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HellermannTyton Toolmaking Apprentice Opportunity
HellermannTyton are currently seeking for a Toolmaking Apprentice to work alongside qualified Toolmakers and successfully complete a Machining Technician apprenticeship standard (NVQ plus Internal Standards). This fantastic opportunity will enable the development of skills and experience to become a fully Qualified Toolroom Engineer.
Benefits:
- Sick pay, Bonus and Healthcare available after completion of their apprenticeship
About the Role
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
This is an opportunity for an enthusiastic and technically minded individual to acquire training and competence in a highly skilled engineering role.
- They will work alongside other apprentices we currently have in training and will benefit from the experience and guidance of some of our best engineers.
- The role will follow our carefully co-ordinated apprentice pathway, and will last for 4 years, after which the candidate will be expected to be able to work within an engineering environment as an individual, and be able to manage their own workload with some guidance from scheduling and planning.
Location: 1 Sharston Green Business Park Robeson Way Manchester M22 4TY
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training Details
Training provider:
THE TRAFFORD AND STOCKPORT COLLEGE GROUP
Training course:
Machining technician (level 3)
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Course Contents
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, recycling 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.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, recycling 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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Requirements
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Machining Technician Level 3.
The apprentice will work four days a week and spend one day a week in college.
Essential Qualifications
- GCSE in:
- Any Subject Area (grade 4)
- Any Subject Area (grade 4)
- Any Subject Area (grade 4)
- 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.
Additional Requirements:
- Must be able to work well within a team
- Ability to be self-motivated to achieve deadlines inside and outside of college
- Enthusiastic about engineering and manufacturing
- Able to stay calm and maintain high standards under pressure
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Able to concentrate on processes for prolonged periods of time
- Comfortable working on computers, including basic programmes such as Microsoft Word and Excel
About HellermannTyton
HellermannTyton is a global manufacturer and engineering partner for high-quality standard and custom components that fasten, route, protect, connect and identify electrical, fluid and data systems. Wherever cables, wires, pipes and hoses are installed, our solutions help secure, guide and protect them – quickly, precisely and efficiently.
Cable management components play a vital role in system performance. When they are not right, installations take longer, costs rise and systems can fail. When they are optimised, they reduce installation time, prevent damage and support consistent and sustainable performance.
With 19 production sites, 13 development centres and more than 7,000 employees in 40 countries, we combine global scale with local responsiveness that is fast, relevant and personal.
Whether you need standard parts or fully customised components, we deliver efficiently, cost-effectively and to the highest standards.
https://www.hellermanntyton.com/ (opens in new tab)
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Success Note:
Successful applicant can potentially secure a permanent contract upon completion.
Contact Information
Contact for this apprenticeship:
THE TRAFFORD AND STOCKPORT COLLEGE GROUP
Apprenticeships
0161 886 7461
Reference code for this apprenticeship: VAC2000040901
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