Approx. duration: 48 months
Start date: September and January
Attendance: One day a week at the Rural Campus
Entry Requirements:
- Individual employers will set their selection criteria for applicants
- Apprentices need to be employed for a minimum of 30 hours a week and have a contract of employment
- Entry onto the Apprenticeship is subject to a thorough skills scan assessment to clarify course suitability
- Entry onto the Apprenticeship is subject to 4 GCSEs including Maths and English 9-3/A-E or Functional Skills Level 1. Apprentices must achieve Functional Skills Level 2 in English and/or Maths if they have a GCSE grade below a Grade 4 or C
On-programme learning:
- Plumbing and Domestic Heating Technician Standard
- Diploma in Plumbing and Domestic Heating Level 3
- English and Maths (if required) Level 2
End-point assessment:
Delivered by City and Guilds
Progression:
Project Manager, Gas Engineer, Site Supervisor or progress onto a higher level Apprenticeship.
Course Summary:
Apprenticeships are work-based training programmes designed around the need of both the Apprentice and their employer.
Plumbing and Domestic Heating Technicians plan, select, install, service, commission and maintain all aspects of plumbing and heating systems. Plumbing and domestic heating technicians can find themselves working inside or outside a property. Customer service skills and being tidy and respectful are important qualities as they can often find themselves working in customers’ homes as well as on building sites.
As a competent Plumbing and Heating Technician, the installation of plumbing and heating systems includes:
- Accurate measuring
- Marking
- Cutting
- Bending and jointing metallic and non-metallic pipework
Appliances and equipment can include:
- Gas
- Oil and solid fuel boilers
- Pumps
- Heat emitters
- Bathroom furniture
- Controls as part of a cold water, hot water and central heating
- Above ground drainage and rainwater systems.
It is important for a plumbing and heating technician to be able to work independently or as a team and use their knowledge and skills to ensure that both the system and appliances are appropriately selected and correctly installed, often without any supervision, and done so in a safe, efficient and economical manner to minimise waste.