Apprentice Quality Technician
FVC
SHEFFIELD (S4 7ZS)
Closes in 16 days (Wednesday 10 June 2026)
Posted on 18 May 2026
Contents
Summary
Complete and correct implementation of all quality control requirements within the FVC Sheffield site to promote and ensure that a Quality-focused culture is effectively implemented, driving improved performance and customer satisfaction in the day-to-day process.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Quality practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday, 7.30am - 4.00pm and Friday, 7.30am - 12.30pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 July 2026
- Duration
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1 year 2 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
- Create / Update QMS documentation
- Carry out dimensional inspection activities on finished product
- Lead and put into place new quality initiatives / projects
- Ensure that the existing FVC quality system and contract requirements are communicated effectively
- Compiling and processing relevant documentation for customer and product qualifications (APQP, PPQ, PPAP, MQCP, FAIRS)
- Issuing salvage plans for defective product
- Ensuring robust corrective actions are identified in relation to non-conformances
- Investigate customer complaints in line with company procedures
- Ensure compliance with industry regulations and quality standards
- Assist the quality manager maintain AS9100, NADCAP and Customer approvals, plan and conduct internal audits
- Continually develop the quality procedures
- Promote the importance of improving cost of quality performance throughout the business unit, delivering training where required
- Participation in department quality meetings
- Preparation and presentation of quality statistics reports and data
- Assist with audits in accordance with the Paralloy Ltd Group schedule
Where you'll work
FVC
Carwood Road
SHEFFIELD
S4 7ZS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CLEAR QUALITY LIMITED
Training course
Quality practitioner (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
- Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
- Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
- Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
- Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
- Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
- Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
- Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
- Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
- Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
- Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
- Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
- Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
- Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
- Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
- Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
- Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
- Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
- Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
- Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
- Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
- Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
- Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
- Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
Training schedule
Training will be work place based with the remote support from a provider
Requirements
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
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
With origins rooted in the UK’s steel industry, Paralloy & Firth Vickers takes pride in capably serving many of the world’s most challenging industries.
We manufacture centrifugally cast products and solutions whose reliability provides exceptional value to our customers year after year.
From power generation and transportation to manufacturing and critical chemical industries, our products are used to drive the modern world.
Our quality products have always been designed to meet exacting, often bespoke, standards.
Our clients’ need for precision and rapid delivery has driven us to develop efficient processes that result in extremely short lead times; ideal for time-sensitive projects and urgent or emergency-based requirements.
After this apprenticeship
- Route to quality Engineer/Manager
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
FVC
ian ford
Ian.Ford@paralloy.co.uk
01642346637
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000031571.
Apply now
Closes in 16 days (Wednesday 10 June 2026)
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