Engineering Technician Fabrication and Welding Advanced Apprenticeship
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In Leicester
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Leicester
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Fabricator / Welders in the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering sector are predominantly involved in highly skilled, complex and specialist and detailed work covering a wide range of common and job-specific skills set that can be transferred across the manufacturing engineering industry. Dependant on the sector that they are employed, there are subtle differences in terms of […]
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About this course
Entry requirements will be typically four GCSEs or equivalent at grade C or above, including English, maths and a science and a level 2 Fabrication Welding Intermediate Engineering Apprenticeship.
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Subjects
- Engineering
- Materials
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Welding
Course programme
Year 1
A Fabricator Welder must complete ONE of the following Options.
Option 1: Fabricator / Welder working within a Sheet Metal worker role:
– Use metals/material up to 3mm thick working from drawings to mark out shapes on the metal before cutting.
– Cut, shape and join materials using hand / CNC cutting and pressing machines, thermal cutting equipment, fabricate and assemble pipework.
Option 2: Fabricator / Welders working within a Plate / Fabricator role:
– Using Metals / Materials more than 3mm thick working from engineering drawings and templates to mark out.
– Cut and shape materials using manual or automated processes including thermal cutting equipment and join materials using fasteners or welding methods.
Option 3: Fabricator / Welders working within a Fabricator welder role:
– Join sections, pipes, tubes or plates together by a manual or automated process.
– Plan, implement and monitor welding resources and activities, quality check welds, identify and solve problems.
– A specialised welding process according to the environment.
After a period of foundation skills and technical knowledge development, all Apprentices will be required to achieve the following qualifications:
– EAL level 3 Extended Diploma in Fabrication Welding Competences
– EAL level 3 Diploma in Fabrication Welding Knowledge
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Engineering Technician Fabrication and Welding Advanced Apprenticeship