Welding Apprentice
WEBSTER WILKINSON LTD · TELFORD, TF7 4QP
Welder (level 2)
Webster Wilkinson is looking for a motivated apprentice to join our team and learn the welding trade. You’ll work alongside experienced welders and fabricators, building real skills on real projects while earning a wage and gaining a nationally recognised qualification.
The work
Day to day duties will include:
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Learning to weld using [MIG / TIG / MMA] processes in a range of materials
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Reading and following engineering drawings and welding procedures
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Preparing materials, including cutting, grinding and fit-up
Working safely at all times, following health and safety procedures and wearing the correct PPE -
Checking your own work to the required quality standards
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Keeping your workspace clean and tidy
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Supporting the wider fabrication team as needed
Training
This is a Level 2 Welding apprenticeship. The apprentice will be required to attend the training centre, In-Comm Training Services, in Telford, TF3 3AJ, 1 day per week for 2 years.
Training provider: IN-COMM TRAINING AND BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
What you come out with
- Further training may be offered to the correct candidate once this qualification has been achieved
What they are looking for
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Can-do attitude
- Self-disciplined
- Highly motivated
Qualifications
- Desired · GCSE English and Maths 9-4
Things to consider
- A genuine interest in welding and engineering
- A reliable, punctual and positive attitude
- Good practical skills and attention to detail
- Willingness to learn and take instruction
- Ability to work as part of a team
The employer
For over 50 years Webster-Wilkinson Ltd have been helping to connect the Transmission and Distribution Industry with our range of high voltage transformer bushings, cable boxes, connectors, off-circuit tapping switches and protection and indication equipment. From our own factories in the UK, Webster-Wilkinson Ltd are able to control production from raw materials up to tested and inspected finished product. Our In-house processes vary from traditional skills – such as our foundry and include also the latest laser cutting equipment. We operate a completely integrated manufacturing facility producing all our own products from raw materials. We are able to design and manufacture solutions for you or alternatively manufacture parts or equipment to your specifications. Over our long history Webster-Wilkinson Ltd have supplied high-voltage equipment and components to most if not all UK Power and Distribution transformer manufacturers – including GEC, Babcock, Bonar Long, Parsons Peebles, South Wales Transformers, Lindley Thompson, Brentford and Hawker Siddeley Power Transformers. We continue to supply current UK transformer manufacturers including Brush, ABB, Groupe Schneider, Areva, Alstom, Seimens, Richard Wilson, Bowers, Transmag, T & R, Ultra and IST amongst others. We also supply our products and services to most leading Distribution Network Operators including Western Power Distribution, UK Power Networks, CE Electric UK and Scottish & Southern Energy.
Workplace
- UNIT A, HALESFIELD 10, TELFORD, TF7 4QP