Rail Engineering Operative - Level 2 Apprentice - Golders Green
ALSTOM TRANSPORT UK LIMITED
London, NW11 7NU
Closes in 5 days (Friday 28 February)
Posted on 4 February 2025
Contents
Summary
Based at our Golders Green depot, you will be learning about and supporting the maintenance of our underground rolling stock operating along the Northern Line. Your day to day activities will involve learning about and supporting operational activities around maintaining the underground Rolling Stock running along the Northern Line.
- Wage
- £16,346 a year
- Training course
- Rail engineering operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday- Friday, 8.00am - 4.30pm (these times may change).
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 1 September
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
- Manage your own learning against ILP (Individual Learning Plan) and be accountable for development of your Apprenticeship portfolio as required by the Apprentice Standard.
- Attend training provider courses full time or day release as requested
- Operate at an appropriate level carrying out designated tasks within the team assigned.
- Participate in company initiatives, in particular to be engaged in Continuous Improvement activity targeted at all aspects of Alstom performance
- Conduct oneself at all times in a manner that reflects positively on Alstom
Where you’ll work
Alstom Traincare Centre
Finchley Road
Golders Green
London
NW11 7NU
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
THE WKCIC GROUP
Your training course
Rail engineering operative (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
Your training plan
Over a 2-year program, our Apprenticeships combine academic college studies with real life work-based experience across our organisation. You will have the opportunity to build and gather evidence of your competence whilst working towards a formal qualification.
You will undertake a planned rotation within appropriate departments in order to gain the skills, and competence to complete the Standard requirements. In addition, you will attend education both part- time and on block release to achieve the Knowledge, Behaviours and, Competencies as required by the apprenticeship.
Attendance outside of standard work patterns should be expected. You will also undertake internal training not covered by the Standard.
By the end of the 2 years you would have developed the skills and experience to be able to undertake the following:-
- Assist depot teams in the provision of fault-finding and assistance with train repair activities
- Assist in fault-finding and the investigation of intermittent faults on vehicles either on depot or in service
- Carry out maintenance and replacement of components.
- Assist with skills development within depots and train care points
- Assist in functional and operational testing and inspection of The Railway using specialist equipment.
- Assist with the validation of documentation issued in support of maintenance and repair activities, special checks, modifications and experiments
- Carry out all duties in accordance with the Traincare Centre quality and safety procedures
- Assist in the testing and repair of equipment identified as faulty and removed from trains
- Ensures work is performed in a safe and effective manner in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974), Electricity at Work Regulations (1989), Railway Group Standards, and relevant ALSTOM Procedure
- Personal Specification
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- 3 GCSE's or equivalent in Maths, English, Science (grade 4-9)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars. Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet; as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground and Dublin Luas. We provide the widest range of smart solutions in the rail market, from innovative high-speed rolling stock, metros and trams to maintenance, modernisation, infrastructure and signalling.
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
- Apprentices will be progressed, subject to a business need, into their first role with Alstom after successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE WKCIC GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000300058.
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Closes in 5 days (Friday 28 February)
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