ASSA ABLOY LIMITED
Closes in 8 days (Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
To learn and apply the skills required to manufacture, maintain, and improve engineering tools are essential for producing components and assemblies used to manufacture window and door hardware.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Your duties will include:
* Operating manual and CNC machinery (lathes, grinders, milling machines).
* Performing precision measurements using micrometers, gauges, and CMMs.
* Conducting tooling diagnostics, and repairs.
* Implementig modifications and improvements to tooling.
* Maintaining and cleaning tooling and moulding equipment.
* Fabricating fixtures and spare parts.
* Maintaining tooling standards and documentation.
* Performing preventive maintenance on tools and shop machinery.
* Completing tool reports and managing spare parts inventory.
* Ensuring tooling meets required specifications and quality standards.
Where you'll work
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
* Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
* Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
* Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
* Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
* Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
* Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
* Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
* Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
* Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
* Plan and organise own work and resources.
* Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
* Select machining process.
* Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
* Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
* Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
* Measure and check components.
* Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
* Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
* Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
* Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
* Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
* Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
* Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
* Apply ethical principles.
* Apply team working principles.
* Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and procedures.
* Comply with environmental, ethical and sustainability regulations and procedures: safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials and efficient use of resources.
* Prepare and set up conventional or CNC machines.
* Operate and adjust conventional or CNC machines.
* Apply risk assessment and hazard identification processes and procedures in the work area.
* Monitor, obtain and check stock and supplies, and complete stock returns.
* Record information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
* Read and interpret information. For example, data and documentation used to produce machined components.
* Apply engineering, mathematical and scientific principles.
* Plan and organise own work and resources.
* Follow and apply inspection, quality assurance procedures and processes.
* Select machining process.
* Select and setup tooling and work holding devices.
* Set and adjust machine operating parameters. For example, setting feeds and speeds for roughing and finishing operations, loading, proving and validating programs when using a CNC machine tool.
* Apply machining operations and techniques to produce complex components with features. For example, parallel; stepped; angular diameters and faces; grooves; slots; recesses and undercuts; radii and chamfers; internal and external forms and profiles; reamed; bored; drilled and electro eroded holes; internal and external screw threads.
* Measure and check components.
* Select and check condition of tools and equipment. Identify issues, resolve and take action as needed.
* Identify and action issues in the manufacturing process.
* Apply fault-finding and diagnostic testing procedures to identify faults. Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
* Maintain the work area and return any resources and consumables.
* Communicate with others verbally. For example, colleagues and stakeholders.
* Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, handover, start up or warm up procedures. Escalate issues.
* Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
* Apply ethical principles.
* Apply team working principles.
EAL L3 Extended diploma in Machining (Development Knowledge). Apprentices will attend college for two days per week over two years.
This may be revised in Year 2. Training, assessments and observations will also be completed in the workplace.
Requirements
GCSE in:
* Maths (grade 4)
* Science (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Initiative
About this employer
Opening Solutions UK & IrelandWe are the leading supplier of safety and security access solutions across a range of markets in the UK and Ireland.Our vision is to be the most innovative supplier of total door opening solutions that deliver safe and convenient security solutions and add real value to customers... and we can’t achieve this without our greatest asset... our people!
Potential position upon completion of the apprenticeship
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
GLOUCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE
GC Employer Training and Apprenticeships
0345 155 2020
The reference code for this apprenticeship isVAC1000335541.
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Closes in 8 days (Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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