Composite Technician Apprentice

Composites Technician Apprenticeship

This role provides hands-on experience and structured learning in composite manufacturing processes and quality standards. You will work under supervision while developing technical competence, safe working practices, and an understanding of production processes required to produce high-quality composites components for a range of sectors.

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

What you'll do at work

The Composites Technician Apprenticeship will include structured stages of development, all required to manufacture high-quality composite components, which include:

• Induction and safety training.
• Basic composite manufacturing skills in different areas of the process.
• Material handling and preparation.
• Manufacturing techniques & skills development including; Kit cutting, Laminating, Breakout, Trim & Assembly departments.
• Quality inspection & adherence processes.

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

Training provider

ENGINEERING TRUST TRAINING LIMITED

Training course

Lean manufacturing operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Work safely at all times, complying with health and safety legislation, regulations, and other relevant guidelines. Identifying risks within their processes and support/carry out countermeasure activities to improve safe working.
• Manage tooling, equipment, and materials daily in-line with supplier standards e.g. COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health).
• Comply with environmental procedures and systems and contribute to the achievement of specific standards e.g. ISO 14001 or other relevant environmental standards and use the 4R’s (Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Recover) where possible.
• Demonstrate their ability to carry out their role effectively, efficiently, and flexibly maintaining lean manufacturing principles to meet customer’s demands e.g. JIT.
• Demonstrate their skill and knowledge following SOPs and building their versatility across a number of processes and process areas. Select and use appropriate tools, equipment, and materials to carry out the manufacturing operation.
• Demonstrate appropriate process documentation control. Accurately completing check sheets, monitoring process and equipment data efficiently and legibly using the correct terminology required to meet the quality standard e.g. ISO 9002.
• Demonstrate their ability to identify and resolve problems within the lean manufacturing environment using effective problem solving tools and techniques. Manage problems that may occur during the manufacturing process within the limits of their responsibility and escalate as appropriate.
• Generate ideas and contribute to process improvement activities individually or as part of a team through fact finding and analysis to improve the safety, environment, quality, cost, or production process. Identifying and eliminating the 7 wastes (defects, over production, transportation, waiting, inventory, motion, and processing).
• Demonstrate communication skills which include oral, written, electronic (PC), information boards, or visual displays to effectively share information.
• Maintains and monitors the work site efficiently and effectively at all times using the elements of sifting, sorting, sweeping, spick & span (5’s) within the lean manufacturing environment.
• Check components for damage and that they are in a usable condition.
• Correctly position, align, and secure the components.
• Secure the components in position using the specified fastening device/method.
• Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions/Standard operating procedures production/assembly specifications in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the production/assembly activity.
• Produce components which comply with the specification and quality requirements.
• Carry out quality checks on component parts and completed assemblies and deal with quality concerns and defects in line with their responsibility.
• Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions, inspection/quality procedures, and product specifications in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the inspection/quality assurance activity.
• Collect production samples at the required frequency in accordance with inspection specification and operating procedures.
• Carry out inspection and testing activities using the specified methods and equipment.
• Prepare, Handle, transfer, and store samples safely and correctly in accordance with quality control procedures.
• Accurately interpret the data/results gained from the inspection and testing procedures being used.
• Record and report inspection findings to relevant person.
• Safely move materials to the correct location using the relevant equipment.
• Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions, specification details, and specific transfer/handling procedures in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the logistic/material handling activity.
• Move materials using the appropriate procedures, ensuring the materials are correct, safely loaded, and secure.
• Check materials selected to be moved are in line with job requirements.
• Carry out quality checks on materials that are to be moved and deal with quality concerns and damage in line with their responsibility.
• Return equipment to its correct location on completion of the activities and leave it in a safe and usable condition.
• Perform one processing/finishing operation method e.g. hand processing, manually operated machine processing, fully automated machine processing, combined processing.
• Obtain and follow the correct Job instructions, processing/finishing procedures, and equipment operating procedures in accordance with time constraints and the roles and responsibilities identified for the processing/finishing activity.
• Perform the processing/finishing operation according to instructions and safe operating procedures.
• Monitor and control the processing/finishing operation.
• Produce processed/finished products which comply with processing specification.