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Helping organisations meet sustainability commitments by reducing energy consumption and reducing costs.
Working on a new-build school, you will monitor and help reduce the energy consumption of every part of the project.
This will involve working on sustainability and social value topics.
What you'll do at work
The broad purpose of the occupation is to perform roles in supporting an organisation to meet energy and cost reduction objectives and targets within the context of wider sustainability commitments such as carbon and water management and corporate social responsibility.
An energy manager will undertake a mix of technical, analytical, and administrative tasks aimed at improving energy efficiency and reducing costs.
They will support the development and implementation of energy management strategies to improve energy efficiency, reduce costs, and minimise environmental impact within an organisation.
In their daily work, an employee in this occupation interacts with utility suppliers, facilities managers, technical managers, facilities management supervisors, engineers and general building users.
An employee in this occupation will be responsible for assessing and measuring energy consumption within their organisation. This involves analysing energy usage patterns, identifying inefficiencies, and proposing improvements, benchmarking energy consumption against best practice guidelines. Energy Managers address technical and operational energy management issues and work to optimise energy use in facilities, equipment, and processes. They contribute to the development, coordination and implementation of energy management strategies and policies within their organisation.
Energy Managers stay informed about energy-related regulations and legal requirements. They will regularly report on the organisation’s energy performance. Involving tracking energy consumption, cost savings, and progress toward energy reduction targets. An energy manager will carry out site inspections and complete energy surveys, collect energy monitoring data and keep accurate records. They will also be developing solutions for carbon management.
In addition, an energy manager may also be involved in supporting the delivery of measures supporting the organisation's decarbonisation strategy and targets. They may also be responsible for improving data around the organisation’s utility infrastructure.
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Where you'll work
Brookshill
Harrow Weald
HA3 6RR
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NATIONWIDE ENERGY TRAINING SERVICES LTD
Training course
Energy manager (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with energy regulations and legislation.
- Comply with energy management related policies, procedures, processes, standards, specifications and codes of practice.
- Follow health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Apply safe-working practices: risk assessments, method statements control measures and safe systems of work.
- Apply sustainability principles and techniques.
- Plan and prioritise own work.
- Identify improvements to systems and process that reduce energy consumption.
- Collect, store and report data.
- Apply energy and water assessments and audit techniques.
- Read, collect and record metered data.
- Analyse utility bills.
- Analyse and monitor energy performance data.
- Implement energy management and decarbonisation strategies, policy or plans.
- Identify, monitor and analyse usage of utilities and their emissions.
- Identify options for repairs or replacements related to energy system infrastructure.
- Apply quality assurance procedures.
- Interpret and extract information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
- Use information technology and digital systems to monitor energy use.
- Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Apply policies and practices to support equity, diversity and inclusion.
- Apply team working principles.
- Apply problem solving techniques.
- Communicate verbally using industry specific terminology.
- Communicate in writing using industry specific terminology.
- Recognise limitations of their role, seek input from others and escalate issues when required.
- Apply technical reporting writing techniques.
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Training schedule
Training will take place at work and also online. Expect to spend 1 day a week online in a virtual classroom.
You will work through topics and submit assignments set.
More training information
This training provider teaches this qualification online one day a week.
On site training will be under the guidance of a mentor who will work with the site team to highlight areas and processes that they wish to improve.
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths and English (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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Being a good communicator and having an open mind as you will be looking at the project from many different angles.
About this employer
CoTrain is a program under SECBE . As a shared apprenticeship scheme and a Flexible Job Apprenticeship Agency partly funded by CITB to provide a route into industry for anyone wishing to complete an apprenticeship. We employ and mentor the apprentice and place them with our construction partners and colleges to gain the correct experience & skills to complete their qualifications.
http://www.cotrain.org.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
CoTrain provides up to £25 per week travel expenses to help with travel costs to and from work.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
This qualification could lead to a Level 6 degree Apprenticeship in Energy Management, or you could specialise in Sustainability.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CoTrain
Mark Pope
mark.pope@secbe.org.uk
07483 172916
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000042415.
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