Engineering Fitter Apprenticeship
MONUMENT TOOLS LTD
WALLINGTON SURREY (SM6 7AH)
Closes in 22 days (Friday 14 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 October 2025
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Summary
To take raw materials, such as steel, brass, aluminium and plastic, and load, setup, run, monitor and maintain CNC turning and milling centres and plastic injection moulding machines. Ready the products for subsequent operations such as heat treatment, plating, painting.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Engineering fitter (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 28 November 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
- Follow the 5S and 7 Waste company guidelines across all departments
- Translate drawings to production processes in the most efficient and cost-effective way
- Work to the Automatics production schedule
- Keep raw material correctly loaded in the machines for continuous production
- Understand how to Set and operate automatic machines
- Develop knowledge of CNC codes required to program machines
- Manufacture components in accordance with production schedule
- Support the team leader in the production of protypes as required
- Make quality checks to specification during process and keep First Off and Batch Inspection Records to ensure correct quality levels are achieved
- Maintain machinery and tooling in a good state of repair including cleaning to produce the highest quality of parts
- Prepare machines for lights out operation
- Store finished components in the correct place
- Maintain all production data up to date
Where you'll work
RESTMOR WAY
HACKBRIDGE ROAD
HACKBRIDGE
WALLINGTON SURREY
SM6 7AH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EAST SURREY COLLEGE
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
Requirements
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
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
About this employer
Established over 140 years ago, Monument Tools is an innovative family-owned, 5th generation company that manufactures and markets professional quality tools for plumbing, roofing and drainage.
After this apprenticeship
- Full time employment for the right candidate
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MONUMENT TOOLS LTD
Anna Wilkinson
anna.wilkinson@monument-tools.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346773.
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Closes in 22 days (Friday 14 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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