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£16.2k/yr
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About the Role
DPL Fabrications Ltd are seeking an enthusiastic Apprentice Tekla Draughtsman to join our Design Office and develop a career within structural steel detailing. You will receive full training in Tekla Structures while gaining hands-on experience producing 3D models and fabrication drawings for live projects.
What You'll Do at Work
- Learn to produce accurate 3D structural steel models using Tekla Structures.
- Assist in the preparation of fabrication, assembly and general arrangement drawings.
- Interpret structural and architectural drawings under the guidance of senior designers.
- Produce material schedules, NC data and drawing packages for manufacture.
- Liaise with project managers, engineers and the fabrication workshop to ensure designs are practical and buildable.
- Incorporate design revisions and maintain drawing records throughout project lifecycles.
- Develop an understanding of structural steel detailing, fabrication processes and industry standards.
- Support the Design Office with general engineering and drawing-related tasks.
Training Course
Engineering Design Technician (Level 3)
What You'll Learn
- 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.
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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.
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.
Possible Progression
Possible progression onto full draughtsman / senior roles.
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Skills
Tekla Structures
Tekla
Communication skills
Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Team working
CAD
BIM