Carmels Precision Engineering Ltd, part of the Carmels Group

Carmels Precision Engineering Ltd, part of the Carmels Group, is a UK-based precision engineering and fabrication company located in Ely, Cambridgeshire. The company specialises in the manufacture of high-quality precision machined components, providing CNC milling, CNC turning and sliding head machining services to customers across a wide range of industries.

https://www.carmelsgroup.com/

Apprentice trainee CNC Turner

Wage

£16,640 a year

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Training course

Machining technician (level 3)

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Hours

Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 4.30pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

1

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Main Roles and Responsibilities:

• The operation of all of our CNC mills and lathes, these comprise of Matsuura, Haas & Doosan machining centres
• Checking finished parts to customer drawing requirements using various equipment as needed
• Ensuring the workshop is kept clean & tidy in keeping with our workshop policies

Where you'll work

8 Lancaster way
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB6 3NW

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

Training provider

WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE

Training course

Machining technician (level 3)

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.