Engineering Apprentice
-
Company: STAINLESS METALCRAFT (CHATTERIS) LIMITED
-
Location: Cambridgeshire, PE16 6SA
-
Type: Apprenticeship
-
Salary: £16,640.00 per year
-
Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
-
Ref: NAS-2000015303
-
Application Deadline Date: 29/05/2026
-
Start Date: 07/09/2026
-
Positions Available: 3
-
Working Week: Years 1 & 2: Monday to Thursday 8.00am - 4.30pm (lunch break 12.30pm - 1.00pm), Friday 8.00am - 12.30pm. Years 3 - 5: Monday to Thursday 7.30am - 4.30pm (lunch break 12.30 - 1.00pm), Friday, 7.30am-12.30pm.
Brief Description
This apprenticeship is aimed at people who wish to gain experience and qualifications in engineering through practical and theoretical skills and work based activities. Over the 4 year programme you will gain and develop skills in both CNC and manual machining, fitting and hand tools, fabrication/welding, inspection, production engineering.
Training to be Provided
- Qualifcation gained: Level 3 standard qualification (A level)
- Training will be carried out by West suffolk College at the North Cambs Training Centre located next to Metalcraft's site
- Training will be on a day release basis
Future Prospects
- Apprentices can progress their career in any area of the business, whether this be shopfloor based (ie: team leader, etc) or office based roles
- Many Metalcraft apprentices go on to further study ie: HNC and join our Engineering, inspection departments, etc.
Vacancy Detail
- Year 1 - Based in Metalcraft training school & West Suffolk College (NCTC) gaining skills in machining, fitting and hand tools, fabrication, welding
- Year 2 - Specific training in core areas to develop skills - manual and CNC machining, fabrication, welding, inspection, product engineering
- Year 3 - More focus on skilled techniques developing skills in a workshop environment
- Year 4 - Working towards becoming a fully skilled operator, and improving competence in a workshop environment
- Year 5 - Improver year to fine-tune skills learned