Plumbing Apprentice

Summary

Buxton & McNulty can offer a 4 year apprenticeship in the following disciplines; plumbing, pipefitting and welding. We are a commercial plumbers and pipefitters and work is carried out on building sites. Work will entail working alongside a qualified plumber/pipefitter and learning your chosen trade.

Annual wage: £14,976 a year
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Training course: Building services engineering installer (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday 7.30am to 4.30pm
45 hours a week
Possible start date: Friday 1 August
Duration: 2 years
Positions available: 4

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

Learning the plumbing/pipefitting trade including threading and grooving pipe under supervision
Assisting plumber/pipefitters on site
Attending college on a regular basis to achieve the qualification

Where you’ll work

28 ALDER CLOSE

ERITH

DA18 4AJ

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

CROYDON COLLEGE

Your training course

Building services engineering installer (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Comply with building services engineering industry regulations, standards, and guidance. 
Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and practices.
Identify and report hazards and risks in the workplace. Take action to mitigate hazards and risks.
Comply with safe systems of work and apply control measures.
Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Follow environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal. 
Move, lift, and handle materials.
Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
Use and store hand tools, power tools and equipment.
Prepare work area and complete set out requirements.
Maintain a safe working area.
Select materials, components, and fittings required to complete the work tasks.
Plan order of works and carry out pre-work checks.
Carry out pre commissioning activities for building service engineering installations.
Fabricate system pipework including pipe bending.
Test fabricated pipework system.
Install pipework system, including pipework, bracketry and components of pipework systems, not including the energy source.
Use pipework jointing techniques.
Test installed pipework.
Apply decommissioning practices, for example draining pipework system.
Complete system handover activities.
Complete a final quality inspection.
Communicate with others verbally including internal and external customers, colleagues using sector specific terminology.
Communicate with others in a written context including internal and external customers, colleagues using sector specific terminology.
Interpret drawings from drawings, specifications, and system schematics.
Record or enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and polices.
Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion policies.
Work within limits of authority and escalate issues.
Collaborate with others including customers, colleagues, internal and external stakeholders and other trades.
Apply team working and wellbeing principles.
Comply with building services engineering industry regulations, standards, and guidance. 
Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and practices.
Identify and report hazards and risks in the workplace. Take action to mitigate hazards and risks.
Comply with safe systems of work and apply control measures.
Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Follow environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal. 
Move, lift, and handle materials.
Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
Use and store hand tools, power tools and equipment.
Prepare work area and complete set out requirements.
Maintain a safe working area.
Select materials, components, and fittings required to complete the work tasks.
Plan order of works and carry out pre-work checks.
Carry out pre commissioning activities for building service engineering installations.
Fabricate system pipework including pipe bending.
Test fabricated pipework system.
Install pipework system, including pipework, bracketry and components of pipework systems, not including the energy source.
Use pipework jointing techniques.
Test installed pipework.
Apply decommissioning practices, for example draining pipework system.
Complete system handover activities.
Complete a final quality inspection.
Communicate with others verbally including internal and external customers, colleagues using sector specific terminology.
Communicate with others in a written context including internal and external customers, colleagues using sector specific terminology.
Interpret drawings from drawings, specifications, and system schematics.
Record or enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and polices.
Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion policies.
Work within limits of authority and escalate issues.
Collaborate with others including customers, colleagues, internal and external stakeholders and other trades.
Apply team working and wellbeing principles.

Your training plan

Building Services Engineering Installer Level 2.

The training will be carried out at Croydon College.

There is a minimum GCSE qualification of 4/C or equivalent in maths, English and Science.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English, Maths and Science (grade Minimum Grade of 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
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Patience

About this company

Buxton & McNulty Mechanical Services Ltd., became incorporated in April 2005 and was formed to provide Mechanical Services. We specialise in pipework installations covering public health, heating, chilled water, condensate. We offer onsite welding and have a prefabrication shop where pipe can be made to measure and delivered to site.

http://www.buxtonmcnulty.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

The apprenticeship level 2 will run for 2 years once this has been completed, the level 3 will be considered.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BUXTON AND MCNULTY MECHANICAL SERVICES LTD.

Nina Serretiello-Brett

nina@buxtonmcnulty.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000281688.

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Closes on Thursday 1 May

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