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The apprentice will be working within our fabrication department, making parts for the automotive industry for customers such as JLR, Honda, and more.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Reading engineering drawings.
- Setting machinery such as presses and lasers.
- Producing parts to specific quality standards.
The apprentice will start with reviewing the daily tasks alongside the team leader/supervisor. They will then get machinery set-up ready to process parts and then operate said machinery. There will also be occasions when they will work alongside our R&D/engineering department on development for upcoming projects.
Where you'll work
997 LONDON ROAD
ALVASTON
DERBY
DE24 8PX
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DCG
Training course
Welder (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply health and safety procedures including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Collect and use information - text and data. For example, manufacturer's instructions, manuals, job instructions, drawings and quality control documentation.
- Prepare welding materials and work area: sourcing, checking and protecting.
- Prepare welding machines or equipment and safety protection measures, for example, check calibration and maintenance dates, inspection for cable damage.
- Check and use or operate tools and equipment.
- Set, modify and monitor welding controls, for example, current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, gas flow rates, polarity, mechanised tractor units.
- Identify issues and actions required. Escalate issues or concerns.
- Use manual processes and equipment to remove material before and after welding.
- Weld using processes, for example, tungsten inert gas (TIG), plasma arc welding (PAW), manual metal arc (MMA), metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), tractor-mounted metal inert or metal active gas (MIG or MAG), tractor-mounted flux cored arc welding (FCAW), tractor-mounted or orbital tungsten inert gas (TIG), tractor-mounted or orbital plasma arc welding (PAW).
- Adapt welding technique to weld different material groups, for example, carbon steel, low alloy steel (3-7% alloy content), high alloy ferritic or martensitic steel (>7% alloy content), austenitic stainless steel, duplex stainless steels, nickel and nickel alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, copper and copper alloys.
- Weld materials in different joint configurations, for example, butt, T-butt, fillet, cladding or buttering.
- Adapt welding techniques to weld materials in different positions, for example, down-hand, horizontal-vertical, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, overhead, inclined.
- Identify surface defects.
- Apply visual inspection, dimensional and alignment checks.
- Restore the work area on completion of the welding activity, for example, clean equipment and machinery, tidy the work area, return excess resources and consumables.
- Communicate verbally with others, for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, supervisors and managers.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards and guidance. Segregate resources for re-use, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
- Apply team working principles.
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Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade E/2 or above)
- Mathematics (grade E/2 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Number skills
- Team working
- Hardworking
- Eager to learn
- Adaptable
Other requirements
As some of the machinery/parts are large, there may be some elements of heavy lifting involved.
About this employer
ASG Group Ltd is made up of ASG, Ansini Ltd, Portland Wire Products and Knetic. ASG based in Derby, specialises in the manufacture and supply of automotive components and assemblies, with a strong focus on quality, reliability and customer service. The automotive division supports a range of leading manufacturers, with Jaguar Land Rover being the Group's largest customer.
ASG combines manufacturing expertise, technical knowledge and customer-focused solutions to support customers across a variety of industries. Through its diverse portfolio of businesses, we provide innovative products and services whilst maintaining high standards of operational excellence.
ASG has a team of around 120 employees across our factory and office. With shifts running across morning, afternoon and night.
- Holiday allowance – 25 days plus bank holidays.
After this apprenticeship
- Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Further development into engineering specific roles or job setter.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DCG
Niall Nanson
niall.nanson@derby-college.ac.uk
01332 387420
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000043809.
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