Apprentice General Welder

About the Role

We are looking for a hardworking, committed and enthusiastic Apprentice to join our vibrant and friendly team. You will work within our engineering department and will be supported through your qualification with real experience to complement your learning.

Your Duties

• Learning and developing welding skills using a range of welding processes and equipment, under the supervision of experienced members of the team
• Preparing materials and components for welding, including measuring, cutting, cleaning, positioning and securing materials ready for fabrication
• Assisting with the fabrication and assembly of components and equipment, ensuring work is completed accurately and to the required quality standards
• Using workshop machinery and hand tools safely and correctly, following company health and safety procedures at all times
• Carrying out quality checks on completed work and developing an understanding of tolerances, measurements and industry standards
• Working on a variety of projects, which may include line-stopping equipment, pipe fittings, tooling and other fabricated engineering components
• Supporting the wider machining and fabrication team with general workshop duties and maintaining a clean, safe and organised working environment

Apprenticeship Details

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

• Training provider: DN COLLEGES GROUP
• Training course: Welder (level 2)

What You'll Learn

Course contents:

• Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
• Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
• Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
• Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
• Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
• Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
• Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
• Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
• Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
• Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
• Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
• Identify surface defects.
• Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
• Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
• Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
• Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
• Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
• Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
• Apply team working principles.