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Carrier Solutions Apprenticeship
A Carrier Solutions apprenticeship is a great opportunity to kick-start your career with a global leader in climate and energy solutions. This role will be field based to cover the South East.
Wage
£20,000 a year
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Benefits
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Central Platform hosting employee rewards and recognition initiatives and health and wellbeing resources
Training course
Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
- Monday to Friday in workplace, with one day per week in college.
- Shifts to be confirmed.
- 39 hours a week
Start date
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Duration
4 years
Positions available
2
What you'll do at work
- Regular release to the College of NW London to study a Level 3 Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps qualification
- Working on a range of HVAC equipment from smaller water and air side products to large commercial and industrial chilled water and heat pump systems
- Attend and participate in customer site visits, shadowing one of our qualified Technicians
- Learning about refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
- Working on fans and air handling equipment
- Helping to troubleshoot and support technically challenging breakdowns, both in person and remote
- Working on sequencing and control panels
- Working on pumps and water hydraulics and hydronics
- Learning about digital control systems and basic BMS (Building Management Systems)
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship. This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Carrier Unit 1 Maxx House, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1QP
- Field Based Across South East, Bracknell, RG12 1QP
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNITED COLLEGES GROUP
Training course
Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents:
- 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.
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Training schedule
- Level 3 qualification in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
- Day release to College of North West London - Willesden Campus
More training information
Additional training will be given at our Bracknell Academy
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade C / 4 or above)
- Maths (grade Grade C / 4 or above)
Desirable qualifications
- GCSE in:
- Science or Engineering (grade Grade C / 4 or above)
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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About Us
We are Carrier, a global leader in heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration technology. We’re known for inventing and providing a wide range of cooling and heating solutions—whether it’s for homes, offices, or even huge commercial buildings. Our products include air conditioners, chillers, rooftop units, and refrigeration systems.
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We see our apprentices as the future of our business. As a global company with operations in most major countries, the career opportunities are endless
At Carrier, you will work in a place where you will connect with amazing people, you will feel your unique skills and perspectives will be truly valued, and we will support you as much as possible to bring out the best of you
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is: UNITED COLLEGES GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000015738.
Closing Date
Closes in 16 days (Friday 31 July 2026)
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