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Castings PLC Technical Support Apprenticeship
Castings PLC is offering an exciting Technical Support Apprenticeship. As an apprentice you will work within the foundry alongside team leaders and supervisors.
Wage
£18,511 a year
Training Course
Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
Hours
- Monday to Tuesday: 7.45am - 4.30pm
- Wednesday to Thursday: 7.45am - 4.15pm
- Friday: 7.45am - 1.15pm
37 hours a week
Start Date
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Duration
3 years
Positions Available
1
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Foundry related duties
- Element of planning
- Manufacturing
- Involvement in technical drawings
- Production duties
- Work alongside team leaders and supervisors
Where you'll work
Lichfield Rd.
Brownhills
West Midlands
WS8 6JZ
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training Provider
IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Training Course
Engineering and manufacturing support technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
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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Training Schedule
This is a Level 3 Engineering and Manufacturing Support apprenticeship, delivered over a 36 month period. The apprentice will attend the training centre, In-Comm Training Services in Aldridge, WS9 8UG, 2 and a half days per week for the first 14 months.
Essential Qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English and Maths (grade 9-4 minimum)
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Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Physical fitness
Castings P.L.C. is a market leading iron casting and machining group based in the UK, supplying both the domestic and export markets. The original foundry operation dates back to 1835 and today the group comprises of three trading businesses, employing over 1,000 people in the UK. The group operates two iron foundries – Castings P.L.C. (Brownhills, West Midlands) and William Lee Limited (Dronfield, Derbyshire) – together with the CNC Speedwell Limited machining operation which is also based in Brownhills. The group produces Ductile iron, SG iron, Austempered ductile iron (ADI), SiMo and Ni-resist castings up to 45kg in weight. Our four Disamatic moulding machines and three horizontal green sand moulding machines provide a foundry capacity of 70,000 tonnes per annum. Our machining operation is invested to support the capacity requirements of the foundry customer base and also to expand general machining in alternative materials.
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Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship there will be a full-time position available as a supervisor for the foundry section with relevant training being provided.
Contact
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
- IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
- Aimee
- aimeen@in-comm.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039874.
Closes in 7 days (Wednesday 12 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
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