Apprentice Welder - Construction plant and equipment

J. MURPHY & SONS LIMITED

Ollerton (NG22 9PZ)

Closes in 17 days (Monday 9 March 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 19 February 2026

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Summary

You will play a key role in maintaining, repairing and refurbishing parts for construction plant & heavy equipment. Using specialist welding processes, you will restore components, fabricate basic parts, & ensure equipment remains safe, reliable and productive on-site.

Wage

£21,216 a year

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The annual salary is based on an hourly rate of £10.20 per hour.

Training course
Welder (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8hrs per day. Hours will be discussed at interview.

40 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 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

  • Perform high quality welds on plant equipment components using appropriate welding processes, ensuring joints meet required strength and quality standards
  • Refurbish and repair metal parts, including rebuilding worn surfaces and reworking reusable materials
  • Carry out basic fabrication tasks, such as cutting, shaping, and preparing metal components for repair or assembly
  • Inspect materials and components before and after welding to ensure compliance with safety and quality requirements
  • Prepare work areas, tools and consumables, ensuring all equipment is maintained and safe to use
  • Follow welding procedures, technical specifications and industry standards to deliver consistent, accurate work
  • Work collaboratively with maintenance teams to plan effective repair and fabrication solutions
  • Uphold safety standards at all times, recognising welding as a safety critical occupation

Skills you will learn:

Through the Welder Apprenticeship Standard, you will develop:

  • The ability to produce high quality welds across different welding processes and material types, aligned with industry standards
  • Skills in preparing, protecting and positioning materials and work areas for safe and effective welding
  • Competence in handling, maintaining and checking welding equipment and consumables
  • Techniques for completing and inspecting finished welds to meet quality and safety expectations
  • Problem solving skills to assess equipment damage and select appropriate repair or fabrication methods
  • Understanding of key welding behaviours, including precision, safety awareness and professional conduct
  • Foundational knowledge of welding processes, materials and equipment as guided by the International Institute of Welding curriculum

Where you'll work

Rushcliffe House
Newark Road
Ollerton
NG22 9PZ

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

  • 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
  • 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
  • This attendance is required during term time only

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

Murphy is a leading international, multi-disciplined engineering and construction company founded in 1951 that improves life by delivering World class infrastructure. Operating the UK, Ireland and North America Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors incl transportation, water, power and natural resources. They also have a number of related business - ground engineering, utility connections, Murphy Plant, Murphy Process Engineering, Pipeline testing, specialist welding services and electrical services. Murphy employs more than 4,300 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the World. Together they work as "One Murphy" by directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. There's more to Murphy.

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After this apprenticeship

  • Upon successful completion of your apprenticeship there may be additional learning opportunities via apprenticeships with this employer
  • Please view their website www.murphygroup.com to see the wealth of opportunities available

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000016788.

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Closes in 17 days (Monday 9 March 2026 at 11:59pm)