Service Engineer Apprentice

E A FOULDS LIMITED

ENGLAND (BB8 8EG)

Closes in 26 days (Saturday 17 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 17 April 2025


Summary

One of the North of England’s leading independent lift companies are looking for a Level 3 Service Engineer apprentice to assist their lead engineer with the routine servicing of passenger and goods lifts.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

Check minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

After 12 months this would increase to national minimum wage for the apprentice’s age.

Training course
Lift and escalator engineering (level 3)
Hours
Typically, you will need to travel to the site by 7am to start work at 8am, finishing around 4:30pm. Hours may vary based on site location and daily job. Weekly schedules are set by our service admin team.

40 hours a week

Start date

Friday 30 May 2025

Duration

3 years 3 months

Positions available

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

  • Liaising with clients when required to confirm arrangements for site visits alongside engineers.
  • Ensuring that you have the necessary paperwork (e.g. repair sheets, method statements, risk assessments etc.) and instructions before commencing site visits.
  • Assisting lead engineer in performing scheduled repair work on passenger and good lifts.
  • Assisting lead engineers on breakdown calls when required.
  • Working alongside a lead engineer.
  • Observing and assisting with routine servicing of passengers and good lifts.
  • Carrying out site surveys and risk assessments with lead engineers.
  • Ensuring all paperwork (e.g. weekly timesheet) is handed into the office by 9am.
  • Complete job-related training courses as advised by the department manager.

Where you’ll work

OFFICES 1-4
HOLKER BUSINESS CENTRE BURNL
COLNE
ENGLAND
BB8 8EG

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

Your training course

Lift and escalator engineering (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents
  • Comply with health and safety regulations, standards and industry guidance, for example method statements and risk assessments.
  • Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and organisational procedures for example, segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
  • Use tools, alignment equipment and measuring devices, completing calibration checks where required.
  • Lift and handle systems and components using mechanical or manual methods.
  • Apply principle and techniques to access digital and analogue control and drive systems.
  • Fault find and diagnose issues using electrical measuring equipment such as multi-meters and electronic diagnostic tools.
  • Interpret and use engineering documentation such as electrical wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings, assembly drawings, construction drawings and general arrangement drawings.
  • Identify, organise, and use resources to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
  • Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Comply with information contained in site notices and instructions.
  • Prepare, maintain and restore the work area on completion of the activity.
  • Record and enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment maintenance records, test results, handover documents, on-site checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion procedures.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
  • Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
  • Option 1. Apply the required procedures when working in a traction lift environment.
  • Option 1. Apply techniques and principles of measuring and setting out lift equipment.
  • Option 1. carry out installation of lift suspension systems.
  • Option 1. Carry out installation of lift machines, overspeed protection devices and control systems.
  • Option 1.Carry out installation of lift doors, entrances, and associated equipment.
  • Option 1. Appy procedures to put the lift into service and confirm correct operation associated with lift systems.
  • Option 1. Comply with procedures to access and egress to lift pit and top of car spaces.
  • Option 1. Apply procedures to take the lift out of service in preparation for access.
  • Option 2. Apply the required procedures when working in an escalator or moving walk environment.
  • Option 2. Carry out installation of escalator and moving walk equipment for example truss, steps, pallets, handrail, chains, step band and safety sensors.
  • Option 2. Apply techniques and principles of measuring and setting out escalator or moving walk equipment.
  • Option 2. Appy procedures to put the escalator or moving walk into service and confirm correct operation associated with escalator or moving walk systems.
  • Option 2. Apply procedures to take the escalator or moving walk out of service in preparation for access.
  • Option 2. Comply with procedures to access and egress escalator or moving walks bottom return spaces.
  • Option 3. Apply the required procedures when working in a traction lift environment.
  • Option 3. Check lift positioning systems are working to specification.
  • Option 3. Check, replace and setup lift door systems and clearances and check door closing protection.
  • Option 3. Check lift travel requirements such as the correct set up of lift travel over-runs.
  • Option 3. Inspect and verify the compliance of suspension systems. Determine when replacement is necessary.
  • Option 3. Conduct planned and reactive lift maintenance.
  • Option 3. Apply procedures to take the lift out of service in preparation for access.
  • Option 3. Appy procedures to put the lift into service and confirm correct operation associated with lift systems.
  • Option 3. Comply with procedures to access and egress lift pit and top of car spaces.
  • Option 4. Apply the required procedures when working in an escalator or moving walk environment.
  • Option 4. Carry out removal and replacement of escalator or moving walk parts for example steps, pallets, chains, handrails and adjust for optimal performance.
  • Option 4. Check and set up safety systems for example comb plates, handrail entry devices, step sag switches, step and pallet sensors and handrail sensors, ensuring they operate to specification.
  • Option 4. Check, adjust and repair tensioning systems for example handrail tension, main drive chain tension, step chain tension. Split, remove and replace chains.
  • Option 4. Conduct planned and reactive escalator or moving walk maintenance.
  • Option 4. Apply procedures to take the escalator or moving walk out of service in preparation for access.
  • Option 4. Comply with procedures to access and egress escalator or moving walks bottom return spaces.
  • Option 4. Appy procedures to put the escalator or moving walk into service and confirm correct operation associated with escalator or moving walk systems.
  • Comply with health and safety regulations, standards and industry guidance, for example method statements and risk assessments.
  • Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and organisational procedures for example, segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
  • Use tools, alignment equipment and measuring devices, completing calibration checks where required.
  • Lift and handle systems and components using mechanical or manual methods.
  • Apply principle and techniques to access digital and analogue control and drive systems.
  • Fault find and diagnose issues using electrical measuring equipment such as multi-meters and electronic diagnostic tools.
  • Interpret and use engineering documentation such as electrical wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings, assembly drawings, construction drawings and general arrangement drawings.
  • Identify, organise, and use resources to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
  • Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Comply with information contained in site notices and instructions.
  • Prepare, maintain and restore the work area on completion of the activity.
  • Record and enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment maintenance records, test results, handover documents, on-site checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion procedures.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
  • Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C)
  • Mathematics (grade 4/C)

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

  • Time management
  • Well mannered
  • Polite
  • Ability to ask questions
  • Punctual
  • Able to follow instructions

Other requirements

Driving license is desirable however not essential.

About this company

E A Foulds Lifts are one of the North of England’s leading independent lift companies. The company has been continuously owned and managed by four generations of the Foulds family through to the present day. We carry out all lift related works from Install, Modernisation, Maintenance, Breakdown, Repairs.

https://www.fouldslifts.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Hours of travel to and from work will be paid and 24p per mile can be claimed back each week.

After this apprenticeship

Potential full-time job upon completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

Emmie Brown

emmie.brown@keighleycollege.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316194.

Apply now

Closes in 26 days (Saturday 17 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

When you apply, you’ll be asked to sign in with a GOV.UK One Login. You can create one at the same time as applying for this apprenticeship.