Level 3 Print Technician Apprenticeship 2023
Overview of Responsibilities
Who are we looking for?
We have an excellent opportunity for motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our organisation where you will spend 80% of your time developing your general work-related skills and 20% on obtaining professional qualifications. Full training will be provided throughout your apprenticeship, and UKAEA has a dedicated Early Careers Team to support your journey and a nurturing community that learns from each other.
If you want to be part of busy print production unit working within a challenging, fast-paced environment then this could be the place for you.
As a Digital Printer Apprentice based at our print room at Culham Science Centre you will support both our internal and external customers. Working with both Apple Mac and PC, software and a variety of print and finishing production machinery, this post will provide you with a great foundation for an exciting career within the design and print industry.
Within the 20% training and development, you will be required to enrol with a training provider to complete a suite of activities designed to develop your professional qualifications. This may be completed on day release or block release dependent on the apprenticeship standard you are completing.
You will be naturally curious and will enjoy probing and asking questions to steer you through your development. Having a great attitude to personal development, your enthusiasm will drive your learning in this exciting environment. This together with your excellent communication skills, ability to manage your time and priorities as well as working well in a team will bring you success.
What opportunities does the apprenticeship scheme cover?
The specific Apprenticeship Standard and further details can be fund here.
If an apprenticeship in a different subject area interests you, please view our full list of vacancies, as we are offering multiple apprenticeships across several disciplines.
Qualifications
All candidates are required to meet the essential requirements set out below. Please address in your application how you meet the following:
Excellent IT Skills (Mac or PC)
Have a creative outlook on work and the ability to solve problems logical
Experience working as part of a team (this could be in a sporting, educational, work or social setting) as well as demonstrating use of own initiative
Be self-motivated with a ‘can-do’ flexible approach to work
Good attention to detail and can copy/transfer information accurately
Ability to communicate both orally and in writing
Effectively able to follow both verbal and written instructions
Ability to provide a customer focussed service
Additional Information
What is the recruitment process?
All applications will be initially reviewed by our Early Careers Team and there will be a requirement to complete online testing that will help to support your application.
Once this has been reviewed, successful applications will be invited to a more in depth virtual interview where you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your abilities and aptitude in a range of different situations. You may be required to attend a final in person meet and greet session to support decision making around the role and for you to have the opportunity to see where you may be working!
What we offer
- A starting salary of £13,525 with significant yearly increases
- Dedicated support to help to develop your career and experience
- Encouragement and support to achieve your qualification
- A culture committed to being fully inclusive, supported by a Being Inclusive Strategy and Inclusion Ambassadors
- An Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, with a full calendar of health and wellbeing initiatives
- Dedicated Early Careers events and team building opportunities
- Being part of the Apprentice and Early Careers community at UKAEA
- Flexible working options including family friendly policies
- 30.5 days annual leave increased with length of service (including privilege days and 3 days between Christmas and New Year) plus bank holidays
- Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme
- Annual corporate bonus scheme (after qualification period)
We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly from individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, including nationality and citizenship, people with disabilities, (visible and hidden) and women. The Executive team with support from our EDI ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ (EDI) partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, is actively promoting EDI and taking steps to increase the diversity of our people through reinforcing best practice in recruitment and selection, and revaluating approaches where it is clear we can remove barriers to success. We are easily accessible by car and are a 10-minute walk from Culham Railway Station in Oxfordshire, and buses are available from Abingdon town centre.
Our 2022 Apprenticeship opportunities will be open until Friday 17th February, however, please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if large or sufficient numbers of applications are received, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Please note all employees working at the UK Atomic Energy Authority will be required to complete an online Disclosure Certificate application as part of their clearance – The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks will show the details of all current criminal convictions (convictions considered unspent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) or will confirm that there are no such convictions.
