CAD Technician/Designer Apprentice
BUILDAKIT (UK) LIMITED
LANCASHIRE (BB9 8DN)
Closes on Saturday 28 February 2026
Posted on 14 January 2026
Contents
Summary
Leading offsite manufacturer requires a talented person to join our design team. Developing and further progressing your skillset focusing on CAD for creating detailed, buildable designs and manufacturing drawing for timber frame structures.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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The hourly rate will be in line with the apprenticeship rate for year 1 but this will increase from year 2. The apprentice will be rewarded according to their performance and skillset. Therefore higher than the national rate for year 2 onward.
- Training course
- Engineering design technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday 8.00am to 5.00pm
Friday 8.00am to 2.30pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 9 March 2026
- Duration
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3 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
- Responsible for creating detailed, buildable designs and manufacturing drawings for timber frame structures
- Produce accurate 2D and 3D CAD drawings and models for timber frame projects, including wall panels, floor joists, roof trusses, and cassettes
- Generate detailed construction information, material quantity take-offs cutting lists, and CNC (computer numerical control) files for the manufacturing team
- Ensuring compliance with building regulations
- Working closely with architects, structural engineers, project managers, and internal factory/site teams to translate initial concepts into accurate, buildable designs and resolve any technical queries or detailing issues
- Collaborating with various project teams
Where you'll work
PART MANOR MILL
HALLAM ROAD
NELSON
LANCASHIRE
BB9 8DN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
T3 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LTD
Training course
Engineering design technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
- Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
- Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
- Select materials and parts.
- Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
- Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
- Provide feedback on engineering designs.
- Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
- Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
- Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
- Read, interpret and establish design intent.
- Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
- Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.
- Option 1. Produce general arrangements of electrical power.
- Option 1. Produce detailed drawings of electrical power components such as wires connection, voltage, capacity, main switches.
- Option 1. Identify cable types and application.
- Option 1. Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce electrical power project deliverables such as output drawings and electrical designs.
- Option 2. Produce general arrangements of control and instrumentation designs.
- Option 2. Produce detailed drawings of control and instrumentation components such as cable numbers, wire colours, junction block numbers and panel identification.
- Option 2. Identify different cable types and appropriate application.
- Option 2. Use digital tools such as CAD to produce control and instrumentation project deliverables.
- Option 3. Produce general arrangements of mechanical designs.
- Option 3. Produce detailed drawings of mechanical components such as part dimensions, shape and manufacture.
- Option 3. Use digital tools such as CAD to produce mechanical project deliverables.
- Option 4. Produce general arrangements of piping design.
- Option 4. Produce detailed drawings of piping components such as pipework, ducts and fittings and including supports and skids.
- Option 4. Use digital tools such as CAD or Plant Design Management Systems to produce piping design project deliverables.
- Option 5. Produce general arrangements of structures showing multiple materials such as steel, concrete, masonry, timber.
- Option 5. Produce detailed drawings for multiple materials such as steel, concrete, timber or masonry.
- Option 5. Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce structural project deliverables.
- Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
- Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
- Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
- Select materials and parts.
- Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
- Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
- Provide feedback on engineering designs.
- Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
- Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
- Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
- Read, interpret and establish design intent.
- Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
- Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.
Training schedule
- 2 ½ Year Apprenticeship Programme
- Design Technician, Knowledge, skills & Behaviours - delivered in the workplace
- Level 3 BTEC in Construction and the Built Environment - Day Release or Remote Delivery (Optional qualification)
- Specialist Training Programme Blocks of your choice
- End Point Assessment - Knowledge Test, Practical Test and Presentation/Interview Specialist training in structural steel modelling (Tekla Structures and BIM processes)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4+)
- Mathematics (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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Team working
Other requirements
Applicants need to have a full driver licence or live in a commutable distance from the office.
About this employer
As a leading timber frame manufacturer our services and products are based around the drive for energy efficient homes.
Our family run business began when our founder, passionate about sustainability saw a need to create more energy efficient homes.
His vision was to design and manufacture homes offsite using all the advantages of building in a factory. With a background in construction and a strong passion for designing and problem solving Buildakit began manufacturing and the company grew. We have been offering highly insulated energy efficient homes for over 25 years.
Since then we’ve come along way and our construction experience and expertise are perfectly suited to tackle many of today’s biggest sustainability and development challenges. Our mission is to provide innovative, sustainable, and high-performance timber frame panels that help builders to create energy-efficient and durable structures.
After this apprenticeship
Progression is dependent on the individual and how keen they are to develop. We are a small family business and always on the lookout for keen individuals who are looking for opportunities.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
T3 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000008558.
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Closes on Saturday 28 February 2026