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Engineering Workshop Apprentice
The role of Engineering Workshop Apprentice will include working both within our Workshop and also on customer sites, working alongside experienced colleagues. Within the Workshop, duties include site assembly and testing of our bespoke water treatment systems in addition to our standard project range.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Assembly of new water treatment systems and plant from component parts
- Testing of new plant
- Building of AllWater Technologies standard products, i.e. reverse osmosis units
- Workshop and general building maintenance
- Assisting with installation activities on site
- Support of the Service team for general service works
- Goods receiving processes
- Stock and inventory control
- Ensuring that a high level of customer care & service is maintained at all times
- Ensuring that all company policies, including Health & Safety, are observed and abided with at all times
- Enhancing your own skills and knowledge through proactive learning, self-development and attendance at the designated college for completion of an agreed apprenticeship programme (ensuring that the full rules and requirements of such attendance are fully met)
Where you'll work
Allwater House Unit 2, Cheddar Business Park Wedmore Road Cheddar BS27 3EB
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Training course
Engineering maintenance technician - dual discipline (level 3)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Review and use information. For example, work instructions, drawings, design specifications, and plant configurations.
- Use planning, prioritising, organising, and time management techniques to plan tasks.
- Identify and organise resources to complete tasks. For example, consumables.
- Respond and adapt to work demands. For example, adapt working methods to reflect changes in working environment, re-prioritise workloads to react to breakdowns and fault scenarios.
- Identify equipment to work on. Check plant configuration is as defined.
- Prepare the work area for maintenance tasks.
- Identify environmental and health and safety hazards and risks and apply control measures.
- Apply health, safety, and environmental procedures in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance. For example, signage and barriers, working at height, confined spaces, and COSHH.
- Follow security procedures. For example, site access, document classification, and securing assets.
- Follow emergency incident and response procedures.
- Apply sustainability principles. For example, minimising waste.
- Segregate items for reuse, recycling, and waste.
- Use mathematical principles and formulae to support engineering maintenance.
- Apply engineering maintenance standards and procedures.
- Apply foreign material exclusion procedures.
- Follow maintenance tools and equipment control procedures. For example, handling and storage.
- Reinstate the work area.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate with others to give and receive information. For example, colleagues, customers, and stakeholders.
- Escalate issues outside limits of responsibility.
- Record information.
- Produce or amend documents. For example, handover notes and reports.
- Identify and highlight issues (red pen), with technical drawings.
- Use digital and information technology. For example, databases, data sharing platforms, email, management information systems, and word processing. Follow cyber security and GDPR requirements.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques to identify improvement suggestions.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
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Electrical and control and instrumentation
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- Select, check, and use electrical maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment. Select, check, and use control and instrumentation maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment.
- Use electrical diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques. Use control and instrumentation diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques.
- Apply problem solving and critical reasoning techniques.
- Inspect and test electrical aspects of plant. For example, visual checks, insulation and continuity checks, thermographic surveys, and voltage levels.
- Remove and replace electrical parts.
- Prepare and terminate electrical cables.
- Set up and adjust electrical aspects of plant.
- Clean parts. For example, removal of dust and debris.
- Conduct and confirm electrical and connected services isolation and deisolation.
- Conduct functional testing.
- Inspect and test control and instrumentation systems.
- Check calibration and make adjustments.
- Check loop function.
- Set up and adjust control and instrumentation systems.
- Remove and replace instruments and sensors.
- Re-connect instrumentation power supply, cables, pipework, and services.
Electrical and mechanical
- Confirm safe electrical isolation lockout tagout method has been applied and test for dead.
- Conduct and confirm electrical and connected services isolation and deisolation.
- Select, check, and use electrical and mechanical maintenance tools, measurement, and test equipment.
- Use electrical and mechanical diagnostic equipment and apply fault finding and rectification techniques.
- Apply problem solving and critical reasoning techniques.
- Inspect and test electrical aspects of plant. For example, visual checks, insulation and continuity checks, thermographic surveys, and voltage levels.
- Remove and replace electrical parts.
- Prepare and terminate electrical cables.
- Set up, align, and adjust electrical aspects of plant.
- Clean parts. For example, removal of dust and debris.
- Conduct functional testing.
- Check condition and operation of mechanical aspects of plant and equipment. For example, pumps.
- Remove and replace mechanical parts.
- Examine mechanical parts for defects. For example, pump seals.
- Set up, align, and adjust mechanical aspects of plant.
- Lubricate mechanical assemblies.
- Apply bench fitting techniques.
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Training schedule
Structured mentoring and shadowing with experienced engineers
More training information
- Year 1 - Full time College
- Year 2 - Day Release
- Year 3/4 – full-time workplace
- College will be held at our new Advanced Manufacturing Technical Excellence College (AMTEC) at Airbus, Filton, Bristol. (BS34 7PA)
- You will be pursuing a Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard in Engineering maintenance technician, through Weston College
- An assessor will conduct on-site observations to evaluate your progress, as well as support you in college throughout your apprenticeship
- At the conclusion of your programme, your qualification will be assessed through an End Point Assessment
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C+)
- Maths (grade 4/C+)
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
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- A driving licence will be needed (not essential immediately although desirable). A willingness to travel to customer sites is important in order to both learn from existing installations and also to assist where necessary. This could involve staying away from home occasionally. Security/DBS clearance may be required for attending some client sites.
Founded in 2011, AllWater Technologies Ltd is an independent, ISO9001 and ISO14001-accredited company with a leadership team offering over 100 years of combined experience. We deliver end-to-end water treatment solutions—from simple softeners to fully integrated, turnkey industrial systems. With over 8,000 service jobs completed, 223 capital projects delivered and 250+ clients supported, we specialise in clean water, wastewater, and reuse applications across a wide range of industries. Our dedicated team of skilled engineers and technical experts ensures that every system we design, install, and maintain runs reliably, efficiently and in full compliance. We’re proud to offer a dynamic, supportive environment where apprentices can gain real-world experience in an essential and growing industry.
Previous Engineering Workshop Apprentices have become Workshop Engineers/Supervisors, Field Service or Installation Engineers.
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