Apprentice Engineer
ARDENT LTD
ROECLIFFE (YO51 9NR)
Closes in 7 days (Friday 7 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 17 October 2025
Contents
Summary
You will deliver high-quality products on time, prioritizing safety and customer satisfaction through efficient processes, continuous improvement, innovation, and sustainable practices.
- 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
- Machining technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 December 2025
- Duration
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3 years 9 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
- Learn to operate manual and CNC machines (e.g. lathes, mills, Tube bending)
- Understand and apply machining principles like speeds, feeds, and material removal
- Read and interpret engineering drawings and CAD models
- Use measuring instruments (micrometres, callipers, gauges) to inspect parts
- Assist in setting up and adjusting machine tools
- Monitor machining processes and make minor edits to CNC programs
- Help maintain production quality and efficiency
- Clean and prepare Machines & components
- Follow strict safety protocols and contribute to a safe working environment
- Comply with national and company-specific regulations
- Learn proper handling of tools, materials, and equipment
- Identify and report issues in machining or production processes
- Suggest improvements to workflow or tooling setups
- Participate in troubleshooting and root cause analysis
- Work with other engineering team members to deliver right first time
- Identify issues and collaborate with quality and technical to resolve
- Work with production & warehouse to deliver on time
Where you'll work
UNIT 3
BECKLANDS CLOSE
BAR LANE
ROECLIFFE
YO51 9NR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP
Training course
Machining technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
- Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
- Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
- Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
- Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
- Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
- Plan and organise own work and resources.
- Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
- Select machining process.
- Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
- Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
- Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
- Measure and check components.
- Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
- Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
- Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
- Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
- Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
- Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
- Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
- Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
- Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
- Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
- Plan and organise own work and resources.
- Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
- Select machining process.
- Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
- Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
- Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
- Measure and check components.
- Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
- Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
- Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
- Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
- Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Apply team working principles.
Training schedule
- Machining Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- Training will be deliver at Printworks Campus, Leeds
- You will attend college one day per week
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this employer
We exist to advance people and business safety through innovative and trustworthy protection solutions for plant, public transport, and specialist vehicles. We work with our customers to ensure that they are always at the cutting edge of fire prevention and safety. We have a new 2028 growth plan which sets out an ambitious path to becoming a truly global business, delivering significant growth in revenues and profits.
After this apprenticeship
- Possibility of a full time position
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP
apprenticeships@leedscitycollege.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000347179.
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Closes in 7 days (Friday 7 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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