Apprentice- Paint Technician: L3 (Ilford), 2024
Alstom
- Ilford, Greater London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Understanding and following work instructions, livery diagrams and schedule of finish drawings
- Following Health & Safety procedures to maintain working safely in a Railway environment
- Becoming competent with the use of required PPE and RPE equipment, panel repair Hand / Air / Electric & Battery tools, and the use of all spray equipment including cleaning and maintaining regimes and requirements.
- Being able to understand the complexity of paint and priming materials and how they act in different environments. This includes curing times, material schemes for the use on different substrates, COSHH assessments and how to use, store and dispose of hazardous materials.
- Complete small / medium repairs to substrates, Steel, Aluminum, Plastic and GRP.
- Able to apply the following paint materials, 1K Primer, 2K Epoxy Primer, water based & 2K base coats, water based & 2K Top Coats (HydroCoat). These materials will be applied to full bodyside panels as well as local spot repairs.
- Ability to complete 3 stage polish of factory finished paint to high standard and polishing to a wide variety of spot repairs.
- GCSE or equivalent in 5 subjects including Maths, English and Science at Grades 5-9