Apprentice Role

Apprentice will be working towards the Engineering Maintenance Technician – Dual Discipline apprenticeship, the apprentice will develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to carry out planned, preventative and reactive maintenance activities across electrical, mechanical and control systems.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working.

You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Maintenance Activities:

• Assist with planned and preventative maintenance to reduce breakdowns and improve equipment reliability
• Support reactive maintenance and fault diagnosis on manufacturing plant and equipment
• Help maintain electrical and mechanical systems, such as:
  • Motors (single and three-phase)
  • Power supplies and low voltage electrical distribution
  • Actuators, pumps, valves, fans and gearboxes
  • Sensors, controls and basic programmable systems (where applicable)

Where you'll work

Wenlock Way
Thurmaston
Leicestershire
LE4 9HU

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training.

You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

LEICESTER COLLEGE

Training course

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

What you'll learn

Course contents

• Comply with industry health, safety and environmental working practices and regulations.
• Locate, and rectify faults on plant and equipment.
• Communicate with and provide information to stakeholders in line with personal role and responsibilities.
• Read, understand and interpret information and work in compliance with technical specifications and supporting documentation.
• Prepare work areas to undertake work related activities and reinstate those areas after the completion of the work related activities.
• Inspect and maintain appropriate plant and equipment to meet operational requirements.
• Assess and test the performance and condition of plant and equipment.
• Communicate, handover and confirm that the appropriate engineering process has been completed to specification.
• Position, assemble, install and dismantle electrical plant and equipment, which may include motors, switchgear, cables and conductors, to agreed specifications.
• Carry out planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance procedures on electrical plant and equipment.
• Replace, repair or remove components in electrical plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition.
• Position, assemble, install and dismantle mechanical plant and equipment which may include pumps, valves, gearboxes, pipework, to agreed specifications,
• Carry out planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance procedures on mechanical plant and equipment.
• Replace, repair or remove components in mechanical plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition.
• Position, assemble, install and dismantle plant and equipment which may include instrumentation and control of temperature, pressure and flow systems to agreed specifications.
• Carry out planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance procedures on plant and equipment.
• Replace, repair or remove components in plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition.
• Calibrate and configure instrument and control systems.
• Install, assemble and dismantle wind turbine plant and equipment, which will include pitch systems, yaw systems, switchgear, control systems to agreed specifications.
• Carry out planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance procedures on wind turbine plant and equipment including mechanical drive systems.
• Replace, repair or remove components in wind turbine plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition.
• Position, assemble, install and dismantle integrated electrical apparatus, systems and process control equipment.
• Carry out planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance procedures on integrated plant and equipment.
• Replace, repair and/or remove components within integrated plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition.
• Calibrate and configure integrated electrical apparatus, systems and process control equipment.
• Position, assemble, install and dismantle integrated electromechanical power and control systems.
• Replace, repair or remove components within integrated plant and equipment and ensure its return to operational condition.
• Safely and efficiently carry out routine and non-routine operating procedures on plant and equipment.
• Monitor and control the operation and performance of the plant and equipment.
• Handover and accept responsibility for plant and equipment.
• Evaluate and solve complex problems within energy conversion plant and systems.
• Rapidly and correctly respond to contingencies and abnormal conditions, to maintain energy conversion and production plant and equipment within operational parameters.