JLR Advanced Apprenticeship

Overview of the Apprenticeship

During your apprenticeship, you'll spend a significant portion of your first year at Warwickshire College Group's Trident College based in Warwickshire (CV34 6SW
). Your typical hours at the training provider will be from 8:00 AM to 4:45 PM Monday - Thursday and reduced hours on Fridays; you will receive a confirmed timetable upon joining us. Here you'll be assigned a Work Based Learning Manager (WBLM) and a JLR early careers cohort leader to support you throughout your apprenticeship journey.

In your first year, you'll focus on building foundational knowledge of engineering and essential workplace competencies to ensure safety. You'll spend time in workshops developing practical skills such as welding, electrical installation, milling, and fault finding. You'll also take part in regular plant placements where you’ll have the opportunity to apply these newly acquired skills in a real‑world environment and begin studying your Level 3 BTEC qualification.

In your second year, you’ll divide your time between your workplace and training provider through block release. During this time, you’ll continue your Level 3 BTEC qualification and apply your academic knowledge while working on site.

In your third year you will be based fully within the plant focusing on developing your skills beyond the basics and working on real‑world projects on‑site at JLR.

In your final year, you’ll complete your apprenticeship and prepare for your End Point Assessment, supported every step of the way by your Early Careers Cohort Leader and WBLM.

This exciting programme is designed to help you build practical skills, deepen your technical knowledge, and develop key workplace behaviours like teamwork and problem‑solving.

For this apprenticeship you will be based in our Engineering Operations (EO) team.

Engineering Operations (EO) are at the heart of JLR Engineering. Involved at every stage of the engineering process, they underpin technical innovation and product delivery with programme management, tools and processes and specialist technical services to deliver our world‑class products. A diverse team, EO harness a variety of skill sets, from project management, information management and data analytics, to building and testing prototypes.

By joining Engineering Operations, you will make a difference to what we do.

• Tool Room – You will join the team as a CNC Machinist / Fabricator / Model maker where you’ll develop a deep knowledge of prototype manufacturing techniques to allow the team to continue to deliver prototype properties at a high level of quality. You will learn about prototype part / model manufacturing, CNC machining, welding, fabrication skills and prototype build and assembly model making.
• Fixtures and Tooling – As part of this team you will learn how to assemble tooling fixtures while validating it with coordinate‑measuring equipment utilising technical drawing and digital software packages. You will develop skills in tool making, machining, sheet metal and fabrication while gaining problem‑solving skills working with such techniques as root‑cause analysis.
• Design, Analysis and Manufacturing – This role as a multiskilled machinist is strategically essential to the continued growth and development of the team. In the role you will learn how to weld, turn and carry out CNC milling. You will read engineering drawings bringing them to life. All of this will be done while learning to operate best‑in‑class health and safety practices.
• Technology Facility and Development – This team is responsible for the design and delivery of facility components, test rigs and the infrastructure required in support of the core test areas delivering physical test plans. The area is also responsible for the development and delivery of key new facilities, technology, infrastructure and strategy for Build and…