Apprenticeship training course
Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4)
Providing specialist technical support for engineers.
- Qualification level
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4
Equivalent to higher national certificate (HNC). - Typical duration
- 42 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Engineering and manufacturing
- Maximum funding
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£21,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Costing engineer
- Installation engineer
- Manufacturing procurement engineer
- Manufacturing production engineer
- Manufacturing quality engineer
- Process engineer
- Production support engineer
- Quality engineer
- Test and commissioning engineer
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Read and extract relevant engineering and manufacturing related data and information (such as workplans/project plans, schedules, drawings, specifications, production data, quality reports, costing data, statistical information) drawing accurate conclusions and making informed decisions.
- Use project management tools, such as Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT), stakeholder matrices, risk mapping, radar chart and summary risk profiles.
- Use problem solving tools such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Process Failure Modes Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Fishbone, Practical Problem Solving (PPS) and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP).
- Analyse and interpret data and information in order to generate manufacturing engineering documentation such as Parts Per Million (PPM) quality adherence, cost analysis and test data.
- Communicate using the appropriate method for the audience such as, formal and informal presentations, written reports, verbal, electronic, social media and incorporating relevant and appropriate data and/or metrics.
- Use the approved process and quality compliance procedure to create or amend engineering and/or manufacturing documentation.
- Use lean tools and techniques, such as Six Sigma, 8 Wastes, Workplace organisation such as 5S's (sort, set in order, shine, standardise and sustain), Kaizen and Poka-Yoke (Error proofing).
- Apply documentation control processes and procedures such as format, location, access, authorisation.
- Use financial planning, recording and review processes and documentation such as departmental budgets, estimating, cost control, cost forecasting, and investment appraisal.
- Use computer based software systems/packages such as Computer Aided Design (CAD), Data Analytics and Databases.
Full information on Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.