Engineering Apprenticeships

As a Machining Apprentice, you’ll get to try a range of engineering based activities, developing the hands-on skills and experience to begin a successful career in manufacturing engineering.

You’ll spend your first 20 weeks at TDR Training School before joining one of our businesses. From there, you’ll spend four days per week in the factory and attend college one day per week.

What you’ll be doing

• Producing parts using CNC machining
• Learning the fundamentals of electrical engineering
• Learning advanced manual turning, milling, drilling, grinding and welding skills
• Developing hand tooling and sheet metal work skills
• Measuring and checking parts
• Carrying out quality checks
• Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) training

Qualifications
Level 3 Diploma in Machining

In years 3 and 4 of your apprenticeship, you could get the option to complete a Level 4 HNC Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, followed by a Level 5 HND Diploma in General Engineering or even a degree!

Career progression

• Manufacturing Engineer
• Manufacturing Technician
• Team Leader/Supervisor

As a Maintenance Apprentice, you’ll support our engineering teams by carrying out maintenance and repair work on a range of industrial machinery.

You’ll spend your first 20 weeks at TDR Training School before joining one of our businesses. From there, you’ll spend four days per week in the factory and attend college one day per week.

What you’ll be doing

• Installing, maintaining and repairing a range of machinery
• Isolating and testing machinery
• Working on electromechanical and process control systems
• Facilities management
• Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) training

Qualifications
Level 3 Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician Diploma

In years 3 and 4 of your apprenticeship, you could get the option to complete a Level 4 HNC Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, followed by a Level 5 HND Diploma in General Engineering, or even a degree!

Career progression

• Engineering Technician
• Maintenance Engineer/Electrician
• Maintenance Manager
• Production Manager/Director

As a Fitting, Assembly and Test Apprentice, you’ll work with our team of engineers producing complex, high value parts, making sure they meet our customers’ needs.

You’ll spend your first 14 weeks at South Tyneside Marine School before joining one of our businesses. From there, you’ll spend four days per week in the factory and attend college one day per week.

What you’ll be doing

• Assembling and producing parts
• Planning resources, tools and equipment
• Testing and calibrating parts
• Carrying out quality checks
• Installing completed parts
• Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) training

Qualifications
Level 3 Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Diploma

In years 3 and 4 of your apprenticeship, you could get the option to complete a Level 4 HNC Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, followed by a Level 5 HND Diploma in General Engineering, or even a degree!

Career progression

• Test Engineer
• Production Engineer
• Assembly, Test and Service Technician
• Operational Manager/Supervisor

As a Design Apprentice, you’ll learn how to produce technical designs and drawings for a range of engineering projects.

Depending on your starting qualifications, you’ll spend up to 48 weeks at TDR Training School before joining one of our businesses. From there, you’ll spend four days per week in the factory and attend college one day per week.

What you’ll be doing

• Developing and designing engineering solutions
• Creating detailed technical drawings using computer aided design (CAD)
• Finding problems and coming up with solutions
• Communicating designs to customers using sketches, technical drawings and reports
• Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) training

Qualifications
Level 3 Engineering Design and Draughting Diploma

In years 3 and 4 of your apprenticeship, you could get the option to complete a Level 4 HNC Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, followed by a Level 5 HND Diploma in General Engineering, or even a degree!

Career progression

• Design Engineer
• Planning Manager
• Sales Applications Engineer
• Operations Manager

As an HSE Apprentice, you’ll work with our health and safety teams, making sure our businesses are maintaining health, safety and environmental standards that meet legal requirements, customer needs and create a safe and sustainable working environment.

You’ll spend your first 20 weeks at TDR Training School before joining one of our businesses. From there, you’ll spend four days per week in the factory and attend college one day per week.

What you’ll be doing

• Learning the importance of HSE
• Helping to create a HSE strategy
• Developing HSE control plans
• Supporting people across the business to improve HSE
• Solving HSE problems and developing solutions
• Helping to manage and reduce risks

Qualifications
Level 3 Health Safety and Environment Technician Diploma

You may also get to do additional training, such as a National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) General Certificate. Some of our HSE apprentices even go on to do a Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety.

Career progression

• HSE & Compliance Officer
• HSE Advisor
• HSE Manager
• Head of HSE

As a Quality Apprentice, you’ll work with our quality teams, making sure our businesses are maintaining quality control standards that meet legal requirements and customer needs.

You’ll spend your first 20 weeks at college before joining one of our businesses. From there, you’ll spend four days per week in the factory and attend college one day per week.

What you’ll be doing

• Helping to create a quality control strategy
• Contributing to the management of supplier performance
• Planning and conducting audits
• Supporting people across the business to improve quality
• Solving quality control problems and developing solutions

Qualifications
Level 4 Quality Practitioner Diploma

You may even get the opportunity to do a bachelors degree in engineering!

Career progression

• Project Quality Engineer
• Supplier Quality Engineer
• Quality Engineer
• Quality Officer
• Quality Manager