Production Office Apprentice
DE-MET LTD
DUDLEY (DY2 0XW)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 24 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 8 October 2025
Contents
Summary
Working in the Production Office, planning, stock control, MRP systems.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
08:00- 16:30
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 10 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 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
Main Duties:
- To learn and contribute to improvements in the Production Office
- Planning and scheduling: planning and organising the production of a companies products
- Co-ordination between sales, design/production to ensure customer delivered are achieved
- Identifying issues: detecting and resolving issues as they arise
- Improving processes: finding ways to improve productivity and reduce costs
- Communicating: working with other employees and suppliers to ensure the production process runs smoothly
- Reporting: creating status and performance reports and presenting them to managers
- Complying with regulations: ensuring compliance with health and safety standards and workplace legislation
- Estimate project needs for manpower, equipment and raw materials
- Manage project paperwork
- Ensure that correct robust data is recorded onto the MRP system
- Managing material and equipment availability, scheduling production and monitoring the production process for problems
- Responsible for daily upkeep of databases, expediting workloads from the technical office, for on time delivery/issuing
- Correct planning of the production facility capacities
- Responsibility for managing the NCRs planning and correct data recording against the correct sales order number
Accountability:
- To check the production programme daily and raise queries with the appropriate staff to ensure that the correct materials are available to meet the production requirements
- To plan the production capacity, communicate with both technical office and production to pull information from one department to the other
Nature & Scope
- To plan the production capacity, communicate with both Technical Office and Production to pull information from one department to the other
- Plan and organise production workflow for one or multiple products
- Review and prioritize operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay
- Estimate project needs of manpower, equipment and raw materials. Set goals, tasks and priorities for workers and other staff
- Forecasting, scheduling, making decisions, planning and material control
Decision making:
- Decides on the quality of raw materials needed to me the production programmed
- Testing and defining workflow
- Establish a strategy for ordering materials
- Spot potential bottlenecks
- Implement regular personnel training
- Improving production efficiences via automation
- Keep company data safe and under control
- Planning - planning determines what will be produced, by whom, and how
- Routing - routing determines the path raw materials flow withim the factory
- Scheduling - scheduling emphasises when the operation will be completed
- Loading, disptaching, following up
Workplace skills you will learn as part of this apprenticeship within an Engineering firm:
- Workplan - Company MRP system
- Autocad - standard drawing application
- Radan - Proprietary quoting/nesting software
- Autodesk Inventor - Proprietary design/drawing software
- Rad-import - Proprietary quoting/nesitng software
- BOM Importer - in house materials importer
- Technical drawing
Where you'll work
UNIT G
GRAZEBROOK INDUSTRIAL PARK
PEARTREE LANE
DUDLEY
DY2 0XW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DUDLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Training course
Business administrator (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Skilled in the use of multiple IT packages and systems relevant to the organisation in order to: write letters or emails, create proposals, perform financial processes, record and analyse data. Examples include MS Office or equivalent packages. Able to choose the most appropriate IT solution to suit the business problem. Able to update and review databases, record information and produce data analysis where required.
- Produces accurate records and documents including: emails, letters, files, payments, reports and proposals. Makes recommendations for improvements and present solutions to management. Drafts correspondence, writes reports and able to review others' work. Maintains records and files, handles confidential information in compliance with the organisation's procedures. Coaches others in the processes required to complete these tasks.
- Exercises proactivity and good judgement. Makes effective decisions based on sound reasoning and is able to deal with challenges in a mature way. Seeks advice of more experienced team members when appropriate.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships within their own team and across the organisation. Demonstrates ability to influence and challenge appropriately. Becomes a role model to peers and team members, developing coaching skills as they gain area knowledge.
- Demonstrates good communication skills, whether face-to-face, on the telephone, in writing or on digital platforms. Uses the most appropriate channels to communicate effectively. Demonstrates agility and confidence in communications, carrying authority appropriately. Understands and applies social media solutions appropriately. Answers questions from inside and outside of the organisation, representing the organisation or department.
- Completes tasks to a high standard. Demonstrates the necessary level of expertise required to complete tasks and applies themself to continuously improve their work. Is able to review processes autonomously and make suggestions for improvements. Shares administrative best-practice across the organisation e.g. coaches others to perform tasks correctly. Applies problem-solving skills to resolve challenging or complex complaints and is a key point of contact for addressing issues.
- Takes responsibility for initiating and completing tasks, manages priorities and time in order to successfully meet deadlines. Positively manages the expectations of colleagues at all levels and sets a positive example for others in the workplace. Makes suggestions for improvements to working practice, showing understanding of implications beyond the immediate environment (e.g. impact on clients, suppliers, other parts of the organisation). Manages resources e.g. equipment or facilities. Organises meetings and events, takes minutes during meetings and creates action logs as appropriate. Takes responsibility for logistics e.g. travel and accommodation.
- Uses relevant project management principles and tools to scope, plan, monitor and report. Plans required resources to successfully deliver projects. Undertakes and leads projects as and when required.
Training schedule
There is no day release to college required for this apprenticeship course.
- You will be assigned an assessor who will visit you approxaimately every 8 weeks in the workplace to support you on your apprenticeship
- Upon successful completion you will receive a Level 3 Business Adminsitration qualification
- You may be required to complete English/maths Functional Skills if you do not hold a grade 4/C/Level 2 Functional Skills upon enrolment
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4/Level 2 Functional Skills)
- Maths (grade C/4/Level 2 Functional Skills)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Outgoing
About this employer
We have a great track record in taking on and retaining apprentices. We have also been awarded the 'Gold Standard Excellent Employer' accreditation from Next Gen Makers.
After this apprenticeship
- Progression to a fully employed Production Assistant
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DUDLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Chloe Powell
Chloe.Powell@dudleycol.ac.uk
01384363158
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000345620.
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Closes in 16 days (Friday 24 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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