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About this apprenticeship
During your apprenticeship journey, you will learn the following skills:
Preparing and setting up optical equipment, such as lenses, mirrors and lasers
Helping to build and measure parts of complex physics experiments
Using equipment that helps scientists collect information from experiments
Using specialist laboratory equipment safely and correctly
Checking results and reporting what you find clearly and accurately
Working safely in a laboratory environment
Understanding how to work safely around hazardous substances, including radioactive and explosive materials
Understanding quality standards and why they matter in a laboratory
Developing customer service skills, such as communicating clearly and supporting others
In addition, you will also be given the opportunity for personal development through activities such as team building challenges, organisational awareness presentations, health and safety workshops and charity projects.
A part of this role will require wearing Health and Safety equipment such as a respirator. Therefore, successful candidates will need to undergo a medical assessment for suitability for the position within the required parameters for the health and safety equipment’s requirements.
Training
Please note the Apprenticeship is 24 months, followed by the End Point Assessment.
What you could go on to do
On completing your apprenticeship you will use the skills you have developed to take on a technician role within the Physics subfunction, supporting the development and execution of experiments and trials using facilities at and external to AWE.
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