Plate Welder Apprentice
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Company: TOOMERS LTD
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Location: Salisbury, SP5 4EE
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £20,800.00 per year
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Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
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Ref: NAS-2000016973
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Application Deadline Date: 31/03/2026
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Start Date: 07/09/2026
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Positions Available: 2
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Working Week: Monday - Friday, 07:30 - 16:00, may work overtime, evenings and weekends (age dependant).
Brief Description
The Southampton Engineering Training Association (SETA) is supporting Toomers Ltd to recruit a L3 Plate Welder Apprentice to join their Engineering team and develop within the organisation. Main tasks/focus will be in aspects of welding and fabrication as well as gaining knowledge, behaviours and experience in order to achieve the Standard.
Training to be Provided
- Apprentices will undertake a Level 3 Plate Welder Apprenticeship Standard programme
- This will include a full-time period of practical workshop based ‘off-the-job’ training at SETA’s Apprenticeship Centre in Southampton
- You will also begin a knowledge qualification (depending on your prior attainments) where you will be required to attend SETA one day a week over two academic years
- After your initial training at SETA, you will be with your employer working on developing your skills; ultimately leading to being able to demonstrate all the skills and knowledge identified in the apprenticeship standard
- SETA will make regular visits during your time in the workplace to ensure you are developing all the required skills within the Standard, including the specified behaviours and checking your theory knowledge via professional discussions
To achieve full certification after all of your training the apprenticeship culminates in your End Point Assessment (EPA), these final tests are administered by an independent assessment organisation and take place in the last three months of the apprenticeship
Future Prospects
- Opportunity to work on a varied range of projects; from multi-million-pound infrastructure schemes, international developments to supporting local community projects
- We provide material processing, fabrication, welding and surface finishing using cutting edge technology systems.
- We offer competitive rates of pay, wealth of experience in traditional skills and new technologies
- We are energised to enhance our operations and look after the staff that work with for us. With over 40 years’ experience in the industry, we are keen to see the next generation build on our success and future heritage
Vacancy Detail
Apprentices working at Toomers Ltd will be working as part of the team, to ensure you gain the experience you will:
- Be assisting skilled welder fabricators with their day-to-day work
- This will involve helping set up equipment, interpret and understand drawings, select suitable tool/s for task
- Be shown the skills required to complete jobs in a safe and professional manner
- Be encouraged to gain confidence, you will be assisted to manage your own work
- Learn tasks which will include cutting and shaping steel using a variety of tools, welding and mechanical fitting tasks
Other Information
Travel to and from the workplace – serious consideration should be taken for the duration of the apprenticeship – where possible, be self-sufficient and accountable for being at work ahead of shift staff time. On-street parking available. Travel to SETA training Full training will be given, but we expect our apprentices to maintain our rigorous standards.