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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.
Wage
£19,500 a year
Training Course
Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
Hours
Flexible hours scheme - 37 hours per week. Days and times to be confirmed.
Start Date
Monday 2 November 2026
Duration
3 years
Positions Available
1
What You'll Do at Work
Working within a highly experienced sales team, the Apprentice will learn the commercial and technical skills required to support sales activities and assist in additional business development opportunities.
Main responsibilities will be:
- To ensure timely and accurate processing of quotations and orders
- Assisting with tender documentation
- Acting as contact for technical support
Where You'll Work
UNIT 1
FERRY MILLS
OSNEY MEAD
OXFORD
OX2 0ES
What You'll Learn
Course contents include:
- Follow health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Comply with engineering standards and regulations.
- Analyse engineering and manufacturing data and information to support technical outputs.
- 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.
- Provide support and guidance for handover of work to stakeholders.
- Record information - paper-based or electronic.
- Follow standard operating procedures.
- Follow manufacturer's instructions.
- Apply quality assurance and control principles and practices.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate in writing with others.
- Communicate with others verbally.
- 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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Training Schedule
Qualifications included:
- Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician - Apprenticeship Standard
- 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)
Essential Qualifications
- GCSE in:
- A minimum of 5 GCSEs 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.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Motivated
- Time Management
- Interest in Engineering
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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.
College will be in Bicester, Oxfordshire.
About This Employer
XDS Oxford is a leading supplier of high-value scientific instrumentation, which provides 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.
After This Apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay.
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
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Closes on Saturday 31 October 2026
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