Engineering Apprentice – Air Compressor Engineering

360 AIR SERVICES LTD

ENGLAND (WA3 6BL)

Closes on Sunday 14 June 2026

Posted on 16 April 2026


Summary

We are recruiting a motivated, hands-on Engineering Apprentice to join our team. You’ll gain real-world experience supporting servicing, maintenance, installations, and basic fault finding on air compressors, while learning safe working practices and general engineering duties alongside experienced engineers.

Wage

£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4:30pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 July 2026

Duration

3 years 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

  • Servicing and maintenance of air compressors and compressed air systems
  • Industry manufacture training and processes
  • Assisting with installations at customer sites
  • Fault finding and basic diagnostics
  • Workshop preparation and general engineering duties
  • Learning safe working practices and engineering procedures

Where you'll work

UNIT D2
TAYLOR BUSINESS PARK RISLEY
WARRINGTON
ENGLAND
WA3 6BL

Training

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

Training provider

WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGE

Training course

Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO). European Norm (EN).
  • Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
  • Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles.
  • Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
  • Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
  • Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
  • Produce job specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications.
  • Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
  • Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
  • Follow standard operating procedures.
  • Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery.
  • Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Communicate in writing with others for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
  • Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
  • Carry out and record learning and development activities.
  • Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
  • Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO). European Norm (EN).
  • Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
  • Apply scientific, technical or engineering principles.
  • Apply problem solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
  • Organise, plan and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
  • Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
  • Produce job specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications.
  • Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
  • Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
  • Follow standard operating procedures.
  • Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes and machinery.
  • Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections or tests.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Communicate in writing with others for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
  • Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
  • Carry out and record learning and development activities.
  • Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.

Training schedule

You will work towards a recognised qualification such as a Level 3 Engineering Technician Apprenticeship.

Training will include:

  • College day release (or block release depending on provider)
  • On-the-job training with experienced engineers
  • Ongoing mentoring and support

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

  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Basic mechanical or technical

About this employer

360 Air Services Ltd is a market leading supplier of complete compressed air system solutions, with a combined industry experience of over 100 years, providing highly professional and competitive services to a wide range of industries.

https://360-air.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will progress into a qualified Service Engineer role, working independently on servicing, maintenance, installations, and fault finding of air compressor systems. With experience, there are opportunities to progress into senior engineering and specialist technical roles within the company.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

360 AIR SERVICES LTD

Louise

louise@360-air.co.uk

01925967186

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000026709.

Apply now

Closes on Sunday 14 June 2026