Production Engineering Apprentice - Surface Mount Technology

  • Company: OSI Electronics UK
  • Location: St Neots, PE19 8YP
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Salary: £288.00 per week
  • Sector: Engineering
  • Ref: VAC-12334
  • Application Deadline Date: 30/10/2022
  • Start Date: 07/11/2022
  • Positions Available: 1
  • Working Week: Mon-Thurs 7:30am - 4:00pm Fri 7:30am-1:30pm

Brief Description

Does varied work experience across a business interest you?
Do you want to learn about tasks such as surface mount technology (SMT)
Apply now for this Production Engineering apprenticeship!

Qualifications Required

Ideally, the apprentice will hold 3 GCSEs at grades 9-3 (A*-D) including English and maths and science or equivalent

Personal Qualities

Willingness to learn
Team Player
Interest in electronics

Skills Required


Dexterous
Good communication skills

Training to be Provided

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

Future Prospects

Upon completion, the successful candidate could have a career within OSI Electronics

Vacancy Detail

The employer will provide the skills to be proficient within our Production team, to learn the skills as an Operator or Inspector working within an SMT (Surface Mount Technology) environment, AOI, Xray and NPI. The training scheme will provide a foundation for their products and customers, with the opportunity to progress to other areas within the Production team.

You will work towards the responsibility of an SMT operator who is responsible for setting up and operating a variety of automatic or semi-automatic machines including robotic assembly equipment used in the production of the company's product.
This role will lead to the responsibility for the overall operation and care of potentially large-scale manufacturing machinery including actions such as feeding materials for processing, adjusting settings, performing minor repairs, and pulling finished product from the line. The SMT operator works from process sheets or written/verbal instructions given by the supervisor to perform production tasks. Checks and inspects operation results against predetermined tolerances.

Other Information

This position is based in Eaton Socon, the candidates must be able to get to work and Bedford college for the college release aspect of the apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship has expired