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Foundation Apprenticeships
Foundation apprenticeships are introductory courses that help young people get started in an industry. You do not need to have any specific qualifications or experience to apply. Anyone between 16 and 21 can start a foundation apprenticeship. If you're between 22 and 24, you can start if you:
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Working with our existing engineer as an apprentice and learn key engineering skills that will help us keep the factory running at its peak manufacturing capabilities. Full on-the-job training will be provided to the right candidate as well as spending one day a week at college gaining a formal engineering qualification.
Wage
£16,640 to £26,436.80, depending on your age. National Minimum Wage.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Free parking
- Auto enrolment onto pension scheme
Training Course
Building service engineering foundation apprenticeship (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 07:30 - 16:00 up until college starts. 40 hours a week
Start Date
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Duration
8 months
Positions Available
1
What You'll Do at Work
Key tasks:
- Operating manual lathe, milling machines, and surface grinder to manufacture tooling and custom parts for in-house machinery
- Performing maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs to keep machinery running throughout the factory
- Creating detailed engineering drawings and hardware protection drawings to support manufacturing and ensure product quality
- Programming of several CNC routing machines
- Carry out routine health and safety inspections across the factory
- Work on continued product development
- Work on improving existing manufacturing processes
- Perform weekly batch testing on raw materials to maintain quality standards
- Gain an in-house forklift license to allow for material handling and moving machinery
- Conducting regular calibration of measuring devices used on the shop floor to guarantee accuracy and compliance
- Work as part of a team
- Be prepared to work in a varied role depending on priority tasks at the time
- Attention to detail
- Work within the guidelines of health and safety policy
- Carry out any other reasonable functions as per required by management
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Where You'll Work
4 The Brook Trading Estate, Deadbrook Lane, Aldershot GU12 4XB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider: FARNBOROUGH COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Training course: Building service engineering foundation apprenticeship (level 2)
Training schedule: College day release will begin in September 2026, at Farnborough College of Technology
This means that the apprentice will work full time up until college starts allowing for them to gain key experience and skills working in an engineering environment before the college course starts.
To optimise success, candidates will typically have 5 GCSEs at Grade C/5 or equivalent, including mathematics, English, and science.
The course itself is a Level 3 Machining Technician Apprenticeship.
More training information: https://www.farn-ct.ac.uk/course/apprenticeship-standard-machining-technitian/APL3MT/
About Us
You do not need to have any specific qualifications or experience to apply for a foundation apprenticeship.
KuhnOdice – Protecting people, property, and premises for over 50 years.
As Mann McGowan, we’ve been at the forefront of intumescent seal technology for five decades and now combined into the KuhnOdice brand our range of products and manufacturing capability has expanded further. Add unrivalled experience and expertise from a dedicated team offering wide-ranging technical support and true worldwide capability and it’s easy to see why KuhnOdice is synonymous with intumescent technology at its best.
Today from our Aldershot home, we design, manufacture, and supply a comprehensive range of fire, smoke, and acoustic seals to meet industry requirements, our customers needs, and specifications. To ensure the safe compliance on all fire doors and also to develop our product range, we work closely with door manufacturers, glass manufacturers, and hardware manufacturers on a regular basis. Every product is subjected to rigorous quality control and most importantly independent third-party evaluation and testing to various national and international standards which is vital to our success.
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KuhnOdice is part of the SAVERTO Group, who along with Flamro, Pyroguard, and Fireglass UK now provide the widest range of tested and certified products and system solutions to construction and refurbishment markets across the world today.
One-stop solution for fire, smoke, and acoustic seals
With the capability to design and manufacture for virtually any situation we provide a single tried and trusted source of everything involved in intumescent technology. This includes complete door systems incorporating matched components that have been fire tested together ensuring complete peace of mind.
Our products include:
- Door edge fire seals
- Intumescent fire strips
- Combined fire, smoke, and acoustic seals
- Intumescent glazing seals for 30 and 60 minute protection
- Acoustic seals
- Threshold seals
- Ironmongery fire seals
All manufactured using our own high-grade intumescent materials.
KuhnOdice manufacture a full range of fire-rated air transfer grilles ‘ATG’s’ for use in doors, walls, ceilings, and inside bespoke ventilation systems.
We also supply Palusol® SW ready-made laminated boards used to manufacture raised and fielded and flat panel doors for 30 and 60 minute applications.
https://www.mannmcgowan.co.uk/
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Job Details
Full time permanent role within the company as in-house Engineer
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KUHNODICE UK LIMITED
Lucy Scott
Email: l.scott@kuhnodice.co.uk
Phone: 07826916443
Reference code for this apprenticeship: VAC2000043761.
Closing Date
Monday 31 August 2026
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