Apprentice Textile Manufacturing Operative
ABRAHAM MOON & SONS LIMITED
West Yorkshire (LS20 9PA)
Closes in 15 days (Thursday 20 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 4 November 2025
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Summary
If you’re curious, enjoy working with your hands, and want a career with real progression, this may be for you. As an Apprentice Textile Manf. Operative, you will learn to help create materials used in clothing & interiors . You’ll build practical skills , learning key processes such as spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing.
- Wage
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£25,552 a year
- Training course
- Textile manufacturing operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 7.00am - 3.30pm & Friday, 7.00am - 2.30pm (half hour unpaid lunch)
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 December 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
Key Responsibilities:
- Receive and organise deliveries and placing them in our racking aisles in the yarn store
- Completing all necessary paperwork accurately
- Ensuring the Warping & Weaving departments have the correct yearn using the job sheet information and SAP system
- Returning residue stock into correct locations
- Work efficiently to meet production targets
- Maintain a safe working environment by following health and safety procedures
- Effectively communicate any quality concerns and issues to the supervisor
- Keep the workspace clean and organised
- Provide cover for yarn store operatives when necessary
- Train new team members once fully competent
- Perform other duties as reasonably requested by the management team
Where you'll work
Netherfield Mills
Guiseley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS20 9PA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HUDDERSFIELD TEXTILE TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Textile manufacturing operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Read and interpret information for example, standard operating procedures, manuals, production plans, handover notes.
- Organise and prioritise own work.
- Follow health, safety and environmental procedures in line with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Apply sustainability principles for example, minimise energy usage, minimise waste, and recycle materials.
- Follow operating procedures.
- Check resources.
- Check and set up equipment and machinery.
- Conduct start-up quality checks.
- Feed textile product components into the machine.
- Monitor manufacturing process; adjust parameters for example, speed, temperature.
- Conduct in-process production quality checks (roaming).
- Conduct final inspection quality checks.
- Prepare output for next stage for example, label, package.
- Monitor own performance data.
- Collect and record information: text or data - paper based or electronic.
- Identify and segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Follow basic maintenance procedures for example, clean, oil and lubricate machinery.
- Identify and resolve common faults and issues.
- Escalate issues.
- Identify opportunity for continuous improvement.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with cyber security.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate with others for example, colleagues, customers, and managers.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Read and interpret information for example, standard operating procedures, manuals, production plans, handover notes.
- Organise and prioritise own work.
- Follow health, safety and environmental procedures in line with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Apply sustainability principles for example, minimise energy usage, minimise waste, and recycle materials.
- Follow operating procedures.
- Check resources.
- Check and set up equipment and machinery.
- Conduct start-up quality checks.
- Feed textile product components into the machine.
- Monitor manufacturing process; adjust parameters for example, speed, temperature.
- Conduct in-process production quality checks (roaming).
- Conduct final inspection quality checks.
- Prepare output for next stage for example, label, package.
- Monitor own performance data.
- Collect and record information: text or data - paper based or electronic.
- Identify and segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Follow basic maintenance procedures for example, clean, oil and lubricate machinery.
- Identify and resolve common faults and issues.
- Escalate issues.
- Identify opportunity for continuous improvement.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with cyber security.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate with others for example, colleagues, customers, and managers.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
Training schedule
On the job training and Training from the textile Centre of Excellence, one day a month on site
More training information
As part of your Level 2 Textile Manufacturing Operative Apprenticeship, you will learn to:
- Prepare for and carry out textile manufacturing operations
- Conduct quality assurance and prepare materials for subsequent stages
- Maintain equipment and workplace cleanliness
- Complete work records accurately
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
- Develop understanding of key processes such as blending, spinning, weaving, dyeing, and finishing
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Essential attributes • Hungry – we want you to commit to working hard, have a burning desire to achieve your goals and are willing to put in the effort and dedication to make them a reality. • Humble – we want you to recognise your strengths while staying open to learning, growing and acknowledging the contribution of others. • Smart – we want you to be honest and inclusive and respectful of others, value diversity and foster a sense of belonging for everyone. Attributes and Experience • Attention to detail • Basic maths (level 2) • Comfortable with manual handling and Health & Safety compliance. • Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a team. • Excellent attendance and timekeeping. • Full capacity to recognise and distinguish between different colours. • Computer literate – will receive additional training on SAP system and scanners
About this employer
With over 185 years of proudly British manufacturing and design heritage to our name – we are experts in producing woollen cloth of unrivalled character and quality. Today, we are one of a select few mills within the UK that manufacture and sell our cloth directly to our customers from a single site – allowing us to control every single stage within the production process to the highest standard.
Company benefits
We offer contributory pension. Onsite free parking. Cycle to work. Discounted local gym. company sick pay. Up to 50% discount (mill shop) Life assurance.
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
- This role enables you to gain a basic knowledge of Textiles and enables you to explore the many possible careers at Abraham Moons, learning technical skills
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ABRAHAM MOON & SONS LIMITED
Sam Field
samantha.field@moons.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348869.
Apply now
Closes in 15 days (Thursday 20 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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