Apprentice Plater Welder

Description

Applications to the vacancy have already been submitted to the client and interviews are currently in progress. We are still logging your interest and will submit your application should the client not fill the vacancy at interviews.

Job description:

Dearneside Fabrications Limited are looking for an Apprentice Plater Welder to complete a Level 3 Metal Fabricator apprenticeship and join their team.

Year 1 -

• Alongside the training block from AMRC, we compliment this training with learning how to apply this to our operation.
• Working with the other apprentices, forming a bond with the fellow apprentices and the mentor.
• There will be projects to work on, and involvement in finished items

Year 2 - 

• The apprentice will start working under their own initiative, with help from the mentor, in producing finished items from drawings and weld processes
• Ensuring that the quality standards are correct
• Understanding the processes involved and the equipment involved as well as H&S precautions and the impact when things are done incorrectly

Year 3 –

• Less interaction with the mentor on completing items, however, that contact will still remain
• Dealing directly with contracts departments rework completion and finishing
• Working with all finished mild and stainless steels

Role & responsibilities:

• To take drawings and then set out and fabricate from mild or stainless steel parts by welding or bolting together to a required fabrication standard
• Welding in both mild and stainless steel, balustrades, staircases, balconies, gates and juliets
• Carry out fabrication of certain items and remedial welding and dressing as and when required
• Following our weld procedures and ensuring the welding requirements on the drawings are met
• Inspecting welds after the work is completed to ensure that they are correct and comply with our procedures
• Ensuring their equipment is working correctly, that it is fit and safe to use
• To be conversant in the H&S requirements and abide by these rules

The fabrication is a noisy environment; PPE is worn all day and overhead cranes are in operation. The welding department is very busy. Quality of workmanship is high and all operatives are responsible for the quality of work they output and to weld to a coded standard in both MIG and TIG.

Skills required:

• Critical-thinking skills
• Problem solving
• Good communication skills
• IT literate
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as individually

Personal qualities the candidate must have:

• Commitment
• Initiative
• Clear research into the industry & an understanding of why you are the right person for the job
• An understanding of the responsibilities of an apprentice, & the work which will be involved
• A desire to learn and prepare for further study if necessary

Employer description:

Established in 1994, Dearneside Fabrications have gradually become one of the largest and most respected specialist steel fabricators servicing the UK construction industry. With an enviable reputation for architectural metalwork working nationwide. All other areas of steel fabrication work are carried performed by our highly-skilled operatives, including Balconies, Secondary Steelwork, Staircases, Balustrades and General Metalwork.

Things to consider:

During the first year you will be required to attend the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre in Sheffield, full time for an initial block of study.  You will return to your workplace one Friday per month.  After the initial block training you will attend the AMRC Training Centre for one day a week to undertake the knowledge study. The remaining four days will be spent in company learning on the job.

Please note the AMRC Training Centre reserves the right to close applications ahead of the published closing date.

Qualification Requirements:

Advanced Apprenticeships entry requirements

You will need both of the following:

• GCSE English language C or 4 or above
• GCSE Maths C or 4 or above.

Applicants are also required to successfully complete a series of assessments at the University of Sheffield’s AMRC Training Centre, as well as an employer recruitment and selection process to secure a place on an apprenticeship programme.