Network Cable Installer Apprentice
AMEY SERVICES LIMITED
London (SW1A 2HB)
Closes in 25 days (Monday 19 May 2025)
Posted on 14 April 2025
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Summary
You will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining the company's critical information systems infrastructure. You will be fully supported by our partnered college to achieve this qualification, having 1-2-1 advice and support, e-learning materials, and a whole team of experts on hand for advice and technical knowledge.
- Wage
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£24,293 a year
- Training course
- Network cable installer (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday.
37.5 hours per week.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
- React to notification, from Facilities Management Help Desk, of possible network and Voice (primarily Fibre and Cat5) cabling problems.
- Assist the CIS Engineers in the planning of network patching changes and execute those changes as required.
- Provide CIS Engineers with update information relating to the network and voice infrastructures.
- Diagnose cabling faults using Cat5, Fibre and Voice test equipment.
- Resolve / repair cabling faults when required, on the above circuits.
- Liaise with Facilities Management Help Desk to confirm rectification of reported faults.
- Provide assistance to the MIS Department in desktop IT support tasks.
Where you’ll work
Whitehall,
London
SW1A 2HB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
THE COLLEGES' PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Your training course
Network cable installer (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
- Install copper cabling components for Local Area Networking (LAN). Carry out maintenance tasks on copper cable networks. Identify, locate and repair common faults.
- Install fibre optic cabling components for Local Area Networking LAN and Wide Area Network WAN infrastructure. Identify, locate and repair common faults.
- Conduct testing on copper cabling in accordance with equipment manufacturer's procedures, compliant to industry standards, interpret results and rectify failures.
- Carry out testing of fibre optic cabling using an optical loss test set, Tier 1 and fibre inspection tool in accordance with equipment manufacturer’s procedures, and compliant to industry standards.
- Analyse copper and fibre test results and provides certification to the customer.
- Prepare, constructs and installs telecommunications equipment cabinets, either pre-built or from flat-pack. Arrange and install fixtures and fittings for the intended use. Selects network equipment components for installation into cabinets, differentiating between switches and routers.
- Work at height in a safe manner.
- Work in confined spaces by implementing health and safety procedures, using and maintaining personal protective equipment.
- Apply health and safety working practices to keep themselves and others safe.
- Analyse plans, make decisions about equipment types and quantity, and predict time frames.
- Assess the requirements for cable containment by type and size to build a pathway suitable for routing data cables. Install containment systems, using tools and methods for cutting, shaping and mounting tray, basket trunking and conduit.
- Install end-point equipment using fixings and media.
- Interpret the customer statement of requirements to determine the quantity and quality of components to be used in the cable network.
- Quantify equipment requirements and timelines for tasks to be carried out.
- Communicate with key stakeholders in the customer's organisation including the customer, the construction design and management CDM co-ordinator, the project manager and the information technology IT security officer.
- Maintain cyber security, applying processes and procedures aimed at protecting data confidentiality.
- Install copper cabling components for Local Area Networking (LAN). Carry out maintenance tasks on copper cable networks. Identify, locate and repair common faults.
- Install fibre optic cabling components for Local Area Networking LAN and Wide Area Network WAN infrastructure. Identify, locate and repair common faults.
- Conduct testing on copper cabling in accordance with equipment manufacturer's procedures, compliant to industry standards, interpret results and rectify failures.
- Carry out testing of fibre optic cabling using an optical loss test set, Tier 1 and fibre inspection tool in accordance with equipment manufacturer’s procedures, and compliant to industry standards.
- Analyse copper and fibre test results and provides certification to the customer.
- Prepare, constructs and installs telecommunications equipment cabinets, either pre-built or from flat-pack. Arrange and install fixtures and fittings for the intended use. Selects network equipment components for installation into cabinets, differentiating between switches and routers.
- Work at height in a safe manner.
- Work in confined spaces by implementing health and safety procedures, using and maintaining personal protective equipment.
- Apply health and safety working practices to keep themselves and others safe.
- Analyse plans, make decisions about equipment types and quantity, and predict time frames.
- Assess the requirements for cable containment by type and size to build a pathway suitable for routing data cables. Install containment systems, using tools and methods for cutting, shaping and mounting tray, basket trunking and conduit.
- Install end-point equipment using fixings and media.
- Interpret the customer statement of requirements to determine the quantity and quality of components to be used in the cable network.
- Quantify equipment requirements and timelines for tasks to be carried out.
- Communicate with key stakeholders in the customer's organisation including the customer, the construction design and management CDM co-ordinator, the project manager and the information technology IT security officer.
- Maintain cyber security, applying processes and procedures aimed at protecting data confidentiality.
Your training plan
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- ICT (grade c/4)
- Maths (grade c/4)
- Maths (grade c/4)
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
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
Other requirements
Candidates who have not yet achieved Level 2 in Maths, English, or ICT will need to complete these qualifications prior to their end-point assessment.
About this company
Amey is a leading infrastructure services and engineering company. Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day and we each take personal pride in our public service. Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients. We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the country.
Company benefits
Pension – Generous Pension scheme Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays Choices buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership Save with Amey
After this apprenticeship
This is a permanent position, which will see you move into a permanent position within the team as a Network Cable Installer. Progression and development will be discussed.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
AMEY SERVICES LIMITED
Gemma Denson
Gemma.denson@amey.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000315491.
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Closes in 25 days (Monday 19 May 2025)
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