TE Connectvity
Solutions that power electric vehicles, aircraft, digital factories, and smart homes. Innovation that enables life-saving medical care, sustainable communities, efficient utility networks, and the global communications infrastructure. For more than 75 years, we have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing products that make a connected world possible. Our focus on reliability and durability, our commitment to progress, and the unmatched range of our product portfolio enables companies large and small to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.
In this wide-ranging apprenticeship, you will lean to act as support in the manufacture of new tooling and the repair / renovation of old tools, working to high degree of accuracy and understand engineering drawings and to work as a member of a team.
Training course
ST1305 Machining Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
Tasks & training details
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
- To support manufacture of new tools.
- To assist in repair/renovation of old tools.
- To have the ability to handle various tasks simultaneously and be able to adapt to changing priorities and urgencies as they arise.
- To plan jobs through various stages of manufacture deciding the correct machinery and processes to be used in order to achieve the stated accuracy and quality.
- To operate machines and carry out all other activities in a safe and responsible manner and maintain a clean and tidy environment within the department.
- To achieve tasks within the set time in order to meet departmental targets.
- To assist in the training of other toolmakers, new employees and apprentices.
- To carry out any other reasonable tasks as may be requested from time to time by the Tooling Manager or the Engineering Manager.
- To ensure that all tooling related activities are carried out in accordance with the appropriate company procedures.
- To observe Health and Safety regulations and Government legislation.
Benefits
25 days holiday + b/hols. Benefits link – discount with retailers & gym memberships, subsidised canteen, access to we-care health support.
Apprenticeship duration 45 months
Weekly working hours - Mon-Thurs 0800-1700 (1/2hour lunch) & Fri 0800 -1300)
Total working hours 39
Employer address
4 Stanier Rd, Hastings, Saint Leonards-On-Sea TN38 9RF
Skills
Good hand skills – practical skills, ability to understand and communicate technical information and work in a team. Mechanical engineers are, above all else, problem solvers. They use maths and analytical abilities to spot problems and resolve them.
Qualifications: Essential
5 x GCSE at Grade 4/5 (C) and above including English and maths. Science and ICT an advantage.
Qualifications: Desirable
Science and ICT.
Training to be provided:
On completion of the apprenticeship, you will have achieved the following qualifications;
- EAL L3 Extended diploma in Machining (Development Knowledge) Level: 3
- ST1305 Machining Technician Standard Level 3
The final apprenticeship completion certificate will be issued on achievement of the above qualification and successful completion of end point assessment.
Desired skills and personal qualities
- Communication skills
- IT Skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisational skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
You will be committed and motivated to complete college work and other assignments. Enthusiastic, ability to see projects through to completion, strong interest in science and technology, interest in how things work or are manufactured. Creative – engineering is a field of innovation. Mechanical engineers develop new equipment and products used by customers to optimize production or improve their work processes.
Future Prospects:
To become a fully trained and qualified Mechanical Engineer with TE Connectivity.
Other things to consider:
As with all apprenticeships, this requires a long-term commitment – there will be assignments and logbook entries to complete. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a top company, whilst you work towards nationally recognised qualifications.
Pay: £18,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
