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Technical Sales Apprentice
The Technical Sales Apprentice will develop strong commercial and technical understanding, professional communication skills, and problem-solving capability. In addition to sales experience, the successful applicant will have the opportunity to gain engineering qualifications, scientific knowledge, and experience of scientific instrumentation.
Main Responsibilities
- Ensure timely and accurate processing of quotations and orders
- Assisting with tender documentation
- Acting as contact for technical support
Apprenticeship Details
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Course Contents
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, segregation of resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations. For example, British Standards (BS), International Organisation for Standardisation standards (ISO), European Norm (EN).
- Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs. For example, read and interpret text, data, engineering drawings, work instructions, method statements, operation manuals.
- Apply scientific, technical, or engineering principles.
- Apply problem-solving techniques to solutions for identified technical problems.
- Organise, plan, and prioritise workflow and scheduling of work with stakeholders.
- Identify, organise, and use resources to complete tasks, considering cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
- Produce job-specific technical outputs. For example, engineering drawings, quality control management, computer control programming, business improvement, adverse incident reports, technical investigations, equipment appraisals, and specifications.
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders. For example, checklists, product or process status, access to supporting documents.
- Record information - paper-based or electronic. For example, energy usage, equipment service records, test results, handover documents, checklists.
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions. For example, safe instructions for use of products, processes, and machinery.
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices. For example, conduct physical checks, take samples, inspections, or tests.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team-working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others, for example, stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity, and inclusion procedures.
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Qualifications Included
- Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician - Apprenticeship Standard
- Company Training Plan
- Level 3 Diploma in Engineering and manufacturing Support technologies (1 day per week for 2 years at college)
- Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Technical Support
- Level 2 Functional Skills - Maths (if required)
- Level 2 Functional Skills - English (if required)
- End Point Assessment
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Location
College will be in Bicester, Oxfordshire.
Essential Qualifications
- GCSE in: A minimum of 5 GCSE's including Science, English & Maths (grade 5-9 / C-A*)
Desirable Qualifications
- A Level in: A Level or equivalent qualification in STEM subject (grade A* - E)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Other Requirements
XDS Oxford operates a Flexible Hours Scheme, allowing a choice of start and finish times to suit individual requirements. Standard working pattern is 8 hours (plus half-hour lunch break) Monday - Thursday, 5 hours on Friday.
We also offer a Compressed Hours rota, allowing for a 9-day fortnight.
About XDS Oxford
XDS Oxford is a leading supplier of high technology scientific instrumentation, which provide x-ray tools to help researchers answer a wide range of questions relating to biology, materials, environmental, and medical fields. XDS Oxford has over 25 years' experience in the global synchrotron industry, specialising in the design, assembly, test, installation, and commissioning of specialist systems used by the scientific community.
Potential Benefits
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Development in the role could offer worldwide travel opportunities, visiting existing and potential customer sites to identify new sales opportunities and product development.
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is: ENGINEERING TRUST TRAINING LIMITED Sally Parr s.parr@theengineeringtrust.org 07879 128768
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000040151.
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