines provide a foundry capacity of 70,000 tonnes per annum. Our machining operation is invested to support the capacity requirements of the foundry customer base and also to expand general machining in alternative materials.
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After this apprenticeship
Full-time position within the pattern shop toolroom after completion of the apprenticeship, with potential to progress onto a Level 4 HNC.
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 VAC1000342387.
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Closes on Monday 20 October 2025
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