SURE Solutions Apprenticeship

SURE SOLUTIONS is an engineering company with a multi-award-winning apprenticeship programme. This level 3 apprenticeship offers hands-on experience in refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pump engineering, working alongside experienced engineers on customer sites while developing practical skills and industry-recognised qualifications.

Wage:

• £16,224 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
• National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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• Starting salary of £16,224 per year
• Planned salary increases throughout the apprenticeship, subject to satisfactory progress
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme based on company and individual performance

Training Course:

• Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3)

Hours:

• 08:30 - 17:00, Monday to Friday (39 hours per week)
• 39 hours a week

Start date:

• Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration:

• 3 years

Positions available:

• 1

What You'll Do at Work

• Assisting experienced engineers with installation, maintenance, and servicing projects
• Learning about refrigeration systems, air conditioning, heat pumps, and thermodynamics
• Developing practical skills through the use of engineering tools and equipment
• Communicating professionally with colleagues, customers, and suppliers
• Providing general support to the engineering team as required
• Contributing ideas to help improve processes and ways of working
• Playing an active role within our apprentice team, sharing ideas, learning from others, and supporting your colleagues
• Maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and professionalism on customer sites

Where You'll Work

• 11 ARK ROYAL WAY
• LAIRDSIDE TECHNOLOGY PARK
• BIRKENHEAD
• CH41 9HT

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

Training Provider

• THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL COLLEGE

Training Course

• Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3)

What You'll Learn

Course Contents

• Comply with health and safety, regulations, and standards. Apply safe systems of work, including carrying out a risk assessment.
• Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and standards, for example, prevention of refrigerant emissions, segregate resources for reuse, and recycling and disposal of waste.
• Position, fix, joint, and test pipework and electrical circuits.
• Test, charge with refrigerant, and commission vapour compression systems.
• Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
• Interpret information and data from log books and diagrams.
• Perform servicing, maintenance, fault diagnosis, and rectification procedures and techniques on vapour compression systems, including routine and reactive maintenance, installation of components, and safe electrical isolation of supply.
• Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis, and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to vapour compression systems, including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
• Decommission vapour compression systems, safe recovery, and disposal of equipment, hazardous waste refrigerant transfer.
• Decommission electrical and electronic systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
• Adjust vapour compression system operating parameters to achieve reductions in carbon emissions.
• Maximise performance of vapour compression systems by determining heating and cooling loads and selecting and balancing components and systems.
• Retrofit and retro fill existing equipment to lower GWP refrigerants.
• Mitigate risks of refrigerants, including environmental, toxicity, and flammability hazards.
• Identify and use tools and equipment.
• Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
• Complete a customer handover.
• Work collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.
• Apply project leadership techniques and principles.
• Use information and digital technology and comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations.
• Apply ethical principles.