Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship

Summary

The Southampton Engineering Training Association (SETA) is supporting Murray Technical Services Limited to recruit a Level 3 Engineering Fitter (electrical) Apprentice to join their Engineering team, develop within the organisation and train in all aspects of control systems.

Annual wage

£15,704.72 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Year 1 & 2 - Pay will be in line with the National minimum wage. Years 2-4 - As a minimum, pay will be in line with the National minimum wage. Increases to that above the National minimum wage will be based on annual performance reviews.

Training course

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Hours

At SETA Mon-Thurs 8 am - 4.15 pm / Fri 8 am - 3 pm At Employer Mon - Fri 08:00 am - 16:30 pm

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Friday 1 August

Duration

3 years 6 months

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

As an apprentice, you’ll work at Murray Tech and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff. The apprenticeship tasks/focus will be around training in all aspects of control systems as well as gaining extensive knowledge of engineering materials.

Apprentices will be working as part of the team, working to complete the requirements of the Fitter Standard. To ensure you gain the experience you will:

Gain an understanding of General Arrangement & Schematic Drawings
Gain an understanding of components and how they operate
Laying out / fitting out back plates and doors
Wiring control panels
Get an understanding of pump / motor starting and control applications; DOL, ASD, Soft Start, VFD
Carrying out point to point checks
Carry out torque checks
Get involved in the functionality and testing with a Test Engineer
Installing cable containment on site
Installing SWA Power supply, control & instrument cabling
Glanding & termination of cables
Installing field Junction Boxes / Isolators, Emergency Stops & Support Frames
Installation of level equipment & support frames
Installation of lighting systems
Setting up field instrument devices
BS7671 Testing

Where you’ll work

Unit E2 The Premier Centre

Premier Way

Romsey

Hampshire

SO51 9DG

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

SOUTHAMPTON ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED (THE)

Your training course

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
Reporting work outcomes or issues.
Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
Operating within limits of responsibility.
Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.
Reading, interpreting and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings and work instructions.
Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools and equipment.
Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools and equipment.
Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications and job instructions.
Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
Reporting work outcomes or issues.
Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and house-keeping.
Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; re-cycling, re-using where appropriate.
Operating within limits of responsibility.
Operating in line with quality, health and safety and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.

Your training plan

Apprentices will undertake a Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard programme. This will include a full-time period of practical workshop based ‘off-the-job’ training at SETA’s Apprenticeship Centre in Southampton.

You will also begin a knowledge qualification (depending on your prior attainments) where you will be required to attend SETA one day a week over two academic years.

After your initial training at SETA, you will be with your employer working on developing your skills; ultimately leading to your End Point Assessment.

SETA will make regular visits during this period of time to ensure you will covering all the required aspects of the Standard, which includes a practical element, a theory test and a professional discussion, regarding the work achieved with your employer.

These final tests are administered by an independent assessment organisation and take place in the last three months of the apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 5)

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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Physical fitness

Other requirements

We mainly work within the Water & Data Industry. As well as working within the workshop you will also be working on customers sites. Due to space constraints, parking at SETA is not available for apprentices who drive, instead you will be required to find alternative parking locally. There will be also be opportunities to work overtime during the week & weekend. This will be rate x1.5 & x2 on a Sunday.

About this company

We mainly work within the Water & Data Industry. The company that offers precision, excellence & experience providing our customers with a totally integrated service for the Design, Build and Installation of all types of Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation Installations & Control System Applications. This enables us to identify and recommend the best possible solutions to satisfy our customer requirements.

http://www.murraytech.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Once the apprenticeship has been completed there are plenty of opportunities for further training and personal development.

With further training and experience gained, then the other routes within the business are:

Workshop Panel wiring
Site Electrician
Electrical Supervisor
Assistant Testing & Commissioning
Assistant Project Engineer
Assistant Design Engineer
Commissioning Engineer
Project Engineer
Design Engineer

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SOUTHAMPTON ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED (THE)

Southampton Engineering Training Association (SETA)

recruitment@seta-training.co.uk

02380771908

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000294470.

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Closes on Monday 31 March

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