Job Description:
Leonardo offers a range of Apprenticeships across a variety of STEM and business routes, offering paid training, coupled with on the job learning that enables you to gain practical skills, experience and knowledge that sets up the best start to your career. We offer competitive entry salaries and fully support your academic learning through to qualifications, with salary increases as you progress.
We support helping you settle into your new location ensuring you are familiar with the team and have a warm welcome from day 1. There is a member of our Apprentice team at each site, helping you progress, ensuring your study time is protected, enabling access to digital learning as well as opportunities to get involved with the local community and STEM projects, enhance many aspects of each programme.
The Apprenticeship:
Our Aerospace Transmissions Fitter apprenticeship is suited for those who are interested in the practical (hands-on) elements of engineering.
Over the 4-year programme you will be trained to become a Mechanical Fitter specialising in the Transmissions equipment. The Transmission fitter apprentices are trained to build/repair and test aircraft transmissions parts and systems in our maintenance and test facilities. The ultimate aim of moving you into a final placement area based on business requirement and the skills displayed during the apprenticeship.
You will experience a number of placements across the Transmissions Centre of Excellence, with the ultimate aim of moving you into a final placement area based on business requirements and the skills displayed during the apprenticeship.
The apprenticeship will start with an Induction into Leonardo, followed by a Yeovil College Induction to ensure that apprenticeship requirements and expectations are fully established.
You will combine your time between Yeovil College and work placements at Leonardo Helicopters, increasing your work placements as you move through the years.
Each Apprentice on this route will need to complete an End Point Assessment as defined in the Apprenticeship Standard, this will take place in the final months of the programme.
Throughout the apprenticeship apprentices will be placed in some or all of the following departmental areas within the Transmissions Centre of Excellence:
Each Apprentice on this route will need to complete an End Point Assessment as defined in the Apprenticeship Standard, this will take place in the final months of the program.
Throughout the apprenticeship, apprentices will be placed in some or all of the following departmental areas:
Transmissions Fitting: This area covers the Build and test of the aircraft gearboxes (Main, Intermediate and tail gear boxes) both new build and In-service gear boxes.
New Build: Apprentices will learn and be expected to understand, evaluate and identify potential improvements within the business.
Repair and Overhaul: Gearboxes from In-service aircraft require maintenance. In this area, in-service gearboxes will be stripped and surveyed on receipt.
What you'll bring:
Qualifications required
4 GCSEs at a minimum of a C/4 (including Maths, English and Science).
Desired skills:
Thirst for continuous improvement
Eye for detail
Pro activity
Adaptability
Good communication skills (written & verbal)
Good IT skills
Personal qualities:
Organisation & prioritisation skills
Industry experience beneficial (but not essential)
Tenacity, fresh thinking & enthusiasm
Analytical Mind
A strong team player
Conscientious & keen to learn
Security Clearance
At Leonardo, many of our roles are subject to security and export control restrictions set by UK Government Security requirements and customer obligations. As a result, and in line with the UK Government Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) requirements, all successful applicants will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record declaration information and employment and/or education history…