Summary
You’ll collaborate with the industry’s best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists. You’ll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors. You’ll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.
Wage
£24,250 a year
Training course
Building services engineer (level 6)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm.
37 hours a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
5 years
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
As an apprentice, your day-to-day tasks will vary, as we’ll expose you to all aspects of our work:
* How to produce detailed designs and drawings
* Use the latest computer modelling software
* Undertake site surveys
* Research ground-breaking technologies
* Have regular meetings with project teams, clients or end users
* Prepare engineering system designs on computers
* Writing specifications
* Monitoring progress on construction sites
Where you’ll work
Mills Bakery
Royal William Yard
Plymouth
PL1 3RP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL
Your training course
Building services engineer (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
* Apply engineering principles to solve broadly defined engineering problems and contribute to continuous improvement: scientific, theoretical, and technical principles.
* Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, review and evaluate the results, including when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems or improving the performance of building services engineering components and systems.
* Employ mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods, and apply an integrated or systems-based approach.
* Identify, interpret, and compare information in relation to materials, components or parts used in building services engineering.
* Research, collect, select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of data and information to address, analyse and evaluate building services engineering problems.
* Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, policies, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
* Select and apply computational and analytical techniques to model building services engineering problems, recognising the limitations of the techniques employed.
* Contribute to the design, development and implementation of building services engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the whole project life cycle.
* Manage and comply with statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation, and contribute to improvements in health, safety and welfare, within their own area of responsibility.
* Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks.
* Apply principles of sustainable development and evaluate their effectiveness on the whole project lifecycle of building services engineering solutions.
* Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
* Apply project management techniques, identifying, measuring, recording and reporting progress against building services engineering project performance criteria.
* Manage quality processes and contribute to quality improvements.
* Plans and manages resources, equipment and technology, to meet project requirements, specifications, costs and budgets and timescales, with an appreciation of statutory and commercial arrangements.
* Monitor and manage individual performance, and the input of others, recognising the need to adapt to, and communicate, changing demands.
* Comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) requirements.
* Communicate in verbal and written contexts using appropriate methods for the audience. Use appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
* Apply teamwork and collaboration principles.
* Apply ethical principles, Identifying and analysing ethical concerns and making reasoned ethical choices.
* Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating, recording and reviewing their continuing professional development (CPD).
* Apply engineering principles to solve broadly defined engineering problems and contribute to continuous improvement: scientific, theoretical, and technical principles.
* Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, review and evaluate the results, including when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems or improving the performance of building services engineering components and systems.
* Employ mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods, and apply an integrated or systems-based approach.
* Identify, interpret, and compare information in relation to materials, components or parts used in building services engineering.
* Research, collect, select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of data and information to address, analyse and evaluate building services engineering problems.
* Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, policies, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
* Select and apply computational and analytical techniques to model building services engineering problems, recognising the limitations of the techniques employed.
* Contribute to the design, development and implementation of building services engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness in the context of the whole project life cycle.
* Manage and comply with statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation, and contribute to improvements in health, safety and welfare, within their own area of responsibility.
* Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks.
* Apply principles of sustainable development and evaluate their effectiveness on the whole project lifecycle of building services engineering solutions.
* Manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
* Apply project management techniques, identifying, measuring, recording and reporting progress against building services engineering project performance criteria.
* Manage quality processes and contribute to quality improvements.
* Plans and manages resources, equipment and technology, to meet project requirements, specifications, costs and budgets and timescales, with an appreciation of statutory and commercial arrangements.
* Monitor and manage individual performance, and the input of others, recognising the need to adapt to, and communicate, changing demands.
* Comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) requirements.
* Communicate in verbal and written contexts using appropriate methods for the audience. Use appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
* Apply teamwork and collaboration principles.
* Apply ethical principles, Identifying and analysing ethical concerns and making reasoned ethical choices.
* Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating, recording and reviewing their continuing professional development (CPD).
Your training plan
* You will receive one day study leave during term times to attend university to work towards your BSc or BEng Building Services Engineering degree
* The Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship for Building Services Design Engineer will provide a route to gain Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status
* The typical duration for this apprenticeship is 66 months, but this will depend on the previous experience of the apprentice and opportunities to gain the full range of competence
* Functional Skills in English if required
Requirements
Essential qualifications
A Level or equivalent in:
* Maths (grade A-C)
* Science Subject (grade A-C)
Desirable qualifications
NVQ or SVQ Level 3 or equivalent in:
* Building Services (grade Merit)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Presentation skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative
Other requirements
•Genuine interest in developing a career within the sector