Service Apprenticeship Refrigeration

Summary

Working with qualified Service Engineers to provide skilled support on customer sites in a designated geographical area, your responsibilities will include learning and developing practical skills, participating in classes and workshops on and offsite, observing and working to all health and safety standards, completing tests and assignments.

Wage: Competitive
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Training course: Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm with 45 minutes for lunch.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 1 July
Duration: 3 years
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

Supporting qualified Swegon Service Engineers in their day to day activities who will in turn provide mentoring and training for continued development in carrying out maintenance, repair, commissioning and service support tasks across a wide range of HVAC equipment, working with our Cooling,Ventilation and Smoke & Fire Service departments
Travelling to various sites or company office locations where required
Collection and delivery of various parts and consumables in support of service works
Attending workshops and participating in as many learning opportunities as possible
Completing all training, tests and other required evaluations.
Positively receiving feedback and offering suggestions in support of own development
Keeping a log of everything learned, portfolio of evidence to be able to discuss learning (site reports, photos, notes etc) and attending meetings to offer suggestions for personal development plan improvements
Developing professional working relationships both with the customer and other employees within the company
Awareness and appreciation of industry Health and Safety requirements and completion of Dynamic Risk Assessments
Observing site Health and Safety procedures supported by company Risk and Method Statements
Compliance with company policies, procedures and processes to ensure that regulations are complied with for our ongoing accreditation to REFCOM, Construction Line, BSRIA, Safe Contractor and CHAS

Where you’ll work

Vantage Point

Holborough Road

ME6 5AZ

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 CITY OF LIVERPOOL COLLEGE

Your training course

Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Comply with health and safety, regulations and standards. Apply safe systems of work, including carrying out a risk assessment.
Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and standards for example prevention of refrigerant emissions, segregate resources for reuse and, recycling and disposal of waste.
Position, fix, joint and test, pipework and electrical circuits.
Test, charge with refrigerant and commission vapour compression systems.
Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
Interpret information and data from log books and diagrams.
perform servicing, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on vapour compression systems including routine and reactive maintenance, installation of components and safe electrical isolation of supply.
Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to vapour compression systems including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
Decommission vapour compression systems, safe recovery and disposal of equipment, hazardous waste refrigerant transfer.
Decommission electrical and electronic systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
Adjust vapour compression system operating parameters to achieve reductions in carbon emissions.
Maximise performance of vapour compression systems by determining heating and cooling loads and selecting and balancing components and systems.
Retrofit and retro fill existing equipment to lower GWP refrigerants.
Mitigate risks of refrigerants including environmental, toxicity and flammability hazards.
Identify and use tools and equipment.
Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
Complete a customer handover.
Work collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.
Apply project leadership techniques and principles.
Use information and digital technology and comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations.
Apply ethical principles.
Comply with health and safety, regulations and standards. Apply safe systems of work, including carrying out a risk assessment.
Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and standards for example prevention of refrigerant emissions, segregate resources for reuse and, recycling and disposal of waste.
Position, fix, joint and test, pipework and electrical circuits.
Test, charge with refrigerant and commission vapour compression systems.
Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
Interpret information and data from log books and diagrams.
perform servicing, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on vapour compression systems including routine and reactive maintenance, installation of components and safe electrical isolation of supply.
Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to vapour compression systems including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
Decommission vapour compression systems, safe recovery and disposal of equipment, hazardous waste refrigerant transfer.
Decommission electrical and electronic systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
Adjust vapour compression system operating parameters to achieve reductions in carbon emissions.
Maximise performance of vapour compression systems by determining heating and cooling loads and selecting and balancing components and systems.
Retrofit and retro fill existing equipment to lower GWP refrigerants.
Mitigate risks of refrigerants including environmental, toxicity and flammability hazards.
Identify and use tools and equipment.
Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
Complete a customer handover.
Work collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.
Apply project leadership techniques and principles.
Use information and digital technology and comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations.
Apply ethical principles.

Your training plan

Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Engineering Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:

It will take place at City of Liverpool University
If travel and accomodation is required for block release, this will be funded for by Swegon

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths, Science and English (grade 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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

This role could be based within commuting distance to our offices in Ashby, Kent or Midlands

About this company

https://career.swegon.co.uk/

https://career.swegon.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

To a fully qualified Refrigeration Engineer
Then opportunities exist within Smoke and Fire, and Projects

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000304899.

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Closes in 10 days (Wednesday 5 March)

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Company’s application instructions

We will screen applicants and then invite them to a face to face interview on the 18th March in Kent, or the 25th March in Ashby.

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