Maintenance Machinist Apprenticeship – A14A0

Maintenance Machinist Apprenticeship – A14A0

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Job ID:

00000427393

Date Posted:

2024-05-24

Location:

USA - Puyallup, WA

Job Description Qualifications:

The Boeing Company has an exciting opportunity, through our IAM/Boeing Joint Apprenticeship Program, for Maintenance Machinist Apprenticeship in the Puget Sound region in Washington State!

This 4-year apprenticeship is 8,000 hours in length (7,360 on-the-job hours and 640 school hours) and includes paid on-the-job training and unpaid classroom education. The first 20% of the on-the-job training is a probationary period. Apprentices attend school for a minimum 144 unpaid hours per school year (four hours each week) at the South Seattle College Georgetown Apprenticeship and Education Center. Apprentice wages are defined in Article 17 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement with International Association of Machinists District 751 and The Boeing Company. Apprentices advance one wage progression step for every 1000 apprenticeship on the job training hours until completion. Graduates are placed in the target job at the maximum rate and receive a Journey-worker Certificate and Card - recognized worldwide.

Additional information Links: WebSite,  Standards of Apprenticeship,  Prep Pack.

Applicants should have a strong willingness and aptitude for learning, problem solving, and judgement, as well as a mindset for continuous improvement

Apprentices will learn the following tasks to become proficient as a Journey level graduate of the program:

• Perform all necessary bench and machine operations to make new machines or new and replacement parts for the rebuilding of precision-built fabrication machines and machine tools.
• They breakdown and sequence work assignments to insure proper machining and assembly operations; devise, improvise and fabricate facilities equipment to accomplish work; and perform work in other maintenance classifications when incidental but necessary to accomplish tasks.

Applicant Eligibility:

• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age;
• Must be eligible for hire or rehire at Boeing;
• Must never have been enrolled in or completed an IAM/Boeing Joint Apprenticeship program;
• Must have a GED or a high school diploma; and
• Must have US person status as defined by Boeing.

This position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 is required. “US Person” includes US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee

Basic qualifications/requirements

• Understanding of intermediate algebra
• Ability to understand and express yourself in English
• Basic Blueprint Reading
• Basic Precision Measuring Tools
• Basic Milling Machine operation
• Basic Lathe operation

Math and English requirements to be verified by assessment or equivalent course completion in Intermediate Algebra or better, taken within the last 5 years and English 90 or better. 

All assessments and/or courses must be completed prior to submitting your application.  Assessments taken for English and/or math are required to show both the assessment score and the course placement results (course number and course title) for that score. 

Documentation for all course completions, test challenges, certificate and/or degree programs must be provided at time of application.  

Qualification of Blueprint Reading and Precision Measuring Tools can be met by one of the three ways listed below and verified via resume, work history and transcripts.

Vocational courses

• Basic Blueprint Reading or equivalent
• Basic Precision Measuring Tools or equivalent
• Milling Machine (a course minimum of 80 hours, or 5 or more credits)
• Lathe (a course minimum of 80 hours, or 5 or more credits)

Vocational degrees and certificates

• Mechatronics
• Advanced Manufacturing Technology

1-year work experience in similar field below

• Boring Mills (Vertical, Horizontal)
• Certified A & P Mechanic
• Drills (Radial, Press, NC)
• Grinding (Internal, External, Surface, Thread)
• Jig Bore, Jig Grinder
• Lathes (Conventional, NC, CNC, Turret)
• Layout (Conventional, CMM)
• Machine Rebuild
• Machine Tool Maintenanc