- NAS Reference
VAC001829769
- Weekly wage
£182.50
- Hours
36.50 per week
- Working Week
Year 1 - Monday - Thursday 8.00am - 4.30pm and Friday 8.00am - 12.30pm
- Date Posted
03/03/2022
- Start Date
05/09/2022
- Location
Birmingham
- Expected Duration
42 months
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Engineering technician
- Employment Type
Advanced Level Apprenticeship
- Employer
Elkington Brothers Limited
Description of Opportunity
An apprenticeship with Elkington Brothers covers such a wide and varied set of skills. Working in various materials such as Metals, Woods, Tooling Boards and Resins. Learning how to use Manual machinery and developing the Hand Skills that will serve you for life. With the added incentive of excellent prospects of progression within the company.
For more information about this vacancy please contact Jenny Stevenson - EEF Apprentices and Skills (Ref ID: VAC001829769)
Many skills are required to be successful in this job, some of which are Organisational skills
Communication skills
Able to work alone and as a team
Follow instructions
Numeracy skills
Education to GCSE level Maths, English and Science at Grades 4 to 9 / A* to C or equivalent.
Hard Working
Wants to learn
Ability to retain information
Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week).
For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
Once fully qualified from Make UK you may have the opportunity to progress to degree level if desired. Prospects could see a progression to our CAD/CAM department.
Elkington Brothers Limited has always invested over the years in apprentices, many of whom are still with the company, and all Managerial and Director roles are filled with ex-apprentices. The average years’ service of our current workforce is just under 25 years ranging from 5 years up to 44 years.
Over the years we have invested in up-to-date CNC machinery and the latest CAD/CAM software’s. We have a range of 3 and 5 axis CNC machines. Wood working machinery. Manual operated Lathe and Milling machines. Aluminium and steel MIG and TIG welding equipment. Stiefelmeyer inspection machine for final inspection.