New Apprentice CNC machine operator

[Jordan27]

Hi Jordan

Welcome to the site, I'm a newbie too and the guys on here are great. I notice your in your final year of aprentiship my son is very interested in becoming a machinist / CNC operator could you give me an idea of what you studied and how you went about getting into this line of work.

Cheers

Lancer

Hi Lancer,

Thanks for the reply, I certainly am in my final year of my apprenticeship and cannot wait to finish either. I have studied a 3 year apprenticeship with the 1st year consisting of NVQ Level 2 in Engineering Operations, 1st year of my BTEC Level 3 in Engineering and also my Level 2 Key Skills certificates. My 2nd year was spent back on site starting my NVQ Level 3 in CNC machine centres and also my final year to finish my BTEC Level 3 qualification. My 3rd and final year has been spent finishing my NVQ Level 3 and gaining hands on experience with the machines. This will change from firm to firm as my final job role will be different to that of another company with another CNC machinist. The best thing to do is to find Engineering Apprenticeships, with manufacturing there are firms around the UK...once your in the door then more firms come to light and also other opportunities will arise.

I hope this is of more help

Cheers
Jordan