- NAS Reference
VAC001832106
- Weekly wage
£0.00
- Hours
39.00 per week
- Working Week
39 hours per week 07:30 hours to 16:45 hours Monday to Thursday with 45 mins unpaid for lunch; 07:30 hours to 12:30 hours Friday. Hours are made up of both on the job training and study.
- Date Posted
08/03/2022
- Start Date
05/09/2022
- Location
Wimborne
- Expected Duration
42 months
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Engineering technician
- Employment Type
Advanced Level Apprenticeship
- Employer
Marden Edwards Ltd
Description of Opportunity
Southampton Engineering Training Association (SETA) is supporting Marden Edwards Limited to recruit Level 3 Engineering Technician apprentices to join their team
For more information about this vacancy please contact Tracy Simper
023 8087 8319
recruitment@seta-training.co.uk - SETA (Ref ID: VAC001832106)
You should be a career orientated individual, have a methodical and practical approach to learning and encompassed with a desire to succeed academically. Being hands on will also ensure that this apprenticeship is fulfilling, rewarding and achievable.
4 GCSEs, grades A-C (achieved or predicted), including maths, English Language and science. (Equivalent qualifications will be considered). Candidates meeting these minimum criteria will be invited to SETA to sit aptitude tests.
Enthusiasm and a determination to succeed. Self-motivation, to ensure college deadlines are met, and an inquiring mind.
Work effectively as a team player in every respect – within your own team while on shift but also the wider maintenance teams.
Ensure attendance at daily shift briefings to understand the wider production performance and needs and how this impacts the maintenance team.
You should be a career orientated individual, have a methodical and practical approach to learning and encompassed with a desire to succeed academically whilst also being proactive. This will ensure that this apprenticeship is fulfilling, rewarding and achievable.
The willingness to assist colleagues and undertake any other duties within level of capability as required between core responsibilities is essential.
Starts at £5 p/h depending on age of the candidate, increasing every year until they're 20, then it is based on performance.
This is an exciting opportunity for the right individual and will be an excellent opportunity to begin your career with a progressive company.
Apprentices must be able to travel to and from SETA training facilities in Millbrook Southampton for long block training weeks and to Marden Edwards in Wimborne.
You will be required to attend long block training at SETA Southampton to ensure your training is effectively given and also to work within the teams at Marden Edwards whilst not attending the normal workplace.
Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week).
The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide is updated every April (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
An opportunity to progress your career with the organisation
Marden Edwards, established over 50 years, is a world leader in the design, manufacture and assembly of overwrapping and shrink-wrapping systems. Our position as international market leader is the result of an exceptionally comprehensive product range, an ability to tailor machinery to individual applications, and a worldwide network of trade partners providing local expertise and after sales service.
Over 10,000 Marden Edwards systems have been manufactured from our UK factory and installed in over 150 countries worldwide. All our systems are designed, manufactured and supplied to the latest ISO standards to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018, seamlessly integrating our overwrapping machinery into your production process.
It is a measure of the reliability and lasting quality of the machinery that many of the early machines, produced up to 50 years ago, are still in production and fully supported by our after sales division.