Manufacturing Operator Apprenticeship

  • Company: POLYCORR LTD
  • Location: S9 1XS
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Salary: £15,038.60 per year
  • Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
  • Ref: NAS-2000018874
  • Application Deadline Date: 04/04/2026
  • Start Date: 01/09/2026
  • Positions Available: 1
  • Working Week: Monday - Friday, working hours to be confirmed.

Brief Description

This role will teach you how to set and operate machinery and follow instructions. You will be given training to become an expert in Health & Safety & Standard Safe Systems at Work Procedures. As a growing business, this role will give you the chance to join a green, eco-friendly business, helping the environment while enjoying a rewarding career.

Training to be Provided


  • Level 2 Lean Manufacturing Operative Apprenticeship Standard qualification

  • Functional Skills Level 1 in maths and English (if required)

  • Day release at Rotherham College once per week

Future Prospects


  • Progression to industry specialist qualifications – further and higher skill development

  • A lifelong career in the industry

Vacancy Detail

Polycorr LTD have a lifelong career on offer in their manufacturing operations team.


Protec International Ltd are Europe’s leading manufacturer, supplier and recycler of Temporary Protection Materials used to protect expensive fixtures and fittings in the construction industry. Polycorr is part of the Protec International group and has been trading for 10 years.


Working for Polycorr will provide excellent learning and development opportunities as well as the necessary support to achieve a career within the manufacturing profession and beyond.


Duties will include:



  • Assisting, maintaining and running an extrusion line

  • Ensuring the line is efficiently changed, including material blends, process condition setting and print changes

  • Performing quality inspection tests to ensure the suitability of the finished product to defined and certified quality standards

  • Finished goods labelling, packing and preparation

  • Warehousing duties, including storage of finished goods and supply of raw materials

  • Work within the organisation’s health and safety guidelines to keep the work area and equipment safe and clean

  • Learning the importance of following the specified assembly sequence and procedure at all times

  • Knowing how to check the quality of the assembly against the required quality standards and what tools and equipment are used

  • The procedure for positioning, aligning and securing component parts during the assembly operations

  • Where to obtain the necessary job instructions, operating procedures and assembly specifications that are used and how to interpret them

  • How to identify and resolve current and potential production/assembly problems within the limits of their responsibility 


If you are hard-working, conscientious and aspire to achieve a career within a high-tech manufacturing environment, this is the role for you.

Other Information

This is a successful business that has a very busy workload. They are looking for someone who can listen/learn and use their own initiative to quickly become a valued member of the team.

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