Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Craftsperson Apprenticeship

Summary

Looking for a career where innovation meets practical expertise? With our 4-year Electrical, Control, and Instrumentation (EC&I) Craftsperson Apprenticeship programme, you’ll immerse yourself in a world that blends technical mastery with creative problem-solving.

Annual wage

£16,855 a year

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Rising annually to £34,697 post-apprenticeship

Training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday, shifts to be confirmed.

35 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

4 years

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Here at Sellafield in Cumbria, we’re building a clean and safe environment for future generations. Our talented and dedicated EC&I teams play a crucial role in helping us to achieve this mission. Responsible for the maintenance and repair of key operational instruments, our EC&I Craftspersons sit across two teams:

Monitor Round Team: Maintaining IRPI (Installed Radiological Protection Instruments) within the Sellafield plant, this team ensure operational efficiency. Where necessary they carry out first-line repairs or send the equipment to the Workshop Team for further attention, including electronic repairs down to component level.
Workshop Team: Working on equipment sent to them by the Monitor Round Team, this team carry out second-line maintenance and repairs down to component level on essential Sellafield radiological protection equipment and work with brand new instrumentation that hasn’t been commissioned yet.
HPIC Workshop: Working on PRPI (Portable Radiological Protection Instruments) setup and repairs down to component level on a range of handheld instruments utilised by Sellafield health physics.

As an EC&I Craftsperson Apprentice, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside both teams, learning from their expertise, and gaining the practical experience you need to become a fully qualified EC&I Craftsperson by the end of year 4.

Where you’ll work

Cumbria

CA24 3HZ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

LAKES COLLEGE WEST CUMBRIA

Your training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Your training plan

You’ll receive both practical and theoretical training in addition to the on-site training you receive at Sellafield.

At Lakes College, you'll work towards a Level 3 Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician (MOET) Apprenticeship standard, gaining the qualifications, skills, and experience essential for a successful career in the nuclear sector.

For the first 12 months, you’ll be based at Lakes College. After this, you'll transition to working at the Sellafield site, with weekly day-release sessions back at Lakes College to continue your academic training.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Any subject (grade 4(C) and above)
Any subject (grade 4(C) and above)
English (grade 4(C) and above)
Mathematics (grade 4(C) and above)
Science or Technology (grade 4(C) and above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Team working

Other requirements

Many of our early careers roles are subject to Security Clearance and Trade Control restrictions which mean that your place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency you hold may impact which roles you are eligible for. You must be able to achieve BPSS (Baseline security) and many of them require you to be eligible for Security Clearance.

About this company

Babcock is an international defence, aerospace and security company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets with potential to become focus countries. We meet our customers’ key requirements of affordability, availability, and capability by delivering engineering, support and critical systems to defence and civil markets.

https://earlycareers.babcockinternational.com/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Fully funded qualification, personal development, training and opportunities, minimum 28 days holiday allowance including bank holidays, competitive pension scheme, employee share scheme, flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme.

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Upon completion of the apprenticeship, you will move into a substantive position within the business.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LAKES COLLEGE WEST CUMBRIA

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000287167.

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Closes on Thursday 20 March

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Company’s application instructions

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