Job Description: Apprentice Plumber

Addisons Plumbing is a growing plumbing business providing high-quality plumbing services across Thanet and the surrounding areas. We are looking for a reliable and enthusiastic Apprentice Plumber to join our team and continue developing their skills while gaining valuable on-the-job experience.

What you'll do at work

• Assist qualified plumbers with installation, maintenance, and repair work
• Support domestic plumbing projects and general plumbing tasks
• Learn safe working practices and industry standards
• Maintain tools, equipment, and work areas
• Provide professional and courteous customer service
• Travel to various job sites as required

Where you'll work

10 WHITEFRIARS MEADOW
SANDWICH
CT13 9AS

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

Training provider

EKC GROUP

Training course

Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)

What you'll learn

Course contents

• Operate in a safe working manner by adhering to health and safety legislation, approved codes of practice and guidance and applying safe working practices.
• Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation and test of plumbing and domestic heating systems (cold water, hot water, central heating and sanitary appliances and pipework).
• Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation and test of rainwater systems.
• Plan tasks within plumbing and domestic heating systems industry.
• Identify and document hazards for the plumbing and domestic heating systems work. Apply control measures.
• Carry out commission and handover procedures and techniques on plumbing and domestic heating systems (cold water, hot water, central heating, sanitary appliances, and rainwater).
• Install, test, and commission, electrical and electrical control systems applicable to plumbing and domestic heating systems.
• Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on the non-electrical components of plumbing and domestic heating systems.
• Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to plumbing and domestic heating systems including industry safe isolation procedures.
• Decommission plumbing and domestic heating systems.
• Decommission electrical and electrical control systems applicable to plumbing and domestic heating systems.
• Plan, size and select cold and hot systems to meet customer’s needs in accordance with manufacturers guidance, regulatory requirements and industry recognised standards and procedures.
• Plan, size and select domestic heating and rainwater systems to meet customers' needs in accordance with manufacturers' guidance, regulatory requirements and industry recognised standards and procedures.
• Carry out and apply the common installation processes and techniques used in the installation of natural gas systems (up to 35mm R1¼) and natural gas fired hot water and central heating appliances (up to 70kW net heat input) in the workplace.
• Install, purge, test, commission and handover low pressure natural gas systems (up to 35mm R1¼) and natural gas fired hot water and central heating appliances (up to 70kW net heat input).
• Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on low pressure natural gas systems (up to 35mm R1¼) and natural gas fired hot water and central heating appliances (up to 70kW net heat input).
• Decommission (including disconnection and dismantling) low pressure natural gas systems (up to 35mm R1¼) and natural gas fired hot water and central heating appliances (up to 70kW net heat input).
• Plan, size and select low pressure natural gas systems (up to 35mm R1¼) and natural gas fired hot water and central heating appliances (up to 70kW net heat input).
• Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation of air source heat pump (non-refrigerant circuits) systems.
• Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation of solar thermal systems.
• Test, commission and handover air source heat pump (non-refrigerant circuits) systems.
• Test, commission and handover solar thermal systems.
• Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on air source heat pump (non-refrigerant circuits) systems.
• Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on solar thermal systems.
• Decommission (including disconnection and dismantling) air source heat pump (non-refrigerant circuits) systems.
• Decommission (including disconnection and dismantling) solar thermal systems.
• Plan, size and select air source heat pump (non-refrigerant circuits) systems.
• Plan, size and select solar thermal systems.
• Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation of plumbing (above 28mm) and non-domestic plumbing pipework.
• Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation of plumbing (above 28mm) and non-domestic plumbing systems and appliances (cold water systems, hot water systems, sanitary appliances and pipework systems and rainwater systems).
• Test, commission and handover plumbing pipework (above 28mm) and non-domestic plumbing systems and appliances in the workplace. (cold water systems and sanitary appliances and pipework systems).
• Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on plumbing (above 28mm) and non-domestic plumbing systems and appliances.
• Decommission (including disconnection and dismantling) plumbing (above 28mm) and non-domestic plumbing systems and appliances.
• Operate in a safe working manner by adhering to health and safety legislation, approved codes of practice and guidance and applying safe working practices.
• Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation and test of plumbing and domestic heating systems (cold water, hot water, central heating and sanitary appliances and pipework).
• Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation and test of rainwater systems.
• Plan tasks within plumbing and domestic heating systems industry.
• Identify and document hazards for the plumbing and domestic heating systems work. Apply control measures.
• Carry out commission and handover procedures and techniques on plumbing and domestic heating systems (cold water, hot water, central heating, sanitary appliances, and rainwater).
• Install, test, and commission, electrical and electrical control systems applicable to plumbing and domestic heating systems.
• Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on the non-electrical components of plumbing and domestic heating systems.
• Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to plumbing and domestic heating systems including industry safe isolation procedures.
• Decommission plumbing and domestic heating systems.
• Decommission electrical and electrical control systems applicable to plumbing and domestic heating systems.
• Plan, size and select cold and hot systems to meet customer’s needs in accordance with manufacturers guidance, regulatory requirements and industry recognised standards and procedures.
• Plan, size and select domestic heating and rainwater systems to meet customers' needs in accordance with manufacturers' guidance, regulatory requirements and industry recognised standards and procedures.