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LEVEL 3 ENGINEERING FITTER

Duration: Duration 36 months, plus 3 months for end point assessment.

Day release delivery from Chesterfield campus or Derby campus.

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Entry requirements
  • GCSE English and maths grade 4 or functional skills level 2
How you’ll be assessed
  • End Point Assessment (EPA)
  • Multiple choice test
  • Professional discussion
  • Project with report including evidence and questioning
Progression

On completion of the Level 3 Engineering Fitter, apprentices could progress on a number of different pathways, such as:

  • Level 3 Management Qualification
  • Level 4 Manufacturing Engineering Technician
  • There is further potential to continue studies within the engineering sector up to degree level.

The broad purpose of the occupation is to produce complex high value, low volume components or assemblies in full or part, using machines, equipment or systems, to the required specification. For example, turbines, cranes, gearboxes, production lines, rigs and platforms. Fitters may typically have a mechanical, electrical, electronic, control systems, pipe fitting or instrumentation bias or operate across multiple disciplines depending on the type of assembly.

Workplace behaviours development

 

  • Takes personal responsibility and demonstrates resilience
  • Works effectively in teams
  • Effective communicator and personable
  • Focuses on quality and problem solving
  • Committed to continuous personal development

Skills and knowledge development

 

  • Reading, interpreting and understanding the component/assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions
  • Using appropriate hand-fitting tools and techniques to assemble/dis-assemble
  • Measuring and testing
  • Completing component/assembly documentation
  • Reporting work outcomes and/or issues
  • Operating within limits of responsibility
  • Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures

To produce or re-furbish the components, fitters will interpret drawings/specifications and plan their work. For example ensuring they have the right tools, equipment and resources to complete the task to the required specification. Fitters are required to check their work against quality standards and make adjustments as required based on their knowledge. On completion of the task a fitter will hand over the product and prepare the work area for the next task by checking the equipment meets the standards required to operate. They may be based in a workshop or clients premises which may include hazardous environments.

Off-the-job training

Every apprenticeship includes off-the-job training – equivalent to one day per week. This takes place during time normally spent at work but does not include the usual daily duties and responsibilities carried out as part of their normal role. It can consist of work and tasks ranging from projects, lectures and seminars to day release, blended learning and training to use specialist equipment.

It can form part of regular weekly sessions or be combined for larger blocks of time, depending on the approach that works best for the employer.

Qualifications gained

On completion of the qualification apprentices will be able to apply to the Institution of Engineering and Technology and be awarded the Engineering Technician Standard (EngTech).

Career progression routes

  • Mechanical Fitter
  • Electrical Fitter
  • Electronic Fitter
  • Instrumentation Fitter
  • Pipe Fitter
  • Controls and Systems Fitter

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