Apprentice Die Maker
TRADE CUTTING FORMS LTD · UNIT 14B, TANFIELD LEA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, TANFIELD LEA, STANLEY, DH9 9UU
- Salary
- £16,640 a year
- Level
- Intermediate
- Course
- Engineering operative (level 2)
- Closing date
- 14 Aug 2026
- Start date
- 17 Aug 2026
- Duration
- 1 Year 2 Months
- Hours per week
- 40 hours
- Working week
- 7.30am - 4.00pm Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week. Breaks - 50 minutes total - 20 minutes paid, 30 minutes lunch unpaid.
- Positions
- 1
About the role
Join the team at Trade Cutting Formes, a leader in precision cutting solutions! A Die Maker is a highly skilled manufacturing craftsman who designs, builds, repairs, and maintains custom metal dies used to cut, stamp, or shape raw materials into precise parts. Our clients request bespoke solutions and we supply these to various industries.
Skills required
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Punctual
- Polite
- Flexible
- Reliable
Qualifications
- GCSE · English · C/4 · Desired
- GCSE · Math · C/4 · Desired
Benefits
Possibility of progression in learning. The possibility of permanent employment following successful completion of the apprenticeship.
About TRADE CUTTING FORMS LTD
Trade Cutting Formes Limited, design and manufacture high quality, precision cutting formes for industry. We work with our clients to ensure we understand their specific needs we can design and manufacture high quality precision cutting and formes quickly with our state of the art technology linked with over one hundred years of die making experience. Our business is literally at the cutting edge across a range of industries, our products and our service is supported and driven by our customer focused quality standard. Services Include design and manufacture of cutting, perforating, creasing and folding die. We are the only company in the North East to cover what we do.
Training provider
DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE · Engineering and manufacturing · Level 2
Vacancy reference: 2000045979 · Posted 4 Aug 2026
