Starting 02/09/2024
Wisbech
Full-Time
Duration 4 years
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Apprenticeships
School Leaver / 16 - 18 yr Old Employers ApprenticeshipsPlumbing and Domestic Heating Technicians plan, select, install, service, commission and maintain all aspects of plumbing and heating systems.
Plumbing and domestic heating technicians can find themselves working inside or outside a property.
Customer service skills and being tidy and respectful are important qualities as they can often find themselves working in customers homes as well as on building sites.
As a competent plumbing and heating technician, you will plan the installation of plumbing and heating systems includes accurate measuring, marking, cutting, bending and jointing metallic and non-metallic pipework.
Appliances and equipment can include:
You will be at the forefront of installing new and exciting environmental technologies like:
It is important that you are able to work independently or as a team and use your knowledge and skills to ensure that both the system and appliances are appropriately selected and correctly installed, often without any supervision, and done so in a safe, efficient and economical manner to minimize waste.
In addition to the core skills and knowledge requirements, you must undertake a fossil fuel natural gas specialism as part of the apprenticeship.
During the 4th year of your apprenticeship will be attend the King's Lynn campus for your gas and renewable energy training.
Individual employers will decide on the selection critiera for their apprentices, which typically include the above. This means that you may be able to start this apprenticeship without meeting the above grades. However, you must have achieved a level 2 qualification in functional skills in both English and Maths and the newly developed Plumbing and Domestic Heating - Level 3 qualification before being entered for your final end-point assessment
4 years
02/09/2024
This course is based on day release of one day per week the rest of the time will be spent on-site with your employer
By the end of this apprenticeship you will have satisfied the requirements for registration as EngTech by the Engineering Council through The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) and or The Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE).
On completion of the health and safety assessment, as determined, by the assessment plan you will have satisfied the requirements to obtain a Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) Card through the Joint Industry Board for Plumbing and Mechanical Engineering Services (JIB-PMES) at the appropriate grade.
The course is assessed using formative assessment in the form of a logbook, portfolio of evidence and practical observations. You will complete an end-point assessment to determine whether you are ready to move into full employment.
Starting 02/09/2024
Wisbech
Full-Time
Duration 4 years
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