Installation and Maintenance Electrical Apprentice

Summary

As a key team member working alongside Electricians and Engineers, you will be involved in a variety of tasks essential to the manufacturing, testing, and installation of electrical control systems and process systems that we design and manufacture.

Wage: £15,704 a year
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Training course: Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 17:00
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 14 April
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

Working with Electricians and Engineers, helping in the following tasks:

Manufacturing electrical control panels (drilling, tapping, fixing cable trunking and din rail, fitting and wiring components to electrical schematics)
Testing electrical control panels (checking electrical schematics, checking PLC signals, testing protective devices and general functionality)
Installation of cable basket or trunking (marking out, cutting and fixing)
Wiring of process equipment such as pumps, heaters and instrumentation using SWA, SY, CAM cables
Piping of actuated pneumatic equipment such as valves and cylinders
Set-up of equipment, scaling and calibrating
Additional duties as and when needed

Where you’ll work

Suncombe House

Unit B Woodside Industrial Estate

Dunmow Road

Bishops Stortford

CM23 5RG

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

HARLOW COLLEGE

Your training course

Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Maintain the safety of self and others by applying statutory health and safety policies, procedures, and regulations when conducting electrical work.
Comply with all relevant legislation including environmental, regulations, codes of practice and other relevant information and guidance when planning and performing electrical work in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE) that should be used when undertaking electrical work in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
Carry out work in a tidy and safe manner, including restoration of the work area on completion of work.
Use verbal and written communication techniques suitable for the context, adapting style and use of terminology to suit the audience. Uses industry terminology.
Apply customer service principles and techniques to deliver customer or client service in industrial, commercial and communal residential environments.
Apply relevant legislation; Building Regulations; industry guidance notes; relevant codes of practice, the requirements of the current edition of the Wiring Regulations (BS7671) and other relevant standards while carrying out work.
Understand and apply the practices and procedures for planning and preparing to maintain electrotechnical systems and equipment.
Apply and use necessary mathematical and scientific techniques, formulae, and calculations that underpin an electrician’s work.
Use a range of tools, materials, equipment, and components, including prefabricated, relevant to performing electrical work in industrial, commercial and residential environments.
Design, plan, set up, and install electrical and related electronic systems including terminating and connecting cables in electrical wiring systems, installations, and equipment in commercial, industrial, and residential installations.
Inspect and test new and where applicable existing electrical Installations in industrial, commercial and residential environments using test equipment.
Apply diagnostic and problem-solving techniques to identify, assess and resolve electrical faults in industrial, commercial and residential environments.
Install electrical and electronic equipment and components, including traditional and novel technologies such as connections for EV charge points, battery storage, solar and thermal panels, heating and cooling systems.
Maintain electrical and electronic equipment and components, including traditional and novel technologies such as connections for EV charge points, battery storage, solar and thermal panels, heating and cooling systems.
Carry out and manage own work ensuring work is compliant to the standards required of an electrician working in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
Record work including the completion and maintenance of work documentation, recording of test results and preparation of appropriate certification.
Use relevant digital learning platforms and business communication and collaboration applications.
Maintain the safety of self and others by applying statutory health and safety policies, procedures, and regulations when conducting electrical work.
Comply with all relevant legislation including environmental, regulations, codes of practice and other relevant information and guidance when planning and performing electrical work in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE) that should be used when undertaking electrical work in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
Carry out work in a tidy and safe manner, including restoration of the work area on completion of work.
Use verbal and written communication techniques suitable for the context, adapting style and use of terminology to suit the audience. Uses industry terminology.
Apply customer service principles and techniques to deliver customer or client service in industrial, commercial and communal residential environments.
Apply relevant legislation; Building Regulations; industry guidance notes; relevant codes of practice, the requirements of the current edition of the Wiring Regulations (BS7671) and other relevant standards while carrying out work.
Understand and apply the practices and procedures for planning and preparing to maintain electrotechnical systems and equipment.
Apply and use necessary mathematical and scientific techniques, formulae, and calculations that underpin an electrician’s work.
Use a range of tools, materials, equipment, and components, including prefabricated, relevant to performing electrical work in industrial, commercial and residential environments.
Design, plan, set up, and install electrical and related electronic systems including terminating and connecting cables in electrical wiring systems, installations, and equipment in commercial, industrial, and residential installations.
Inspect and test new and where applicable existing electrical Installations in industrial, commercial and residential environments using test equipment.
Apply diagnostic and problem-solving techniques to identify, assess and resolve electrical faults in industrial, commercial and residential environments.
Install electrical and electronic equipment and components, including traditional and novel technologies such as connections for EV charge points, battery storage, solar and thermal panels, heating and cooling systems.
Maintain electrical and electronic equipment and components, including traditional and novel technologies such as connections for EV charge points, battery storage, solar and thermal panels, heating and cooling systems.
Carry out and manage own work ensuring work is compliant to the standards required of an electrician working in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
Record work including the completion and maintenance of work documentation, recording of test results and preparation of appropriate certification.
Use relevant digital learning platforms and business communication and collaboration applications.

Your training plan

The training will be a mix of practical learning and theory covering things like:

Health and Safety legislation
Environmental legislation
Practices and procedures for overseeing and organising the work environment
Cable termination
Inspection and testing
Fault finding
Electrical principles
Candidates will be required to achieve the Level 3 Electrotechnical qualification, (Installation) or (Maintenance)

https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/installation-electrician-and-maintenance-electrician-v1-0

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade Grade 4/C or equivalent)
ICT (grade Grade 4/C or equivalent)
Maths (grade Grade 4/C or equivalent)

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
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Enthusiasm/Motivation
Trustworthy
Reliable
Adabtable
Safety awareness

Other requirements

Start dates are subject to change. Ability to commute to workplace and college. This position is factory based with the occasional ‘on-site’ work. Candidates should be aware this is position will develop skills for controls, automation and industrial electrics. This is not for someone looking to become a domestic installer.

About this company

Suncombe, formed in 1961, design and manufacture high quality critical automatic processing systems for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and research sectors. We are experts in BioWaste Effluent Treatment, Cleaning In Place, GMPWashers, GMP Vessels, Sterile Liquid Processing Skids/Modules and Custom Production, Storage, and Distribution Solutions for validation and compliance to cGMP requirements.

https://suncombe.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

There are lots of opportunities at Suncombe to develops skills into areas such as, automation, programming, electrical design, test engineering and commissioning with a mixture of in-house and formal training

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HARLOW COLLEGE

Kellie Tighe

ktighe@harlow-college.ac.uk

07377125961

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000299921.

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