Engineering Fitter - Level 3 (Employer)
Hiring an apprentice is an excellent addition to your business.
In a world of increasing skills shortages, particularly in this industry, an apprentice can close that gap and add a new dynamic to your business.
In this apprenticeship your apprentice role covers a wide range of common and job specific skills sets.
This apprenticeship is recognised throughout the sector and will equip your apprentice with the essential skills, knowledge and qualifications for a career in this industry.
Engineering Fitters produce components and assemblies in part or in full to specification. This role is found in a variety of Mechanical and Manufacture process sectors.
Course information
During this course the apprentice will learn a full range of skills that a engineering fitter needs including -
- working in a team to create a product from start to finish
- making parts out of different materials such as wood and metal
- Health and Safety - keeping you and others safe
- using hand tools and learning practical skills
- fitting and assembly
- fastening
- mechanical principles of engineering systems
- engineering maintenance procedures and techniques
- engineering drawing and CAD
- properties and application of engineering materials
- manual and automated friction clutches and fluid couplings
- assembly of mechanical equipment and related systems to required specifications
- maintaining and repairing of mechanical systems
- improving the workplace
This apprenticeship standard contains a list of skills, knowledge and behaviours they will need to have learnt by the end of their apprenticeship.
Course duration
42 months plus 6 months End Point Assessment (EPA)
Funding and Incentives
Large Businesses
Employers from both the public and private sectors, with a payroll of more than £3 million, will have to pay a 0.5% into the levy fund to pay for apprenticeships. Levy paying employers will be able to reclaim their contribution via their Digital Account Service to “pay” for apprenticeship training and assessments.
Small Businesses
If you hire a 16 to 24 year old Apprentice after the 1 October 2026 you could be eligible to claim a £2000 incentive payment from the Government
Employers who do not pay into the apprenticeship levy who employ an apprentice aged 16 to 21 years old will not be required to make any financial contribution towards their cost of training. If the apprentice is aged 22 or over then the company would pay a 5% contribution (£1050) payable in instalments if required.
16 to 18 Incentive Grant - all companies
All size businesses will receive a £1,000 cash incentive for employing a 16 to 18 year old apprentice.
Contact us
Please call on 01482 615 586 or email on business@hullcc.gov.uk