Metal Fabricators – September 2025 Cohort Now Open!

🚀 Develop Skilled Metal Fabricators – September 2025 Cohort Now Open! 

Whether you're looking to upskill your existing team or bring in fresh talent, Qualitrain’s Level 3 Metal Fabricator Apprenticeship offers a proven pathway to excellence. Our September 2025 intake is now open, providing hands-on training, industry expertise, and nationally recognised qualifications. 

🏆 Proven Excellence on a National Stage 

Our apprentices don't just learn—they compete and succeed. In 2023, our talented apprentices reached the semi-finals of WorldSkills UK, and in 2024, they advanced to the finals, showcasing their skills on a national platform.  

Read about Jack Mellor’s journey to the WorldSkills GB Finals: Jack Mellor - Collis - WorldSkills GB Finals. 

🎓 What Apprentices Will Learn 

Apprentices will gain comprehensive knowledge and skills essential for a successful career in metal fabrication, including: 

Core Knowledge: 

• Understanding and complying with statutory, quality, organisational, and health and safety regulations. 

• Applying general engineering mathematical and scientific principles, methods, techniques, graphical expressions, symbols, formulae, and calculations. 

• Recognising the structure, properties, and characteristics of common materials involving heat treatment. 

• Identifying typical problems that may arise within their normal work activities/environment. 

• Utilising approved diagnostic methods and techniques to help solve engineering problems. 

• Recognising the importance of continually reviewing fabrication and general engineering processes and procedures. 

• Understand the effects of heating and cooling metals, metallurgy associated with joining and different types of welds and joints. 

• Understanding processes for preparing materials to be marked out.  

Core Skills: 

• Interpreting and following detailed technical drawings and specifications. 

• Preparing and using appropriate tools, equipment, and machinery. 

• Carrying out complex fabrication and welding tasks and heat-treating materials. 

• Working with sheet metal on complex patterns (lobster back/square too round) 

• Inspecting and testing fabricated components for quality and accuracy. 

• Maintaining equipment and work areas to ensure safety and efficiency. 

• Weld joints in accordance with approved welding procedures and quality requirement in both MIG/MAG and TIG/TAG process (MMA is optional). 

• Ability to mark out and develop components using Radial line, Parallel line and triangulation pattern development methods 

• Ability too use basic CAD to develop components and assemblies  

🤝 Partnering with Engaging and Supportive Employers 

We collaborate with local employers who are committed to nurturing talent. These partnerships ensure that our apprentices receive comprehensive training, blending practical experience with academic learning, and are well-prepared to meet industry demands. 

🔧 Comprehensive Training by Industry Experts 

Our trainers bring real-world experience to the classroom. Each instructor holds a minimum HNC in Engineering and has had hands on background experience in the industry, providing apprentices with insights that bridge theory and practice. 

📈 Building Resilience Through Succession Planning 

Investing in apprenticeships is a strategic move for any engineering organisation. By developing talent internally, companies can ensure continuity, retain institutional knowledge, and foster a culture of growth and innovation. 

📅 Course Details 

• Start Date: September 2025 

• Location: Alfreton, Derbyshire 

• Duration: 42 months, including end-point assessment 

• Delivery: Day release at our Engineering Academy 

• Funding: Funded through the Apprenticeship Levy 

For more information and to apply, visit our course page: Qualitrain Metal Fabricator Apprenticeship