Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Maintenance Fitter
Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Maintenance Fitter
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Engineering Maintenance Fitters install, service and repair industrial machinery and equipment.
- Install pipework, valves, pumps and motors
- Carry out planned maintenance checks
- Find and fix faults
- Replace worn parts, reset instrument controls and clean machinery
- Respond to emergency breakdowns, for example on a factory production line
You will work as part of a team, mainly indoors in places such as factories, warehouses, and large plant sites. Making sure all the machinery is in good working order, keeping everything moving and producing the required products. You may need to wear protective clothing.
Maintenance Fitters tend to work between 42 to 44 hours a week. You could work evenings, weekends, and bank holidays on shift work rotas.
Starting salary: £23,000
Experienced salary: up to £38,000
You could start as an engineering operative or trainee craftsperson and do training on the job to become a fitter. Most employers will ask for a minimum of 2 or more GCSEs at grades 9 to 3 (A* to D), or equivalent to access a level 2 course. However, some employers may be more flexible and look at your practical abilities.
You could take a college course to learn some of the skills you'll need. Useful subjects include:
- Level 2 Certificate in Mechanical Engineering
- Level 2 Diploma in Maintenance Engineering Technology
- Level 3 Certificate in Fabrication and Welding Engineering Technology
- T Level in Maintenance, Installation and Repair for Engineering and Manufacturing
You could do an Engineering Fitter Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship, or a Maintenance Operations Engineering Technician Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship.
If you have an EHCP you may be able to apply under the DfE exemption which allows the apprentice to use Entry level 3 English and Maths qualifications. The apprentice would have to be component enough to successfully achieve all other aspects of the apprenticeship requirements, become occupationally competent and achieve Entry Level 3 in English and Maths before the end of their apprenticeship.