Engineering Apprentice
ASTRAPAC (MIDLANDS) LTD
BURNTWOOD (WS7 0AJ)
Closes in 30 days (Saturday 30 May 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 29 April 2026
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Summary
To learn and build workshop skills in engineering to develop into a permanent position.
- Wage
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£15,392 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Engineering operative (level 2)
- Hours
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MONDAY – THURSDAY 07:15-12:30 & 13:15-16:00.
FRIDAY – 07:15 – 12:15.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 June 2026
- Duration
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2 years 3 months
- 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
Astrapac is a small engineering company and needs employees to learn to be flexible with knowledge of tasks below:
- Fabrication
- Milling
- Drilling
- Turn
- Weld
- Mech – assembly of machine
- Electrics basic
- Cad – knowledge
- Fitting
- Health & safety
- First aid
Where you'll work
MOUNT ROAD
BURNTWOOD
WS7 0AJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
P.T.P. TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Engineering operative (level 2)
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Training schedule
Engineering Operative Level 2.
Functional Skills Maths and English if required.
More training information
Apprentice will be required to attend our engineering workshop at the Walsall Training Centre on a weekly basis.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 and above)
- Math's (grade 4 and above)
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
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
How will you travel to work?
About this employer
Astrapac Midlands Ltd was established in 1974 and specialises in the design and manufacture of heat sealing machinery for flexible films which can be used in virtually any packaging requirement, examples are found across Industrial, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Hospital Sterile Services and Food sectors, as well as general industrial Packaging such as retail, display and security packaging.
In addition to designing and building a wide and diverse range of Heat Sealers Astrapac are also the sole UK and Ireland representative for the technically advanced Gandus Medical Heat Sealers / pouch sealers. All models in the Gandus range are built to European medical standard ISO 11607 and many models are fully validatable, a requirement in the medical sector for seal quality control.
Astrapac also offers a comprehensive repair, service, and calibration facility at its Midlands based site, including the provision of full certification and validation which is increasingly required in all aspects of packaging today.
Various levels of annual contract service packages are available to suit the needs of any client, especially in the medical field of sterile packaging and data retention. A support machine is a popular part of the package so that no break in production is caused whilst your sealer is in Astrapac’s workshop.
After this apprenticeship
Possible full-time position offered once the qualification is completed.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
P.T.P. TRAINING LIMITED
PTP Recruits
ptprecruits@ptp-training.co.uk
01922651100
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000029073.
Apply now
Closes in 30 days (Saturday 30 May 2026 at 11:59pm)