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Support our design team by preparing technical drawings and learning timber frame construction using tools like AutoCAD and Revit. Gain hands-on experience while working towards a Level 3 Design Technician qualification in a growing offsite construction business.
What you'll do at work
- Support the design team by printing and organising technical drawing packs for site deliveries
- Learn to use design software such as AutoCAD, Revit, and Navisworks to assist with project work
- Help maintain and update design documentation to ensure accurate and timely information
- Shadow experienced designers to understand how drawings are developed for construction
- Learn how to apply health and safety principles (CDM) within design work
Where you'll work
Unit 3
Siskin Parkway West, Middlemarch Business Park
Coventry
CV3 4PW
Training provider
T3 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LTD
Training course
Engineering design technician (level 3)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply health and safety procedures and safe systems of work in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Work in accordance with the design process, company management systems, policies and procedures.
- Review and interpret technical information and requirements from different sources such as specifications, engineering drawings, concepts, stakeholders.
- Identify and assess factors that affect designs such as materials, application, location, risk and environment.
- Select materials and parts.
- Propose and evaluate ideas for sustainable engineering concepts to solve engineering challenges.
- Develop solutions that can be manufactured or built, and proven, operated and maintained during their operational life and decommissioned or recycled at the end of their operational life.
- Provide feedback on engineering designs.
- Apply quality assurance procedures to engineering drawings or models, including own designs and those of peers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Produce written documents, schedules and reports.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Identify inaccuracies or discrepancies in drawings and specifications and propose solutions.
- Incorporate changes to an existing design as a result of any modifications made during the as-built implementation.
- Create concepts for system layouts and associated components.
- Read, interpret and establish design intent.
- Determine the correct tolerances for components of the design.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Perform simple calculations to use in design drawings.
- Use measuring techniques for reverse engineering.
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Option 1. Produce general arrangements of electrical power.
- Produce detailed drawings of electrical power components such as wires connection, voltage, capacity, main switches.
- Identify cable types and application.
- Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce electrical power project deliverables such as output drawings and electrical designs.
Option 2. Produce general arrangements of control and instrumentation designs.
- Produce detailed drawings of control and instrumentation components such as cable numbers, wire colours, junction block numbers and panel identification.
- Identify different cable types and appropriate application.
- Use digital tools such as CAD to produce control and instrumentation project deliverables.
Option 3. Produce general arrangements of mechanical designs.
- Produce detailed drawings of mechanical components such as part dimensions, shape and manufacture.
- Use digital tools such as CAD to produce mechanical project deliverables.
Option 4. Produce general arrangements of piping design.
- Produce detailed drawings of piping components such as pipework, ducts and fittings and including supports and skids.
- Use digital tools such as CAD or Plant Design Management Systems to produce piping design project deliverables.
Option 5. Produce general arrangements of structures showing multiple materials such as steel, concrete, masonry, timber.
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- Produce detailed drawings for multiple materials such as steel, concrete, timber or masonry.
- Use digital tools such as CAD and BIM to produce structural project deliverables.
Training schedule
- 2 ½ Year Apprenticeship Programme
- Design and Draughting Skills, Knowledge & Behaviours - delivered in the workplace
- Level 3 BTEC in Construction and the Built Environment - Day Release or Remote Delivery (Optional qualification)
- Specialist Training Programme Blocks of your choice
- End Point Assessment - Knowledge Test, Practical Test and Presentation / Interview
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4+)
- Mathematics (grade 4+)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
Innovaré specialises in offsite construction using Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs). The company was launched in 2007 and has an impressive track record of delivery, both on our own projects and in partnership with developers and main contractors. Innovaré specialises in projects in Education, healthcare and residential and previous projects include Thames Park Secondary School, Kingfisher Court and numerous affordable housing contracts including Kender Estate.
https://innovareoffsite.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
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Once you have completed your apprenticeship, you will have the chance to work as a qualified digital engineering technician, which in turn can lead on to design office manager or other senior level roles within the organisation.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
T3 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LTD
Abi Hodgkinson
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000050273.
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