Calibration Technician Apprentice
Role
Overview
Calibration Technicians, work as individually or as a part of a team to ensure that the measuring equipment used by customers to manufacture, process or measure particular processes, to ensure that the equipment used is satisfactory to the required standards, and thus ensuring they produce a high quality product, using a process called calibration.
Calibration is defined as “the documented comparison of the measurement device to a internationally recognized reference standard”.
Calibration covers a multitude of different parameters including electrical instrumentation, pressure devices, torque tools, weighing equipment, dimensional measuring equipment and gauging and temperature measuring systems.
The work is pre-dominantly in environmentally controlled laboratories, and use state of the art machinery, which is capable of measuring up to 0.000001mm.
Typical customers are found in the following industries:
- Pharmaceutical, aerospace, oil and gas, automotive, power generation, food, process and chemical, electrical engineering and a wide variety of other industries
You will be proactive in finding solutions to problems and identifying areas for improving the business.
Specific Specialist Knowledge:
- Understand mathematical techniques, formula and calculations used in a technical support environment
- Understand the methods and techniques used to evaluate technical data and documentation
- Understand how to identify that the data and documentation being used is current and up to date
- Understand the requirements of the customer (internal/external) and support using the appropriate tools, equipment and processes
Specific Specialist Skills:
- Produce calibration documentation that contains all the relevant and necessary data in accordance with company quality systems
- Record calibration data in the required format
- Ensure that all calibrations follows national/international standards
- Save and store technical documentation in the correct format, location in accordance with organisational and/or customer requirements
- Develop effective business and/or customer relationships
- Provide technical advice and guidance to others
- Contribute to the business by identifying possible opportunities for improving working practices, processes and/or procedures
Training
- Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Competence) – Technical Support
- Level 3 Diploma or Extended Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge)
- Delivery of training to be confirmed
Full time position upon completion of apprenticeship.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Engineering technician (level 3)
- Training Provider
- TDR TRAINING LIMITED
- Working Week
- Monday - Friday 8.00am - 4.30pm
- Expected Duration
- 42 Months
- Positions Available
- 1
- Closing Date
- Wednesday, 15th May 2024
- Start Date
- Monday, 20th May 2024
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Qualifications
- English Language or English Literature GCSE or equivalent, grade 4/C or above (Essential)
- Maths GCSE or equivalent, grade 4/C or above (Essential)
About the Employer
- Company
- TYNESIDE STANDARDS LTD
- Location
- 3 ROLLING MILL ROAD, JARROW, England
- Employment Type
- Advanced Apprenticeship
- Salary
- £10,158.72
- Posted
- Company
- TYNESIDE STANDARDS LTD
- Location
- 3 ROLLING MILL ROAD, JARROW, England
- Employment Type
- Advanced Apprenticeship
- Salary
- £10,158.72
- Posted