Machine Shop Apprentice
GOODMAN PRECISION ENGINEERING LTD
Buckinghamshire (MK12 6HS)
Closes in 17 days (Monday 17 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 October 2025
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Summary
Join Goodman Precisions as a Machine Shop Apprentice and learn from industry experts in a cutting-edge workshop. If you're passionate about mechanics, detail-driven, and ready to build a future in advanced manufacturing - this is your moment.
- Wage
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£15,336.60 a year
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Annual Salary
- Training course
- Machining technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 16:30
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 February 2026
- Duration
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3 years 6 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
What You'll Be Doing as a Machine Shop Apprentice:
- Learn to set up and operate advanced CNC equipment, turning raw materials into precision-engineered components
- Help keep production running smoothly by following daily schedules and targets
- Monitor machine output and contribute ideas to improve efficiency and productivity
- Carry out regular inspection checks to ensure every part meets top-tier standards
- Accurately complete and file essential paperwork to support production and quality control
- Follow hygiene and quality procedures to maintain a safe and professional workspace
- Learn and apply proper cleaning routines to keep machines and tools in peak condition
- Understand and follow health & safety rules to protect yourself and your team
- Collaborate with skilled professionals, support others, and grow in a friendly, supportive environment
Where you'll work
17 & 19 Erica Road
Stacey Bushes
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK12 6HS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE
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:
Throughout your apprenticeship you'll get:
- Expert mentors / trainers who will guide you through your apprenticeship
- Hands-on learning, who will give you real-world feedback
- Modern facilities with ample access to tech equipment and resources and much more!
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths (grade 9-4)
- English (grade 9-4)
- Science (grade 9-4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Clear Communicator
- Good listener
- Accuracy & Precision
- Hardworking & Reliable
- Conscientious
- Detail-Oriented
- Team Player
- Eager to Learn.
Other requirements
To be eligible for this apprenticeship, you must meet the following residency criteria: You must have lived in the UK, the British Overseas Territories, or Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for at least three years prior to the start of the apprenticeship
About this employer
Goodman Precision Engineering is an established company with a successful track record in the manufacture and production of parts for a variety of industries, primarily in Motor sport and High Performance Automotive. We continue to invest in the latest technology, to ensure that we are at the forefront of engineering developments. From our comprehensive facility, we have the capacity CNC Milling and Turning, CAD CAM programming, and CNC CMM inspection with full time inspectors working to our ISO9001 accreditation.
After this apprenticeship
- At the end of your apprenticeship, our goal is for you to become a highly skilled and confident machinist, ready to take on real-world challenges
- We’re committed to helping you grow into a valuable member of our team, with the opportunity to build a long-term career in precision engineering right here at Goodman Precision
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348836.
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Closes in 17 days (Monday 17 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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