Apprentice Toolmaker/CNC Machinist
Amcor
Beccles (NR34 8TS)
Closes in 30 days (Friday 1 May 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 March 2026
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Summary
An exciting opportunity to join Amcor Beccles as an apprentice in toolmaking and CNC machining. You’ll work with advanced equipment, learn from skilled engineers, and tackle real production challenges from day one. With Amcor’s strong commitment to training, it’s a pathway to a skilled, secure, and future‑proof career.
- Wage
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£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Machining technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday 7am-4pm /
Tuesday 7am-4pm /
Wednesday 7am-4pm /
Thursday 7am-4pm /
Friday 7am-1pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 23 September 2026
- Duration
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3 years 6 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
- Support toolmaking tasks, such as maintaining tooling, assisting with repairs, and learning how to manufacture jigs, fixtures, and mould components from scratch.
- Work from technical drawings and engineering specifications, measuring, inspecting, and checking parts to ensure they meet exact tolerances.
- Set up and operate CNC machines, loading tools, adjusting offsets, and running precision machining programs to produce high‑quality components.
Where you'll work
London Road
Beccles
NR34 8TS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EAST COAST COLLEGE
Training course
Machining technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
- Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
- Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
- Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
- Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
- Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
- Plan and organise own work and resources.
- Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
- Select machining process.
- Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
- Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
- Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
- Measure and check components.
- Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
- Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
- Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
- Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
- Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
- Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
- Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
- Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
- Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
- Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
- Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
- Plan and organise own work and resources.
- Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
- Select machining process.
- Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
- Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
- Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
- Measure and check components.
- Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
- Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
- Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
- Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
- Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Apply team working principles.
Training schedule
The Level 3 Machining Technician standard is delivered in the workplace with 1 day a week attendance at college.
You will work towards gaining a Level 3 Machining Technician Apprenticeship Standard, as well as a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Machining (Development Knowledge).
More training information
The entry requirements for this apprenticeship are GCSE grade 4 or Level 2 Functional Skills in English and Mathematics.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Mathematics (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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this employer
We are a global leader in packaging solutions for consumer and healthcare products. With industry-leading innovation capabilities, global scale and technical expertise, we help our customers grow and meet the needs of millions of consumers every day.
http://www.amcor.com (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Site bonus scheme.
- Company pension scheme.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
And many more!
After this apprenticeship
Once you’re a fully qualified toolmaker/CNC machinist, you become a core part of the toolroom, the place where the most precise, technical, and high‑value work happens. You’ll take ownership of complex tooling, solve production problems, and work on bespoke components that keep the entire factory running smoothly. From there, your career can grow in several directions: you can specialise in advanced CNC programming, move into tool design, step up into supervisory or engineering roles, or become the go‑to expert for high‑precision manufacturing. It’s a trade that opens doors, gives you long‑term stability, and puts you in a position where your skills are genuinely hard to replace.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EAST COAST COLLEGE
Claire Casbolt
Claire.casbolt@amcor.com
01502715518
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000023635.
Apply now
Closes in 30 days (Friday 1 May 2026 at 11:59pm)