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Metal Fabricator Apprenticeship

Start Date: Various

IMG 3161
  • Length 36 months (+ 3 months for EPA period)
  • Study Full-Time
  • Location Employer Based

Qualification Gained

Level 3 Extended Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge)

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Have you ever thought about a career in the Renewable and Subsea Engineering industry and not known where to start? Do you want to learn in-demand skills and have a challenging and exciting future in the energy sector? If you’re looking to earn while you learn too, this Metal Fabricator apprenticeship is for you.

As a Metal Fabricator apprentice, you’ll weld and fabricate metal structures and components. Based at our purpose-built Energy Academy and working mainly in manufacturing plants or at construction sites, you’ll use a variety of tools to construct metal-based assembly components.

To be successful on this apprenticeship, you’ll need to be able to take a product from its initial design to its finished components ready for assembly. To achieve this goal, you must combine technical skills with coordination and attention to detail, with the end goal of creating components and products that meet the designer’s specifications.

If you’re looking to get a head start in a skilled industry, sign up to the Metal Fabricator apprenticeship today.

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What can I do with a qualification in Renewable and Subsea Engineering

Daily tasks:

  • Checks finished workpiece for defects and conformity with specification.
  • Cleans and smoothes weld.
  • Guides electrode or torch along line of weld, burns away damaged areas, and melts brazing alloy or solder into joints.
  • Cuts metal pieces using gas torch or electric arc.
  • Connects wires to power supply, or hoses to oxygen, acetylene, argon, carbon dioxide, electric arc, or other source and adjusts controls to regulate gas pressure and rate of flow.
  • Selects appropriate welding equipment such as electric arc, gas torch, etc..

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What can I do with a qualification in Renewable and Subsea Engineering

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