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Flair Windows has an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to join their experienced team of fabricators, gaining a level 2 apprenticeship in Fenestration Fabricator. The successful candidate will be mentored by an experienced team who will support individuals to become fully skilled and qualified in this industry.
Job Summary:
Assist with the day-to-day manufacturing process of UPVC windows ensuring that compliance to company procedures is maintained.
Responsibilities:
- Cutting: locate and select profile, load material into cutting machine, measure cut profile and check angles and routering are within specification, label and store product.
- Welding: operate welding machine to build frames and sashes in accordance with labelled profile, checking welding temperature and Teflon plates for defects, scan product for tracking.
- Corner cleaning: machine clean welded products. Inspect cleaned product ensuring cleaned frame is within specification. Scan into location.
- Window gearing: scan window sashes to check hardware requirements, assemble hardware as required, check quality and scan into location.
- Window hanging: scan window sashes to check hardware requirements, assemble hardware as required, check quality and take to next process.
- Door gearing: scan window sashes to check hardware requirements, assemble hardware as required, check quality and scan into location.
- Door hanging: scan window sashes to check hardware requirements, assemble hardware as required, check quality and take to next process.
- Beading: measure apertures for the purpose of cutting beads in accordance with labelled profile, cut beads to required size using automated cutting centre, scan product for tracking and take to quality control.
- Composite doors: check works details for specification required, prep frame and slab, hang slab in frame, check quality and take to quality control.
- Quality control: scan product to check hardware requirements are correct, check quality, affix consumables and scan into location.
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Training provider
EAST SUSSEX COLLEGE GROUP
Training course
Fenestration fabricator (level 2)
Course contents
- Comply with industry regulations, standards and guidance.
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Prepare and maintain a safe working area and restore on completion of work.
- Perform machinery checks for example crimper and welder.
- Comply with Health and Safety regulations, standards and guidance.
- Interpret, safe systems of work, review risk assessments and implement control measures.
- Apply manual and mechanical handling techniques to handle and position products.
- Select the type and quantity of materials and components.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use digital and written methods to communicate with others.
- Select, check and use hand and power tools, equipment and machinery.
- Read and interpret information from work documents and other sources, for example drawings, specifications, digital documents, work instructions or manufacturer's guidance.
- Plan order of works. Manage time and tasks to meet project deadlines.
- Measure, mark and drill materials.
- Escalate defects, faults or issues.
- Assemble and join fabrication materials including checking square.
- Select and fix ancillary items and beading to products.
- Carry out interim and final inspection for example, size, shape, design and ancillary items.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance, recycling and disposal.
- Complete handover process.
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This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
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On completion of the level 2 Fenestration qualification, providing you show the correct skills and abilities, you will have the opportunity to progress onto a full-time position and possibly a level 3 apprenticeship.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Flair Windows
Donna
01216245001
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