Apprentice Engineer Aylesford in Kent

On completion of the training and subject to consideration of ability, aptitude and successful college results, it is expected that you will qualify as a Service Technician. Once qualified as a Service Technician, you will be responsible for providing a variety of inspections, preventive maintenance and repairs.

Pay review every September throughout the duration of the Apprenticeship.

Training course: Engineering maintenance technician - dual discipline (level 3)

Hours: Monday- Friday, hours to be confirmed. 39 hours a week.

Duration: 3 years

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work:

• Working as part of a team, you will assist in the repair, maintenance and practice service of our customers’ cranes.
• The successful applicant will need to be able to work at heights as this is a natural part of the servicing and must also be the type of person willing to work within a team.
• Health and Safety plays a key role in our industry, and we expect all of our apprentices to achieve the utmost attention to detail in this area.

Where you’ll work:

Unit 10 West Point Business Park West New Hythe Lane Aylesford Kent ME20 6XJ

Training:

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider: IPS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Review and use information. For example, work instructions, drawings, design specifications, and plant configurations. Use planning, prioritising, organising, and time management techniques to plan tasks. Identify and organise resources to complete tasks. For example, consumables. Respond and adapt to work demands. For example, adapt working methods to reflect changes in working environment, re-prioritise workloads to react to breakdowns and fault scenarios.

Identify equipment to work on. Check plant configuration is as defined. Prepare the work area for maintenance tasks. Identify environmental and health and safety hazards and risks and apply control measures. Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, signage and barriers, working at height, confined spaces, and COSHH. Follow security procedures. For example, site access, document classification, and securing assets. Follow emergency incident and response procedures. Apply sustainability principles. For example, minimising waste. Segregate items for reuse, recycling, and waste.

Use mathematical principles and formulae to support engineering maintenance. Apply engineering maintenance standards and procedures. Apply foreign material exclusion procedures. Follow maintenance tools and equipment control procedures. For example, handling and storage. Reinstate the work area. Apply team working principles. Communicate with others to give and receive information. For example, colleagues, customers, and stakeholders. Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility. Record information. Produce or amend documents. For example, handover notes and reports. Identify and highlight issues (red pen), with technical drawings. Use digital and information technology. For example, databases, data sharing platforms, email, management information systems, and word processing. Follow cyber security and GDPR requirements. Apply continuous improvement techniques to identify improvement suggestions. Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.

Electrical and control and instrumentation:

• Confirm safe electrical isolation lockout tagout method has been applied and test for dead.
• Select, check, and use electrical maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment.
• Use electrical diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques.
• Inspect and test electrical aspects of plant. For example, visual checks, insulation and continuity checks, thermographic surveys, and voltage levels.
• Prepare and terminate electrical cables.
• Conduct functional testing.
• Check calibration and make adjustments.

Electrical and mechanical:

• Conduct and confirm electrical and connected services isolation and deisolation.
• Check condition and operation of mechanical aspects of plant and equipment. For example, pumps.
• Remove and replace mechanical parts.
• Examine mechanical parts for defects. For example, pump seals.
• Lubricate mechanical assemblies.

In your first year, you will attend a local college for off-the-job training. You’ll also attend your local branch during the holidays to help gain further understanding of our business and the nature of the work carried out. In your 2nd and 3rd year you’ll gain on-the-job training in the field.

What will you learn?

• First principles relating to the operation and maintenance of appropriate electrical and mechanical plant equipment, such as motors, switchgear, cables and conductors, pumps, valves, gearboxes, pipework, integrated electromechanical power and control systems.
• Relevant industry health and safety standards, regulations, and environmental and regulatory requirements.
• Planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance and operational practices, processes and procedures covering a range of plant and equipment.
• The relevant engineering, including electrical theories and principles relative to the role of a Service Technician.

On the completion of your apprenticeship, you will have achieved:

• Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Engineering Manufacturing
• BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Engineering
• Level 3 Extended Diploma in Engineering Maintenance

Requirements:

• GCSE in Maths (grade 4) and Sciences (grade 4).
• Willingness to stay and travel away from home on a regular basis; this includes being away for blocks of 1 week at our training in our UK Training Centre in Banbury.
• You must live locally or within commuting distance of the branch location.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Employee shares save scheme
• Retail, leisure and travel discounts
• Employee assistance programme

After this apprenticeship:

Once qualified as a Service Technician, you may wish to look at specialising in one of the other sectors, such as modernisations, waste to energy and projects.

The contact for this apprenticeship is: IPS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED.