Apprentice Welder

**Tyne North Training are offering an exciting Engineering Apprenticeship opportunities**

Thousands of North East employees have taken the first steps in their successful careers with a Tyne North Training apprenticeship. We provide apprenticeships in the Engineering and Business Administration sectors and currently manage around 450 apprentices, working in approximately 150 different employers based in the north east of England, including Newcastle Upon Tyne.

We work alongside leading manufacturing and engineering employers throughout the local area across Northumberland and Tyne and Wear who are looking for aspiring apprentice Welders to join them in September 2023.

**What will I be trained to do?**
- Plan and prepare for the welding of plate, structural components before commencing work
- Check materials conform to the specified grades, dimensions and thicknesses.
- Inspect weld preparations, surface conditions and cleanliness
- Assemble and position plate and structural components to be welded, including attachment of bracings, strong-backs, alignment aids, run-on and run-off tabs and backing materials (e.g. ceramic, metallic etc.).
- Assemble equipment to be used in the preparation and welding of plate and structural components and check its performance and condition, including any component heating and monitoring equipment.
- Adjust and maintain the equipment to be used during the welding of plate and structural components.
- Interpret technical specifications & drawings to establish detailed welding process controls, consumable selection, and dimensional limitations imposed to control distortion.
- Make the joints to specified dimensional accuracy using appropriate welding techniques.
- Identifying areas for improving the production process where possible through the monitoring of performance
- Monitor associated parameters throughout the welding of plate and structural components (e.g. Preheat, Interpass Temperature, Heat Input).
- Remove material using manual powered and non-powered hand tools, before and during welding to remove defects within the preparation and weld deposit.
- Visually inspect completed weld and component geometry
- Remove and dress bracings, strong‐backs, run-on/run-off tabs and alignment aids, and dress finished external weld surfaces using manual powered and non‐powered hand tools
- Restore the work area and equipment to a safe and reliable condition on completion of welding including the remediation and recycling of bracings, strong‐backs and alignment aids.
- Monitor the use of consumables and adjust quantities issued, and return unused consumables for re-conditioning, re‐use or disposal.
- Complete production documentation and reporting at the appropriate stages of the work activity

**Desired qualities and attributes**
- Practical / hands-on
- Team Player
- Communicator
- Demonstrates Initiative
- Respectful

**You must have or are working toward a grade 4 (Or C equivalent) in English and Maths. Without this, you are not eligible for an apprenticeship.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Apprenticeship

**Salary**: £5.28 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 04/09/2023