2025 Manufacturing Apprentice - Level 3 MOET - Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician
Start Date: 01 September 2025
Salary: £16,000 (age 16-18) / £21,000 (age 19+) per annum
Employee type: Permanent
Location: Templecombe
Working Schedule: 37 hours per week on site (8 hours Monday - Thursday, 5 hours on a Friday)
Year 1 Monday – Friday 37 hours a week, moving to 4 day week when 18 years of age after Year 1 is complete
Do you have an inquisitive mind? Are you interested in how things work? Do you want to be part of an Apprenticeship Programme that will develop and challenge you? If so, read on to see what Thales has on offer…
What the role has to offer:
Our manufacturing apprenticeship in Templecombe is a fantastic opportunity to learn our business from the ground up, giving you an insight, which will be invaluable regardless of if you chose to stay in manufacturing or if you move into a different function. The programme will allow you to rotate through a series of different placements, so you can see what you enjoy the most and where your strengths lie.
Year 1 of the apprenticeship focusses mainly on learning, spending 3 days a week at Yeovil College and 1 day in the workplace, following a set curriculum to give you the skills required for your future career. Year 2 allows you to embed those skills and is predominantly based on site working with our experienced technicians, learning in role while continuing at college on day release to complete a BTEC and NVQ. Year 3 will offer the opportunity to rotate through other business functions while you work your way to end point assessment.
Apprentice Programme
As a Manufacturing Apprentice, you will enrol onto a Level 3 Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician Apprenticeship at Yeovil College over a 48 month duration.
Requirements:
5 GCSEs grade 9-4 (A-C) including English and Maths
Benefits
Please note, assessment centres for shortlisted candidates will be held between February and May 2025. Induction week for all Graduate and Apprentices will take place from Monday 01 September until Friday 05 September 2025.
Closing date: Our applications will close at 11.59pm on Sunday 16 February 2025, this is the only time we will be accepting applications this year. Please note, we will be in contact by the end of February 2025 with details of next steps.
