Mechanical Engineering
Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician Apprenticeship
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Engineering and manufacturing support technicians support the work of engineers by the provision of technical support and expertise for areas of the engineering and manufacturing function. This typically could include engineering drawing, computer aided design (CAD), quality control, computerized numerical control programming (CNC), robotics, additive manufacturing, engineering or manufacturing software development and process engineering.
In this apprenticeship, you will be learning the knowledge, skills and behaviours to be successful in your chosen role: Knowledge includes the engineering or manufacturing function and role; awareness of health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance and impact on role; environmental and sustainability regulations and guidance; British standards for engineering representations, drawings, and graphical information; engineering standards and regulations, relevant to the occupation and technician's responsibilities; engineering mathematical techniques and scientific principles; digitisation and emerging technologies within the engineering and manufacturing sector; problem solving techniques: diagnostics, root cause analysis; engineering and manufacturing technical outputs: methods of representing technical information supporting organisational requirements - electronic and paper.
If you do not currently have an employer and would like to undertake an apprenticeship, take a look at our vacancies at www.wigan-leigh.ac.uk/Apprenticeship-Vacancies or contact apprenticeships@wigan-leigh.ac.uk to request support
Students aged 16-18 do not pay exam fees.
