Engineering Fitter Apprentice

ACRASTYLE LTD

CUMBRIA (LA12 9DP)

Closes in 27 days (Thursday 30 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 2 October 2025

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Summary

Acrastyle Ltd is a well-equipped engineering company that designs, manufactures, tests, installs, commissions, and maintains high-voltage substation protection and control equipment. As an apprentice you will take part in both in-house and external training to improve Health & Safety, product knowledge, and technical skills when needed.

Wage

£13,741 to £22,222.20, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Engineering fitter (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Thursday, 07:45 - 16:30 and Friday, 07:45 - 12:15

35 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 5 November 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

  • The wiring and assembly of cubicles, front sheets, wall boxes and kiosks to detailed wiring diagrams and specifications
  • Liaise with all internal stakeholders to ensure the effective delivery of the project
  • Attend site visits to provide installation services to customersIdentify technical issues and shortages to Leading Hands
  • Identify technical issues and shortages to Leading Hands

Where you'll work

NORTH LONSDALE RD
ULVERSTON
CUMBRIA
LA12 9DP

Training

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

Training provider

GENII ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LIMITED

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.

Training schedule

Engineering Fitter Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Mathematics (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Analytical skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

"Acrastyle Ltd. is an engineering resource-rich company which designs, manufactures, tests, installs, commissions and maintains high-voltage sub-station protection and control equipment.

https://acrastyle.co.uk/about-us/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • Upon completion the candidate will be considered subject to performance

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

GENII ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344011.

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Closes in 27 days (Thursday 30 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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