Apprentice Production Operative
BYWATER SERVICES LTD
LEICESTERSHIRE (LE67 3HE)
Closes in 9 days (Monday 11 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 7 July 2025
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Summary
ByWater Services is a UK leader in water recycling and treatment solutions, helping businesses reduce usage and operate more sustainably. As an Apprentice Level 3 Fitter, you’ll gain hands-on engineering experience with in our production department while contributing to meaningful environmental impact across a range of industries.
- Wage
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£16,528 a year
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£8.15 - £9.50 ph - dependant on age £16.528 - £19,266
- Training course
- Engineering fitter (level 3)
- Hours
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8.30am - 5.00pm, Monday - Thursday.
8.30am - 4.00pm, Friday.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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4 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
- Produce and test a range of water treatment systems
- Carry out a range of mechanical & electrical tasks
- Installation of pumps
- Assembly of pipework & tank connections
- Build, Test and inspect electrical control panels
- Fault finding on testing
- Report writing
Where you'll work
UNIT 7 TELFORD WAY
STEPHENSON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
COALVILLE
LEICESTERSHIRE
LE67 3HE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE SMB GROUP
Training course
Engineering fitter (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
- Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
- Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
- Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
- Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
- Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
- Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
- Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
- Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
- Reporting work outcomes or issues.
- Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
- Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
- Operating within limits of responsibility.
- Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
- Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
- Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
- Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
- Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
- Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
- Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
- Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
- Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
- Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
- Reporting work outcomes or issues.
- Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
- Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
- Operating within limits of responsibility.
- Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
Training schedule
- Block release to Stephenson College, Coalville
- Functional skills if necessary
- On-the-job training
- Off-the-job training
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Chemistry (grade 4)
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
- Physics (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
- Team working
- Initiative
- Flexible
- Ambitious to succeed
Other requirements
- Start at 8.30am - Flexibility to travel off site with an earlier start time
About this employer
Established in 1999 ByWater Services are a company specialising in commercial water treatment systems, wash water reclamation systems and other associated equipment including design, installation and maintenance.
After this apprenticeship
- Full time employment
- Senior Production Operative
- Senior Production Manager
- Field Engineer
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE SMB GROUP
Apprenticeships
apprenticeships@smbgroup.ac.uk
01530 519001
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330285.
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Closes in 9 days (Monday 11 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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