As a Physics Laboratory Technician Apprentice, you'll start with an induction to help you settle in, before moving into different placements across the business. Experimental Physics at AWE involves studying unusual materials in extreme conditions. Your placements could include working with powerful lasers and using specialist equipment to understand how materials behave. You will learn practical laboratory skills including preparing and setting up optical equipment, helping to build and measure parts of complex physics experiments, using specialist laboratory equipment safely, checking results and reporting findings, working safely in a laboratory environment, and understanding how to work safely around hazardous substances including radioactive and explosive materials.

You will learn skills including: Preparing and setting up optical equipment such as lenses, mirrors and lasers; Helping to build and measure parts of complex physics experiments; Using equipment that helps scientists collect information from experiments; Using specialist laboratory equipment safely and correctly; Checking results and reporting what you find clearly and accurately; Working safely in a laboratory environment; Understanding how to work safely around hazardous substances, including radioactive and explosive materials; Understanding quality standards and why they matter in a laboratory; Developing customer service skills, such as communicating clearly and supporting others.

Personal development opportunities through team building challenges, organisational awareness presentations, health and safety workshops and charity projects. Successful candidates will need to undergo a medical assessment for suitability for the position within the required parameters for health and safety equipment's requirements, including wearing a respirator.

Market leading contributory pension scheme; Generous paid holiday entitlement of 270 hours per year, inclusive of Bank Holidays, plus every other Friday off as part of AWE's flexible working pattern; Access to employee discounts portal - everyday savings on retail, hospitality and leisure; Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services; Learning from experienced specialists in their fields while contributing to work that supports national nuclear security, threat reduction and counter-terrorism.

AWE is a team of remarkable people, united by one extraordinary mission: keeping the UK safe and secure. The UK's independent nuclear deterrent has existed for 75 years to deter the most extreme threats to national security and way of life. AWE delivers Astraea, the next warhead for the UK's nuclear deterrent and pushes the boundaries of nuclear science and technology. They support the UK government in vital areas from counter-terrorism to global nuclear test monitoring to building a world-class community of experts in nuclear science.