Manufacturing Operator Apprenticeship POLYCORR LTD

What you will do in your working day

Polycorr LTD have a lifelong career on offer in their manufacturing operations team.

Protec International Ltd are Europe’s leading manufacturer, supplier and recycler of Temporary Protection Materials used to protect expensive fixtures and fittings in the construction industry. Polycorr is part of the Protec International group and has been trading 10 years.

Working for Polycorr will provide excellent learning and development opportunities as well as the necessary support to achieve a career within the manufacturing profession and beyond.

Duties will include:

• Assisting, maintaining and running an extrusion line
• Ensuring the line is efficiently changed including material blends, process condition setting and print changes
• Performing quality inspection test to ensure the suitability of the finished product to defined and certified quality standards
• Finished goods labelling, packing and preparation
• Warehousing duties including storage of finished goods and supply of raw materials
• Work within the organisation’s health and safety guidelines to keep work area and equipment safe and clean
• Learning the importance of following the specified assembly sequence and procedure at all times
• Knowing how to check the quality of the assembly against the required quality standards and what tools and equipment are used
• The procedure for positioning, aligning and securing component parts during the assembly operations
• Where to obtain the necessary job instructions, operating procedures and assembly specifications that are used and how to interpret them
• How to identify and resolve current and potential production/assembly problems within the limits of their responsibility 

If you are hard-working, conscientious and aspire to achieve a career within a high-tech manufacturing environment, this is the role for you.

The training you will be getting

• Level 2 Lean Manufacturing Operative Apprenticeship Standard qualification
• Functional Skills Level 1 in maths and English (if required)
• Day release at Rotherham College once per week

What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship

• Progression to industry specialist qualifications – further and higher skill development.
• A lifelong career in the industry.