Engineering Operative Apprentice

  • Company: A&N Engineering Services Limited
  • Location: Kettering, NN16 8PX
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Salary: £234.00 per week
  • Sector: Engineering
  • Ref: VAC-12258
  • Application Deadline Date: 16/05/2021
  • Start Date: 31/05/2021
  • Positions Available: 1
  • Working Week: Monday to Thursday 07:30-16:00 - Friday 07:30 - 15:00 (30 mins lunch break)

Brief Description

This is a great opportunity to become an Engineering Operative Apprentice. You will learn about workshop best practice and you will learn to program and use Haas, XYZ and Hyundai. You will be trained on CNC Mills, Lathes and a Trotec Laser. Are you interested?

Qualifications Required

To be considered for this role you will ideally have GCSE at grades 9-3(A*-D) in English, maths and science or equivalent.

Personal Qualities

Not afraid to ask questions
Dedication
Commitment
Honesty and a willingness to learn
A good eye for detail
Conscientious work ethic

Skills Required

Must have lots of common sense
High regard for health and Safety
Driving license an added bonus
Ability to listen to a mentor and communicate well with others

Training to be Provided

Engineering Operative – Level 2
EAL Level 2 Diploma in Engineering Operations
EAL Level 2 in Engineering Operations

Future Prospects

On successful completion of your apprenticeship you will become fully qualified and employed full time.

Vacancy Detail

This employer is looking for an apprentice who is interested in engineering. They will teach you workshop best practice, the use of hand tools, inspection tools, reading technical drawings, working to tolerances, how to use the CNC machines, you will learn about programming, design fixtures, coding, tool selection and much more. Want to know more?

On a typical day you will:

- Check current orders and select or, be given a drawing for a component from a current order, find the correct oversize material from the stock rack and cut the
material using the appropriate saw.
- Learn to read technical production drawings, taking into account all the features, tolerances and choose the best way to hold the material within the milling
machine or lathe to enable the manufacture of the component with a view to minimum setups while maintaining correct tolerances
- Learn to program the milling machines and lathes using Fanuc, Siemans and Haas programming language
- Learn how to use 3D CAM software that will use customer supplied 3d step files
- While the parts are being manufactured you will be inspecting manufactured parts using inspection hand tools and checking part quantities manufacture match
the part quantities ordered
- Help other engineers with their manufacturing jobs
- Offload lorries using a motorised pallet stacker
- Check or pick material for the next available job, cutting it and getting it ready
- Wipe down the machine between jobs, ensuring the workstation is reasonably free from swarf

In time you will be checking other engineers work!

This apprenticeship has expired