Welding Apprenticeship

**Welding Apprenticeship**:

- Location: Bristol, GB, BS3 2HQ- Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite**Programme title: Welding Apprenticeship**
**Salary**:
**Year 1: £16,191 Year 2: £20,182**
**Year 3: £24,388**
**Year 4: £28,602**
**Level: 3**
**Location: Bristol**
**Application closing date: March 2024**
**Programme start date: September 2024**

Interested in becoming an elite welder creating safety-critical products? Launch your career through our fantastic 4-year Welding Apprenticeship.

**About the programme**

This is not your normal welding job. Join us and you’ll train in state-of-the-art facilities to reach top tier standards. Learning how to weld complicated joints in TIG, NIG, MAG, Manual Metal Arc, and Fluc-core Metal active gas, you’ll become a highly skilled specialist.

Working alongside experts, you’ll collaborate on products like submarine components to help keep navies safe at sea. When lives depend on quality, attention to detail matters.

Gaining hands-on experience, you’ll:

- Excel at welding complex joints in exotic metals.
- Achieve stringent codes for naval welding quality.

Hone workshop skills like machining and hand-fitting. Diagnose and solve challenging welding defects.- Operate the latest robotic welding equipment.

After qualifying, you’ll begin an exciting career as a coded welder here on site. With your advanced skills, you can progress to roles like welding engineer.

**Your education/training**

You'll study towards a Level 3 Plate Welder Apprenticeship at Bath and Radstock Colleges, developing the knowledge and competencies for your role.

**What you’ll need**
- You'll need to reach a basic level of English and Math skills (similar to a GCSE grade 3/D). After that, you'll have to pass a test for a higher level (GCSE grade 4/C) before you can finish your apprenticeship.
- If you want to move on to a more advanced apprenticeship programme, you must first achieve Level 2 in Math and English.

**What you’ll get**

We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career.
- In addition, you’ll benefit from:
- Fully funded qualification
- Personal development training and opportunities - Minimum 28 days holiday allowance including bank holidays- Competitive pension scheme
- Employee share scheme
- Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme and employee shopping savings portal

You’ll also have the chance to get involved in our STEM outreach activities and volunteering opportunities, which our apprentices find incredibly rewarding.

**Your career development**

It’s hard to beat the variety of fantastic opportunities and business experiences you’ll receive. You can expect real world encounters and exposure to exciting projects that will really help you navigate where you want to take your career.

Plus, when you join us, you’ll be automatically enrolled onto our Apprentice Development Programme. Through a series of digital and face to face sessions, presented by wellbeing and performance experts and our external partners, we will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to thrive and perform at your very best on your programme and beyond.

**Closing dates**

**Job Segment**:Apprentice, Entry Level