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Trade Apprentice Post Press Platen; Emboss, Foiling Technician Level 3

Windles Group Manufacturing Limited · Cotmore Wells Road · posted 29 July 2026

Wage
£16,640 to £26,436.80 a year
Hours
40 hours a week
Duration
2 Years 6 Months
Level
Advanced (Level 3)
Standard
Print technician (level 3)
Starts
14 September 2026
Closing date
31 August 2026
Positions
1

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  • Carry out visual and process checks to ensure output quality is maintained
  • Learn machine maintenance and operating the machines to help deliver live jobs
  • Work effectively with team members meeting deadlines and quality standards
  • Demonstrate a professional attitude in the workplace, including communication and teamwork
  • Demonstrate a commitment to learn, a positive work ethic, and excellent attendance
  • Training in Health & Safety, operational procedures, and printing techniques

Your training

  • Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, the qualification obtained will be a Level 3 Print Technician Apprenticeship Standard (post-press pathway) The apprentice will be given sufficient time to undertake their "off-the-job" requirement of the apprenticeship
  • Throughout your time as an apprentice, you will be supported by both your employer and BPIF Training
  • You will be assigned a training coordinator to ensure that you have the best training available
  • Training requirements will be discussed at the point of employment to suit your individual needs and business's needs
  • Most training and studying will be site-based

Where it leads

  • After the successful completion of this apprenticeship, a possible full-time position will be available for the right candidate
  • The apprenticeship allows you to earn a wage, gain valuable commercial work experience resulting in essential engineering and professional skills to progress into the print industry or elsewhere

About Windles Group Manufacturing Limited

Windles Group are specialist UV litho printers of greetings cards, packaging, deluxe magazine/book covers and exquisite stationery items. A highly versatile and creative team of people, continually looking to inspire our clients with new and exciting print finishes. These finishes come from modifying and engineering our equipment to produce products that are unique in their appearance. Working from our custom-built eco-print house in Thame, Oxfordshire we have gone on to develop some of the very advanced print techniques.

Things to consider

Windles is well serviced by local public transport, with bus routes outside the premises linking to:

  • Thame Town Centre (Town Hall) ( 2 miles)
  • Oxford City Centre (18 miles)
  • Aylesbury (12 miles)
  • Haddenham & Thame Parkway Train Station (4 miles)
  • Chinnor (4 miles)
  • Stokenchurch (9 miles)

Skills they're looking for

Analytical skillsAttention to detailCommunication skillsInitiativeLogicalNumber skillsProblem solving skillsTeam working

Entry requirements

  • GCSE English (grade 4) — essential
  • GCSE Maths (grade 4) — essential

Where you'll work

  • Windles Group, Peoples House, Cotmore Wells Road, Thame, OX9 3EU

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