Duration: 42 months
This occupation is found in large and small engineering and manufacturing organisations providing products and services throughout a wide range of sectors. The person will support organisations to develop, produce or test new/existing products, processes, or procedures to efficiently and effectively meet a customer specification in terms of quality, cost and delivery. Make decisions, solve problems and produce and/or update technical documentation, reports or specifications. Inform others, either internally or externally as to what needs to be done and how a product must be designed, manufactured, tested, modified, maintained, stored, transported, commissioned or decommissioned.
This apprenticeship standard includes an HNC.
An apprentice completing this standard will be able to:
- Use problem solving tools/techniques such as practical problem solving (PPS), root cause analysis (RCA) and process failure mode effects analysis (PFMEA).
- Use effective communication techniques including listening, questioning and support of others.
- Have the ability to be able to use the benefits and applications of lean methods and tools used in manufacturing and engineering (such as Kaizen, Six Sigma and 8 wastes).
- Apply the principles of quality control and quality assurance in a manufacturing and engineering environment.
- Knowledge of team integration techniques, including conflict resolution and managing difficult conversations.
- 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
- 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.
- 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 system/packages such as Computer Aided Design (CAD), Data Analytics and Databases.