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Engineering Fitter Apprentice
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As a Fitter
As a fitter, you'll install components, major equipment, and machinery. This will involve detailed and precise alignment techniques with minimum tolerance to demonstrate a successful build. You will be trained to assemble, install, and maintain complex machinery, learn to read engineering drawings, and to use a wide range of tools.
Duties
- Supporting colleagues with product machining and assembly and testing.
- Work enthusiastically to accept the necessary training required in all areas.
- Producing components using a range of machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, drilling machines, and grinding. All manual machines.
- To gain familiarity with the range of company products and processes.
- To work safely at all times, following all company safety rules and maintaining a tidy work area. The wearing of appropriate PPE at all times is essential.
On qualifying, the position will include servicing and repairing clients’ equipment, from heavy plant machinery to other general mechanical work. Working on-site and, on occasion, as required, off-site at customer premises, located worldwide.
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Course Contents
- Reading, interpreting, and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings, and work instructions.
- Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools, and equipment.
- Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools, and equipment.
- Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications, and job instructions.
- Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
- Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly, for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
- Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
- Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
- Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
- Completing component or assembly documentation, for example, job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
- Reporting work outcomes or issues.
- Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and housekeeping.
- Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; recycling, re-using where appropriate.
- Operating within limits of responsibility.
- Operating in line with quality, health, and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
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Candidates who show the right attitudes and behaviors will be supported to progress and study to NVQ L4 or higher.
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