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About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join Davicon as an apprentice. You will be part of the projects and design team, responsible for producing 2D drawings and 3D models. For the right person, there is the opportunity to develop skills in design and drawing techniques within a fast-paced, busy workplace.
What You'll Do at Work
- Preparing 3D models to create 2D fabrication and installation drawings
- Adding connections to 3D models and then preparing the model to be able to create fabrication drawings for our manufacturing department
- Creating installation general arrangement drawings for our install teams
- Communicating designs to the design team and customers
Where You'll Work
THE WALLOWS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
FENS POOL AVENUE
BRIERLEY HILL
DY5 1QA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training Provider
T3 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LTD
Training Course
Engineering design technician (level 3)
What You'll Learn
Course Contents
- Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
- Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
- Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
- Select materials and parts.
- Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
- Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
- Provide feedback on engineering designs.
- Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
- Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
- Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
- Read, interpret and establish design intent.
- Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
- Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.
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Options
Option 1: Electrical Power
- Produce general arrangements of electrical power.
- Produce detailed drawings of electrical power components such as wires connection, voltage, capacity, main switches.
- Identify cable types and application.
- Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce electrical power project deliverables such as output drawings and electrical designs.
Option 2: Control and Instrumentation
- Produce general arrangements of control and instrumentation designs.
- Produce detailed drawings of control and instrumentation components such as cable numbers, wire colours, junction block numbers and panel identification.
- Identify different cable types and appropriate application.
- Use digital tools such as CAD to produce control and instrumentation project deliverables.
Option 3: Mechanical Designs
- Produce general arrangements of mechanical designs.
- Produce detailed drawings of mechanical components such as part dimensions, shape and manufacture.
- Use digital tools such as CAD to produce mechanical project deliverables.
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Option 4: Piping Design
- Produce general arrangements of piping design.
- Produce detailed drawings of piping components such as pipework, ducts and fittings and including supports and skids.
- Use digital tools such as CAD or Plant Design Management Systems to produce piping design project deliverables.
Option 5: Structures
- Produce general arrangements of structures showing multiple materials such as steel, concrete, masonry, timber.
- Produce detailed drawings for multiple materials such as steel, concrete, timber or masonry.
- Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce structural project deliverables.
Training Schedule
2 ½ Year Engineering design technician (Level 3) Apprenticeship Programme.
- Design and Draughting Skills, Knowledge & Behaviours – delivered in the workplace.
- Level 3 BTEC in Construction and the Built Environment – Day Release or Remote Delivery (Optional qualification).
- Specialist Training Programme Blocks of your choice.
- End Point Assessment – Knowledge Test, Practical Test and Presentation/Interview.
Essential Qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4+)
- Mathematics (grade 4+)
- Science (grade 4+)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
About This Employer
Davicon Mezzanine Floors manufacture quality mezzanine floors, support steelwork and integrated mezzanine solutions, with over 40 years’ experience supplying to customers exclusively through a professional network of distributors.
Once you have completed your apprenticeship, you may have the chance to work as a qualified digital engineering technician, which in turn can lead on to design office manager or other senior level roles within the organisation.
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