Apprentice Toolmaker
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Company: RYELAND MK LIMITED
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Location: Buckinghamshire, MK2 3JJ
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £16,640.00 per year
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Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
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Ref: NAS-2000027488
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Application Deadline Date: 12/05/2026
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Start Date: 30/08/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday–Thursday, 7:30am - 4:45pm. Friday, 7:30am - 12:30pm (early finish!).
Brief Description
Build the tools that build the future! Ever wondered how car parts, commercial components, and precision metal products are actually made? If you enjoy working with your hands, learning practical skills, and want a career where no two days are the same, this could be the apprenticeship for you.
Training to be Provided
Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Delivered by attending one day a week to Milton Keynes College. Apprenticeship standard subject to change to Toolmaker and Tool and Die Maintenance Technician on enrolment.
Future Prospects
This apprenticeship can open doors to:
- CNC machining and programming
- Advanced toolmaking
- Project engineering
- Leadership and management roles
Many of our skilled engineers started exactly where you are now.
Vacancy Detail
Ryeland Toolmakers are offering an exciting opportunity to join our skilled engineering team and learn the highly respected trade of Toolmaking from industry experts.
What you'll be doing:
From day one, you’ll be learning on real projects, using real machinery, and developing skills that can set you up for life.
You will:
- Work alongside experienced, friendly toolmakers who will mentor you one to one
- Learn how precision press tools are manufactured from start to finish
- Use professional metal cutting machines including Horizontal & vertical milling machines, Pedestal drilling machines, and Surface grinders
- Progress onto advanced engineering equipment e.g. CNC milling machines and EDM wire cutting machines
- Build confidence, technical ability, and problem-solving skills every week
What we're looking for:
- You don’t need experience — just the right attitude
- Good timekeeping
- Willingness to learn
- Conscientious and reliable
- Able to communicate and work as part of a team
- A driving licence would be helpful but is not essential
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Other Information
Predicted grades will be accepted. However, any offers made will be conditional, pending actual grades.