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Apprentice Governor Technician
Kickstart your engineering career with hands-on experience across our build shop, machine shop, test shop, and field service callouts. You’ll learn to dismantle, inspect, and rebuild precision equipment while developing real skills in a supportive, close-knit team through experienced employees who have decades of knowledge behind them.
Requirements
- GCSE in maths and English (grade A*-C/9-4)
- Desirable: Level 2 or equivalent in an Engineering course (grade Passed first year)
- Share any other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
- Depending on the department, additional information may be required. For build shop and machine shop, there is no additional information. For test shop and service, you may be required to go out on site and work in engine rooms of marine vessels and in turbine halls.
- Occasional working overtime may be required (paid at time and a half).
Responsibilities
Build Shop:
- Dismantle governor assemblies and similar equipment
- Use cleaning tanks to clean parts, inspect parts and identify parts that are worn and need replacing
- Rebuild governor assemblies or similar equipment
- Complete overhaul reports and other documentation
- Ensure Health & Safety guidelines and practices are followed in line with company policies
- Assist with problem-solving issues
- Ensure your work area is kept clean, tidy and well organised
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Machine Shop:
- Interpret a technical drawing
- Accurately measure manufactured parts and compare those measurements to a drawing
- Operate machinery
- Handle materials in a safe manner
- Learn the care of cutting and manual tools
- Work effectively with other members of staff
- Identify and mitigate health and safety risks
- Distinguish between different machines and related processes
Apprenticeship Training:
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance (e.g., segregation of resources for reuse, recycling and disposal).
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations (e.g., British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO), European Norm (EN)).
- Analyze engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs (e.g., read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals).
- Apply scientific, technical, or engineering principles.
- Apply problem-solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
- Organize, plan, and prioritize workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
- Identify, organize, and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
- Produce job-specific technical outputs (e.g., engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals and specifications).
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders (e.g., checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents).
- Record information (paper-based or electronic) (e.g., energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists).
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions (e.g., safe instructions for use of products, processes, and machinery).
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices (e.g., conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections, or tests).
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team-working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others (e.g., stakeholders, colleagues, and managers).
- Communicate with others verbally (e.g., colleagues and stakeholders).
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity, and inclusion procedures.
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