Engineering Apprentice

About the apprenticeship

Duties

Your role will involve fault finding and learning to resolve engineering issues that occur on production equipment and, installation and maintenance of machinery. This will include gaining experience across all engineering disciplines and knowledge of production process.

Successful candidate would expect to become a key team member with career progression

Additional information

Salary in year 2 Increases to £28128.88pa subject to satisfactory performance (80%)
Then increasing to £31644.99pa in year 3 subject to satisfactory performance until qualified (90%) Qualified Technician £35,161.11pa
Abingdon Flooring is a British Based Company with facilities in South Wales, West Midlands and in the North and South of England. The South Wales sites employ around 250 people with the Newbridge Manufacturing site being built in 1982 to house everything under one roof. We have had vast investments into new high speed machinery and have the capacity to produce over 15 million square metres of Carpet every year. That is enough to get you to Argentina and back.

At Abingdon Flooring we currently have an exciting opportunity to join our busy engineering team as a multi skilled apprentice.

You will be learning about innovative technologies and machinery that we use in our production process, that will set you into a fulfilling and exciting career.

The support and mentoring you receive during your course will be provided by engineers with valuable knowledge and experience. The team will help you to develop and guide you to reach your full potential alongside your classroom learning.

Requirements

Skills

A technically minded individual with an interest in how things work

A logical thinker with the ability to work as part of a team and learn from those around you and being able to use your own initiative.

An aptitude for problem solving and hands on work

Clear and strong communication skills

Self motivated to excel in learning and meeting targets while following safety and best practice standards

Essential qualifications : 5- GSCE's C grade and above (or equivalent), 2 of the subjects must be in Maths and English

Qualifications

Essential qualifications : 5- GSCE's C grade and above (or equivalent), 2 of the subjects must be in Maths and English

Language

Welsh Spoken Skills: No Welsh Written Skills: No

Course details

Training provider:
NDGTA

Training provider course:
Engineering Apprenticeship

About the employer

Abingdon Flooring
Abingdon Flooring
Parkway Bldg
Parkway, Crumlin, Pen-y-Fan Industrial Estate, Newport
Newport
NP11 3XG

Disability confident

No, we are not part of the Disability Confident Scheme from the UK Department for Work and Pensions.

Please note that all apprenticeships are open to everyone. However, some organisations have worked to achieve Disability Confident accreditation. You should always apply for the apprenticeship you feel best suited to.

Interview arrangements

Two stage process. 1. Aptitude test at NDGTA 2. Interview at Abingdon Flooring