Apprentice Metal Fabricator

**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 Metal Fabricators to join them in September 2023.

**What will I be trained to do?**
- Work safely at all times complying with health and safety legislation, regulations, organisational and environmental requirements
- Plan and prepare for the METAL fabrication activities before commencing work
- Check materials conform to the specified grades, dimensions and thicknesses identified on detailed engineering drawings.
- Use the correct methods for the moving and handling resources and materials
- Set up, check AND adjust the equipment for use in the safe and reliable fabrication of METAL products or components and maintaining the equipment in a reliable and safe condition throughout
- Interpret technical drawings, patterns, templates and specifications to mark out, produce and assemble complex fabricated products to meet the required specification and quality requirements
- Cutting, drilling, shaping and preparing METAL materials during fabrication activities using manual and power tools, thermal and laser cutting, as required calculating dimensions and tolerances using knowledge of mathematics and instruments/equipment
- Operate appropriate tools and equipment to join metal parts using a range of mechanical fasteners and fixing techniques required by the specifications appropriate to the fabrication activity being carried out and in accordance with approved joining procedures and quality requirements
- Operate thermal joining equipment to join metal parts using a range of appropriate techniques to the standards required by the specifications for the fabrication activity being carried out
- Inspect and test joins for security against required standard
- Carry out quality checks on component parts and completed assemblies
- Deal with problems that occur within the fabrication activity in line with responsibilities of the role
- Restore the work area and equipment to a safe and reliable condition on completion of the activity
- Complete documentation 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

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Wallsend: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- MIG welding: 1 year (preferred)
- Fabrication: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 04/09/2023