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LFE Engineering Ltd: Level 2 Welder Apprenticeship
LFE Engineering Ltd is looking for enthusiastic new apprentices to join our experienced fabrication team in Coventry. This is an excellent opportunity to develop practical welding and fabrication skills while working towards a Level 2 Welder apprenticeship with Coventry College.
Wage £15,600 to £24,784.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
Training course: Welder (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday 37 hours 30 minutes a week
Start date: Thursday 1 October 2026
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 4
Working alongside skilled welders, fabricators, and supervisors, you will learn how to safely produce fabricated steel components from engineering drawings. Your work will include material preparation, setting up welding equipment, welding and fabrication, checking completed work, and maintaining a safe, tidy workplace.
Key Responsibilities
- Follow health and safety procedures, risk assessments, and safe systems of work.
- Read and work from engineering drawings, job instructions, and welding specifications.
- Prepare, mark out, cut, form, fit, and assemble materials and components.
- Set up and use welding and fabrication equipment under appropriate supervision.
- Develop competence in relevant welding processes, including MIG/MAG and TIG.
- Check dimensions and visually inspect completed work against quality requirements.
- Report defects, equipment issues, and safety concerns promptly.
- Attend college and complete all apprenticeship training, coursework, and assessments.
Day to Day Activities
- Collect and prepare materials, tools, PPE, and welding equipment.
- Practise and complete welding and fabrication tasks with guidance from experienced colleagues.
- Use measuring equipment to check component dimensions and alignment.
- Clean and dress welds where required and assist with final quality checks.
- Record work and training evidence and keep the work area clean and organized.
Where You'll Work
HIBBERD HOUSE
CURRIERS CLOSE
CANLEY
COVENTRY
CV4 8AW
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Training provider: COVENTRY COLLEGE
Training course: Welder (level 2)
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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.
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Training Schedule
Apprenticeships include paid time away from work for specialist training. You’ll study at a training provider for one day per week to gain professional knowledge and skills relevant to your apprenticeship and to compliment the expectations of your job role.
Desirable Qualifications
- 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.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Logical
- Physical fitness
Other Requirements
- You will have experience working in a workshop environment and able to operate a range of tools and/or machines, ideally having had some experience welding. You will be able to demonstrate safe working practices in busy workshop environments.
- You will have good interpersonal skills, demonstrate reliable work-ready behaviors, and be able to follow instructions accurately.
About LFE Engineering Ltd
Established in 1999, LFE Engineering Ltd is a Coventry-based fabrication and sheet metal company. We design, manufacture, supply, and install high-quality fabricated steel solutions for customers across a range of industries. Our capabilities include laser cutting, CNC forming, welding, fabrication, and project installation. We are committed to quality, safety, training, and developing the next generation of skilled engineers.
https://www.lfeeng.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
You can work as a qualified semi-skilled welder or fabrication assistant in industries like construction, manufacturing, and automotive. You could also progress to a Level 3 Plate Welder apprenticeship or specialise in specific advanced techniques like high-pressure pipe welding.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
COVENTRY COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000045390.
Closes in 22 days (Friday 21 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
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