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Role Overview
The role is responsible for setting up, operating, and maintaining CNC machinery to produce high-quality, precision components. Working as part of a collaborative manufacturing environment, you will play an important role in ensuring components are produced accurately, efficiently, and to high standards.
What You'll Do at Work
- Set up and operate CNC machining equipment to manufacture precision components
- Interpret and work accurately from engineering drawings, technical specifications, and machining instructions
- Select appropriate cutting tools, work-holding equipment, speeds, feeds, and machining methods
- Load and modify CNC programmes where required, identifying and correcting machining issues
- Carry out first-off inspections and in-process quality checks using appropriate measuring equipment
- Ensure components meet dimensional, visual, and quality requirements
- Identify tooling, machine, or production issues and take appropriate corrective action
- Maintain accurate production and quality records
- Carry out routine machine checks, cleaning, and basic maintenance to ensure equipment remains safe and operational
- Work closely with engineers, production colleagues, and quality personnel to resolve manufacturing issues and improve processes
- Maintain a clean, organised, and safe working environment in accordance with company procedures and health and safety requirements
- Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at improving quality, productivity, and manufacturing efficiency
- Commitment to maintaining high standards of quality, safety, and workmanship
Where You'll Work
Wardray Premise Unit 2
Springvale Works
Elland Road
Brighouse
HD6 2RN
Apprenticeship Details
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training Provider
CALDERDALE 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, recycling 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.
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Training Schedule
This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
Desirable Qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English and Mathematics (grade Grade 4/C or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Good attitude to work
- Timekeeping skills
- Ability to fit in
About the Company
Wardray Premise Limited is a long established company, specialising in the manufacture of all types of Radiation Shielding for medical and industrial applications. We provide a Total Radiation Shielding Package, from design through manufacturing, installation and post contract support. As a company we operate a programme of continual improvement in our environmental performance.
Your Earnings
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
The End Goal
The end goal is to be a fully skilled CNC programmer / setter on VMC’s and Lathes.
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CALDERDALE COLLEGE
Shannon Ingham
Shannon.Ingham@calderdale.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000047941.
Closing Date
Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 30 September 2026)
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