Apprentice Welder

MOODY DIRECT LTD

NOTTS (DN22 7SN)

Closes on Monday 22 December 2025

Posted on 13 November 2025

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Summary

Moody Direct is a focused supplier of Process and Packaging products and services to the dairy, food, beverage, brewery, food, ice-cream, pharmaceutical and chemical and personal care industries in the following areas: Capital Equipment and Components – new and pre-owned; Machinery spare parts; Equipment maintenance services.

• Wage:

  £15,311 a year

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  Annual leave entitlement increases with service capped at 25 days + bank holidays.

• Training course: Welder (level 2)
• Hours: 8am - 5pm Monday to Thursday and 8am - 4pm on a Friday.

  39 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 5 January 2026

• Duration:

  1 year 6 months

• Positions available:

  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

To learn and develop skills in the repair and refurbishment of process and packaging equipment;
To learn and develop TIG welding skills used in the assembly and installation of engineering projects incorporating stainless steel pipework and equipment used in a hygienic environment.

• Initial practice welding in our workshop
• Welding small projects in our workshops
• Assisting colleagues on larger projects
• Adhering to Health and Safety Rules and Regulations

Key Skills To Be Developed:

• Refurbishment of process and packaging equipment
  Welding of 316L 1.6 mm thick stainless steel tube using the TIG process
• Sheet metalworking
• General pipefitting

In addition, the Apprentice Fitter/Welder must be prepared to undertake any reasonable requests made to meet the business needs of the company.

• Pressure testing of tanks
• Machining
• Pressure testing
• Basic electrical knowledge
• Housekeeping skills

Where you'll work

WEST CAR ROAD INDUSTRIAL EST
STIRLING ROAD
RETFORD
NOTTS
DN22 7SN

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

Training course

Welder (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
• Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
• Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
• Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
• Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
• Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
• Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
• Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
• Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
• Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
• Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
• Identify surface defects.
• Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
• Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
• Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
• Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
• Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
• Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
• Apply team working principles.
• Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
• Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
• Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
• Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
• Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
• Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
• Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
• Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
• Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
• Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
• Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
• Identify surface defects.
• Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
• Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
• Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
• Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
• Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
• Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
• Apply team working principles.

Training schedule

This programme is delivered via a day release delivery model which means that one day per week, your attendance is required at our Engineering Campus(NG17). This attendance is required during term time only.

You will work with expert assessors and tutors to develop new knowledge, skills and behaviours within the profession.

You will experience a blended learning model.

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

• Organisation skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative

About this employer

Originally part of the Moody Group, which was founded by Paul Moody in 1975, Moody Direct was formed in 1996. Based in Retford, Nottinghamshire, we are leading suppliers of process and packaging solutions to the dairy, food, beverage, brewery, ice cream, chemical and pharmaceutical industries with a large customer base in the UK, Ireland and around the world. With a customer base ranging from small farmer producers to blue chip multi-national companies we provide a tailored service to all our customers with the purpose of reducing operating costs, increasing production and sustaining efficiency. Our extensive range of products and services provides our customers with a one stop shop for all their manufacturing needs.

http://www.moodydirect.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Free car parking available. Extra day annual leave given to staff on for their birthday.

After this apprenticeship

At the end of the apprenticeship there may be an opportunity to progress into a permanent role.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000459.

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Closes on Monday 22 December 2025

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