Air Conditioning Apprenticeship in Aylesbury Area

Join Tencer Ltd as an Air Conditioning Apprentice and learn on the job alongside experienced engineers. You'll gain practical experience installing, servicing, and maintaining air conditioning systems while working towards a recognised qualification and building a long-term career.

Requirements

• You live in the Aylesbury area.
• You must be comfortable working at height and in a range of indoor and outdoor environments.
• The role involves travelling to customer sites with our engineers.
• An Enhanced DBS check will be required, as we work in schools and other sensitive environments.
• A full UK driving licence will be required by the end of your apprenticeship.
• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Team working
• Physical fitness

Responsibilities

• Work alongside experienced engineers on a variety of commercial sites.
• Assist with the installation, servicing, and maintenance of air conditioning systems.
• Help diagnose faults and carry out repairs under supervision.
• Learn how to use tools, equipment, and testing instruments safely and correctly.
• Complete job records and service reports using handheld devices.
• Follow health and safety procedures and site-specific requirements at all times.
• Travel to customer sites with your mentor as part of the working day.
• Attend college and complete coursework towards your apprenticeship qualification.
• 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.