| What's it about? | | | | with a good head for figures. |
| Few apprenticeships offer as many diverse pathways | | | | You’ve got to understand health and safety risks |
| as the engineering apprenticeship - you could be | | | | and take suitable precaution. And during your |
| demolishing buildings, servicing stairlifts, checking a RAF | | | | engineering apprenticeship you’ll most likely be |
| aircraft or activating phonelines- and that’s just the | | | | working with others, so you need to be able to work in |
| start of a long list of opportunities! | | | | a team as well as having the capacity to work on |
| General Engineering, Engineering Construction and | | | | your own- once you’ve qualified. |
| Engineering Technology are all apprenticeship options in | | | | What do I get out of it? |
| this sector. | | | | You will learn the basics in a safe training environment |
| General Engineering is a hugely diverse field, and can | | | | and develop useful skills by working on the job with |
| be divided into seven sub-categories: aerospace, | | | | engineers who know exactly what they are doing. |
| automotive, metals, electrical equipment, electronics, | | | | You will gain a qualification that employers recognise |
| marine maintenance, and mechanical engineering. This | | | | and proves what you can do. This means potential |
| Apprenticeship covers a range of job roles in these | | | | employers respect the qualifications gained from this |
| sub-sectors. | | | | apprenticeship and they would have no quarrels in |
| As an apprentice in Engineering Construction, you could | | | | offering you a job once qualified! |
| be using computer-aided design (CAD) programs to | | | | Depending on your programme, you may also study |
| plan new projects; cutting and welding together | | | | one day a week at college for a qualification that |
| pipework; erecting steel columns and beams to form a | | | | backs up your practical skills with theory. Alongside |
| building’s framework; installing and servicing | | | | that, you will develop other skills that employers look |
| equipment in factories; maintaining pipelines and pumps; | | | | for such as how to communicate, work with other |
| or inspecting machinery and newly installed systems. | | | | people and use IT. |
| And for those brain boxes who have completed an | | | | The basic frameworks (in England and Wales) an |
| advanced apprenticeship in engineering, they can | | | | apprenticeship in engineering follows is; NVQ(s), Key |
| undergo an apprenticeship in Engineering Technology. | | | | Skills, Technical Certificate(s), Practical Performance |
| This higher apprenticeship can be applied across a | | | | Assessment and Employment rights and responsibilities |
| range of sectors, from aerospace and automotive to | | | | work. While in Scotland the framework consists of |
| electrical and electronics. | | | | SVQ and Core Skills. |
| If this industry excites you, then what you waiting for! | | | | Depending on which apprenticeship you start, you can |
| ‘Weld’ your thoughts together and apply for an | | | | expect slightly different starting salary- from £12k to |
| apprenticeship in engineering! | | | | £19k with those following a career in Engineering |
| Who’s it for? | | | | Technology expected to start at the top end of that |
| Engineering is all about being able to understand why | | | | estimate. |
| something isn’t working, and how to make it work- | | | | You can be repairing and designing with the best of |
| so you need a good understanding of engineering | | | | them in no time! |
| principles and knowledge on how technology works | | | | |