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Apprentice Machinist
Learning a wide range of engineering skills and progression through a precision engineering company.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
Responsibilities
- Observing, learning and understanding a wide range of engineering skills and processes while under the instruction of skilled technical staff
- Demonstrate these skills and processes as the training period progresses by working independently or with a team
- Undertake tasks as instructed and increasing overall contribution to the business
- Undertake and successfully complete suitable college assignments throughout the training period, achieving the academic grades and practical skills in order to entitle yearly progression leading to the award of a suitable level 3 NVQ Extended Diploma in Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering
- Develop the skills to construct or modify apparatus and instruments from verbal instructions and drawings, for research, teaching and student projects, to a high degree of precision
- Learn how to maintain workshop equipment and to keep it in good repair
- Maintain a logbook over the duration of the apprenticeship period, recording projects that have been undertaken and the skills learned
- Maintain good housekeeping of the workplace
- Maintain a smart appearance and act in a professional manner at all times
- Perform any other duties appropriate to the grade and role of the post holder
- Read and interpret technical drawings
- Select the identified material for each job
- Produce tooling and fixtures as required
- Use hand held inspection equipment, height gauge and shadow graph to confirm accuracy of own work
- Maintain a clean and tidy work area
- Use solid models to identify parts and build assemblies
- Maintain an assembly non-conformance log and ensure that it is given to the project manager at the end of the assembly phase
- Once trained to acceptable level book labour hours to projects in line with overhead recovery requirements
Requirements
- GCSE in: English (grade 4), Maths (grade 4)
- Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Health and safety conscious
- Positive attitude
- Reliable
- Punctual
- Hard working
- Strong communication skills
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Willingness to learn
- Good time management
- Attention to detail
- Reliability and punctuality
- Problem-solving and critical thinking
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Positive attitude and enthusiasm
- Ability to follow instructions accurately
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Benefits
- Support will always be provided to develop into a more skilled team member
- Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab) (https://www.gov.uk/become-apprentice/find-an-apprenticeship)
Application Process
- Apply now
- Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 15 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
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About Bowyer Engineering Limited
Bowyer Engineering Limited is a well-established precision engineering and manufacturing company based on the Walworth Business Park in Andover, Hampshire. We specialise in high-end subcontract CNC machining, prototype development, and component manufacturing.
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Contact
- The contact for this apprenticeship is: BASINGSTOKE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
- The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000040372.
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BASINGSTOKE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Training course
Machining technician (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab) (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-apprenticeship-training-for-employers)
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, re-cycling 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
Training will take place at Basingstoke College of Technology one day a week
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