Sign Making Apprentice

Location: Brackley, Northants
Full time Permanent
25 days holiday

The Job Role

• As a Sign Making Apprentice you will be learning a highly skilled trade
• As a Sign maker you would be expected to contribute to the design, manufacture and installation of signs for a variety of uses, including interior modular signage, exterior signs for Architecture Graphics, business premises, indoor and outdoor exhibition displays, shop window signs etc.
• Using a range of materials, Perspex, Stainless Steel, Aluminium, MDF- Wood veneer, vinyl, plastic, metal and glass (used for illuminated or electronic signs).
• Your work as a sign maker will vary depending upon projects on your employer, but could include:
• Designing signs or working to a pre-prepared design
• Measuring and calculating signage sizes and layouts
• Preparing surfaces
• Using digital technology such as printers and plotters to produce letterintg/graphics/logo’s
• Installing signs on site
• Cutting out and building plastic/metal letters, logos and 3D shapes
• Applying paint backgrounds by brush, spray or roller
• Attaching graphics to backgrounds (if assembling a moulded sign)
• Bending glass into shape and fitting basic electrical wiring (if producing an illuminated or animated sign)
• You will be working from the Brackley office with local and national site visits

The Person

• The success candidate will have the ability to work with your hands and an enthusiastic approach to fabricating/assembly in a sign making environment. preferred
• You must be eager to learn, flexible, committed, hardworking, have a positive attitude, reliable and focused.
• Have GCSE Grades D or above to include Maths and English or equivalents
• Things to consider – You will be expected to work at a bench or operate machinery standing for long periods.
  
• Please ensure your travel arrangements enable you to meet the working hours stipulated.
• Live within a commutable distance to Brackley.

The Package

• An Apprentice salary
• Excellent training
• Future training and opportunities
• Full Time Permanent position
  
• All tools and equipment provided

Immediate interviews available. We will not consider applicants beyond a 50-mile radius.

Apply via completing the form.