L3 Engineering fitter Apprentice

The Role

The role is in the product quality department, responsible for checking all products are built to set standards.

About the Apprenticeship

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

Weekly Schedule

• 4 days per week: Quality Department at Brynleigh

Learning Components

• Global Industry Standards: IPC 610
• Tools and Methodology: Ensuring all products meet the standard
• Tasks:
  • Visual inspection
  • Reading diagrams and assembly instructions
  • Automated optical inspection and X-ray inspection
  • Non-compliance reviews
  • Continuous process improvement

Specialist Training

• Course Contents:
  • Reading, interpreting, and understanding component or assembly specifications, diagrams, drawings, and work instructions.
  • Planning component or assembly tasks – materials, tools, and equipment.
  • Preparing work area for component or assembly tasks; sourcing required resources, tools, and equipment.
  • Carrying out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and knowing 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 components or assemblies using tools such as micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeters.
  • Problem-solving; analyzing 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 such as 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.