Apprentice Welder - Construction plant and equipment

• Perform high quality welds on plant equipment components using appropriate welding processes, ensuring joints meet required strength and quality standards
• Refurbish and repair metal parts, including rebuilding worn surfaces and reworking reusable materials
• Carry out basic fabrication tasks, such as cutting, shaping, and preparing metal components for repair or assembly
• Inspect materials and components before and after welding to ensure compliance with safety and quality requirements
• Prepare work areas, tools and consumables, ensuring all equipment is maintained and safe to use
• Follow welding procedures, technical specifications and industry standards to deliver consistent, accurate work
• Work collaboratively with maintenance teams to plan effective repair and fabrication solutions
• Uphold safety standards at all times, recognising welding as a safety critical occupation

Skills you will learn:

Through the Welder Apprenticeship Standard, you will develop:

• The ability to produce high quality welds across different welding processes and material types, aligned with industry standards
• Skills in preparing, protecting and positioning materials and work areas for safe and effective welding
• Competence in handling, maintaining and checking welding equipment and consumables
• Techniques for completing and inspecting finished welds to meet quality and safety expectations
• Problem solving skills to assess equipment damage and select appropriate repair or fabrication methods
• Understanding of key welding behaviours, including precision, safety awareness and professional conduct
• Foundational knowledge of welding processes, materials and equipment as guided by the International Institute of Welding curriculum

• You will work with expert assessors and tutors to develop new knowledge, skills and behaviours within the profession
• You will experience a blended learning model
• This programme is delivered via a day release delivery model which means that one day per week, your attendance is required at our Engineering Campus
• This attendance is required during term time only

• Upon successful completion of your apprenticeship there may be additional learning opportunities via apprenticeships with this employer
• Please view their website www.murphygroup.com to see the wealth of opportunities available

Communication skills, Attention to detail, Organisation skills, Problem solving skills, Logical, Team working, Initiative

GCSE English (Grade 4) Essential
GCSE Maths (Grade 4) Essential