Toolmaking Apprentice

**PROTAFORM SPRINGS & PRESSINGS LIMITED**:
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**Toolmaking Apprentice**:
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**At a Glance**:
**Salary**:
£ 12168 per year

**Working Week**:
Monday - Thursday 07:30 - 16:30, Friday 07:30 - 12:30

**Duration**:
42 Months

**Possible Start Date**:
04/09/2023

**Application Close Date**:
25/06/2023

**Apprenticeship Standard**:
Engineering technician (Level 3)

Apply**Employer Description**:
Protaform are manufacturers and suppliers of springs, pressworks, wireforms and multiforms to ISO 9001:2015 standard and providing assembly, tooling and design and welding services from the base in Redditch, Worcestershire.

In addition, Protaform is proud to have official quality approvals of many leading national companies and the UK Ministry of Defence.

Our spring making facility produces a comprehensive range of compression, tension, torsion and conical springs. These can be manufactured from various types of spring materials including stainless steels, titanium, nimonics and hastalloy alloys. Simple or complex shapes are precisely manufactured on the latest CNC spring coiling and generating machinery.

**Main description**:
Opportunity to join a hugely successful manufacturer, whose customers include the Ministry of Defence. Supported over four years you will gain practical and theoretical knowledge and achieve a nationally recognised qualification whilst becoming an invaluable part of the Protaform engineering team.

This is a 4 year apprenticeship resulting in a Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering. The first year will be spent at Midland Group Training Services (MGTS) in Redditch learning core practical and theoretical elements of the role. For the following years, apprentices will attend MGTS on a day release basis to complete the necessary educational requirements for the programme.

An Apprenticeship in toolmaking will enable you to work towards becoming a highly skilled Engineer. Your training on specialist pieces of machinery will increase your understanding and provide you with first-hand experience of the key part a tool plays to ensuring consistent high quality and high speed manufacturing.

Skills you will develop include:

- Producing Components using Hand Fitting Techniques
- Preparing and using Lathes for Turning Operations
- Preparing and using Milling Machines
- Preparing and using CNC Turning Machines
- Producing Mechanical Engineering Drawings using a CAD System (Solidworks)
- Preparing and using TIG or Plasma Arc Welding Equipment

Responsibilities and duties will Include:

- Manufacture, set up and maintain tooling that builds quality into the manufacturing process
- React to requests for tool correction and repairs to rectify or modify components
- Carry out maintenance and refurbishment of machines
- Use and develop appropriate diagnostic tools to assist in resolving machine problems
- Initiate and develop new ideas to improve machine tooling
- Work safely, with regard for your duty of care to yourself and to others who may be affected by your work
- Adhere to company policies and procedures at all times
- Keep others informed of information that contributes to the performance of the team, department or company
- Work with MGTS external assessor to produce workplace assessment training plans
- Attend lectures, practicals and visits as per training provider learning Plan

**Entry requirements**:
**Skills required**:

- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Problem solving skills

**Training to be Provided**:

- Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Foundation Competence)
- BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge)
- Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Competence)

**Future Prospects**:

- Protaform aims to offer permanent roles to all successful apprentices at the end of their training agreement wherever possible and to supporting continuing professional development.**Location**:
**_PROTAFORM SPRINGS & PRESSINGS LIMITED_**
- Protaform Springs & Pressings Ltd, Orchard Works, 76 Arthur Street,_
- Redditch,_
- Worcestershire, England._
- B98 8LJ _

**Training delivery site**:
Redditch Centre

**At a Glance**:
**Salary**:
£ 12168 per year

**Working Week**:
Monday - Thursday 07:30 - 16:30, Friday 07:30 - 12:30

**Duration**:
42 Months

**Possible Start Date**:
04/09/2023

**Application Close Date**:
25/06/2023

**Apprenticeship Standard**:
Engineering technician (Level 3)

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