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Join Vanguard Alarms
Join Vanguard Alarms, an NSI Gold accredited security company, and build your career working with CCTV, intruder alarms and access control systems. You'll gain hands-on experience, expert support from experienced engineers, and excellent opportunities for long-term development in a growing business.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
In your first few months, you'll work closely with experienced engineers to build your skills and confidence across a range of security system installations and maintenance activities. As your knowledge and experience grow, you'll take on greater responsibility and work more independently.
Key duties will include:
- Assisting with the installation of intruder alarm, CCTV and access control systems
- First and second fix cabling, including cable routing, containment and termination
- Installing and fixing devices such as PIRs, door contacts, cameras, readers and keypads
- Supporting panel wiring and device connections under supervision
- Attending planned maintenance visits alongside senior engineers
- Testing devices and reporting findings accurately
- Replacing consumable parts, including batteries, fuses and other basic components
- Completing job documentation and job sheets accurately on site
- Following safe working practices and using tools correctly
- Maintaining tidy vehicles, equipment and work areas
- Representing the company professionally when interacting with customers
- Developing an understanding of industry standards, compliance requirements and the security systems used across our customer base
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Course contents
- Comply with safety legislation, codes of practice, risk assessments, method statements, safe systems of work and apply control measures.
- Complete functionality tests of systems and components during commissioning systems.
- Apply and implement system design, planning and installations including additional components to existing systems.
- Carry out takeover procedure, diagnose and repair faults.
- Operate ICT equipment and systems to store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive digital data and electronic information.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability, regulations and standards.
- Complete functionality tests of systems and components during handover of systems.
- Carries out risk assessments.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers using sector specific terminology.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, as part of a team. Consult and engage with occupants or others who are or could be affected by work (for example vulnerable, older, and disabled people) and respond appropriately.
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology through written means.
- Plan and install systems cabling.
- Carry out maintenance activities on fire detection and alarm systems and their components.
- Carry out maintenance activities on intrusion alarm, access control, video surveillance (CCTV) and their components.
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