The Apprentice Role

The Apprentice will support the production team in the manufacture, assembly, inspection, and testing of industrial hose assemblies fabricated products. You will be expected to build competence over time, working under supervision and towards more independent working as skills, training, and authorisations are achieved.

What you'll do at work

• Assist with the preparation, cutting, assembly, and finishing of industrial hose assemblies.
• Learn how to identify different hose types, fittings, liners, materials, and end connections.
• Support the manufacture of hose assemblies to customer specifications, drawings, and work instructions.
• Assist with crimping, swaging, cutting, measuring, marking, cleaning, finishing, and packing of hose products.
• Help ensure finished products meet dimensional, quality, and traceability requirements.
• Support pressure testing, visual inspection, and final checks where trained and authorised.
• Maintain accurate records where required, including batch, material, serial, test, and job information.

Training Course: Engineering Fitter (level 3)

What you'll learn

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.