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Crofton Engineering
Crofton Engineering is a long-established small-medium enterprise. We are specialist subcontractors in the construction industry. The team is looking to recruit for an Apprentice Welder/Fabricator.
Wage
£16,224 a year
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We will offer 1 week's unpaid work experience for candidates who are unsure this is the career for them.
Training course
Engineering operative (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Thursday: 7:30am to 16:00pm, Friday 7:30am to 15:00pm - 30-minute unpaid break for lunch.
39 hours a week
Start date
Monday 7 September 2026
Duration
2 years
Positions available
2
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 role is to learn how to weld and fabricate structural steelwork and architectural metalwork (balustrades, balconies, stairs) from mild steel.
The department is the workshop and the ultimate responsibility is to read the fabrication drawings and produce the product as drawn to the standards of BS EN 1090, under the guidance of the Workshop Supervisor.
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Where you'll work
Cambridge Road
Linton
CB21 4NN
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
Engineering operative (level 2)
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Training schedule
The learner will be studying the Engineering Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard qualification.
Day release to North Cambridgeshire Training Centre (Chatteris).
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths and English (grade 4-9)
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
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
This sort of work requires long hours of standing and physical strength in a factory workshop environment.
Crofton Engineering is a long-established small-medium enterprise. We are specialist sub-contractors in the construction industry. We take a job from Architects and Engineers drawings; we produce the fabrication drawings, fabricate the steel and install or erect it on site. We also design, manufacture and install our own products of Fire Training Towers, Buildings and Structures for the Fire & Rescue Service.
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The prospects are to either become a workshop fabricator, who can make steel into intricate shapes; or a site welder/fabricator – welding steel on construction sites using different techniques. There may be further opportunities, after welding skills have been mastered, to go into the drawing office and learn detail design draughting and, in time, to project management of construction projects or into estimating and the commercial side of the business.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE
Sam Ridgeon
sam.ridgeon@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk
01284 412350
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039767.
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