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About Us
We’re a Yorkshire manufacturer of drawing boards, plan chests, wooden furniture, cabinet making and custom illuminated equipment.
About the Role
We’re looking for an apprentice on a multi-skill apprenticeship specialising in welding and fabrication — learning on real product that ships to customers, not throwaway training pieces.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
You’ll work as part of the factory team helping get product out of the door, while building skills across:
- Welding & fabrication — tubular mild steel and stainless steel, including laser welding
- Sheet metal — folding and forming on our press brake
- Woodwork & cabinet making — wooden furniture, cabinets and timber components alongside our steelwork
- Build & finish — drawing stands, custom illuminated equipment and related product assembly
- Workshop skills — hand tools and power tools day to day
- Basic electronics — low-voltage wiring and soldering where the job needs it
- Teamwork — supporting production so orders leave on time and to Orchard quality
This is a hands-on multi-skill apprenticeship with a focus on welding and fabrication. You’ll also gain exposure to woodworking and cabinet making as part of how we build our product range. You’ll learn by doing, with guidance from experienced fabricators and makers.
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Course Contents
- Work safely at all times, comply with health & safety legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Comply with environmental legislation, regulations and organisational requirements.
- Obtain, check and use the appropriate documentation (such as job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation).
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity.
- Undertake the work activity using the correct processes, procedures and equipment.
- Carry out the required checks (such as quality, compliance or testing) using the correct procedures, processes and/or equipment.
- Deal promptly and effectively with problems within the limits of their responsibility using approved diagnostic methods and techniques and report those which cannot be resolved to the appropriate personnel.
- Complete any required documentation using the defined recording systems at the appropriate stages of the work activity.
- Restore the work area on completion of the activity and where applicable return any resources and consumables to the appropriate location.
- Identify and follow correct Metal work instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Mark out using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Cut and form Metal for the production or maintenance of fabricated products.
- Produce and assemble Metal products to required specification and quality requirements.
- Identify and follow correct joining instructions, specifications, drawing etc.
- Carry out the relevant preparation before starting the joining fabrication activity.
- Set up, check, adjust and use joining and related equipment.
- Weld joints in accordance with approved welding procedures and quality requirements.
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Employment Details
Full time employment at The Big Orchard Ltd.
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