Apprentice Welder/Fabricator
-
Company: CROFTON ENGINEERING LTD
-
Location: CAMBRIDGE, CB21 4NN
-
Type: Apprenticeship
-
Salary: £16,224.00 per year
-
Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
-
Ref: NAS-2000045791
-
Application Deadline Date: 12/08/2026
-
Start Date: 07/09/2026
-
Positions Available: 2
-
Working Week: Monday to Thursday: 7:30am to 16:00pm, Friday 7:30am to 15:00pm - 30-minute unpaid break for lunch.
Brief Description
Crofton Engineering is a long-established small-medium enterprise. We are specialist sub-contractors in the construction industry. The team is looking to recruit for an Apprentice Welder/Fabricator.
Training to be Provided
- The learner will be studying the Engineering Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard qualification.
- Day release to North Cambridgeshire Training Centre (Chatteris).
Future Prospects
The prospects are to either become a workshop fabricator, who can make steel into intricate shapes; or a site welder/fabricator – welding steel on construction sites using different techniques. There may be further opportunities, after welding skills have been mastered, to go into the drawing office and learn detail design draughting and in time to project management of construction projects or into estimating and the commercial side of the business.
Vacancy Detail
Main Roles and Responsibilities:
The role is to learn how to weld and fabricate structural steelwork and architectural metalwork (balustrades, balconies, stairs) from mild steel.
The department is the workshop and the ultimate responsibility is to read the fabrication drawings and produce the product as drawn to the standards of BS EN 1090, under the guidance of the Workshop Supervisor.