Electrical Engineering Apprentice

This apprenticeship provides an excellent opportunity for someone with an interest in vehicle construction, manufacturing, and practical engineering to develop valuable skills while studying towards a nationally recognised apprenticeship qualification.

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

Throughout the apprenticeship, the successful candidate will be trained to:

• Read and understand basic electrical wiring diagrams and schematics.
• Install electrical wiring looms and harnesses into emergency vehicles.
• Fit electrical components including switches, relays, fuse boxes, control modules, and distribution systems.
• Install emergency warning equipment such as lighting, sirens, and communication systems.
• Terminate and connect electrical wiring using approved techniques.
• Carry out electrical testing using appropriate equipment.
• Assist with diagnosing and rectifying electrical faults.
• Complete work in accordance with engineering drawings, work instructions, and quality standards.
• Learn how to use a range of hand and power tools safely.
• Maintain a clean, organised, and safe working environment.
• Work closely with colleagues across production to ensure vehicles are completed to schedule.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the electrical department.

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

Course Contents

• Reading, interpreting, and understanding the component or assembly specification, diagrams, drawings, and work instructions.
• Planning component or assembly task – materials, tools, and equipment.
• Preparing work area for component or assembly task; sourcing required resources, tools, and equipment.
• Carry out relevant planning and preparation activities before commencing work activity and know how to source required resources and interpret detailed drawings, specifications, and job instructions.
• Checking tools during and after task completion; identifying and reporting defects.
• Measuring and testing, checking or inspecting component or assembly for example; use of micrometers, verniers, multimeters, voltmeter.
• Problem solving; analysing the issue and fixing the issue where appropriate.
• Applying improvement techniques; recommending or implementing solutions where appropriate.
• Communicating with colleagues or customers (internal or external).
• Completing component or assembly documentation for example job instructions, drawings, quality control documentation.
• Reporting work outcomes or issues.
• Restoring the work area on completion of the activity; returning any resources and consumables to the appropriate location and housekeeping.
• Disposing of waste in accordance with waste streams; recycling, re-using where appropriate.
• Operating within limits of responsibility.
• Operating in line with quality, health and safety, and environmental policy and procedures; identifying risks and hazards and identifying control measures where applicable.