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Apprenticeship

Level 3 Apprenticeship Installation & Maintenance Electrician (HESTA)

When the work is finished, it has to be safe to use

An apprenticeship is a real, paid job. The apprentice works for an employer and trains with us at the same time, and comes out with a nationally recognised qualification and the experience to go with it.

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The short answer

4 yearsPlus assessment
Fully funded for most employersSmaller employers pay nothing towards the training.
Level 3Nationally recognised

What they’ll learn

Industrial, commercial and domestic environments, indoors and out, working proficiently without immediate supervision.

  1. They will install, maintain and repair across the whole range of kit

    Switchboards, motors, cables, fuses, thermal relays, fault current protection, heating, lighting, air conditioning and metering, plus crime and fire alarm systems and renewable energy technologies.

    Covers switchboards, motors, cables, protection devices, heating and lighting, alarm systems, renewables

  2. They will work from drawings and set the job out

    Setting out jobs from drawings and specifications and requisitioning the materials needed, rather than waiting to be told what to order.

    Covers working from drawings and specifications, setting out, requisitioning materials

  3. They will test and commission, not just install

    Installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of low voltage electrical and electronic devices and appliances.

    Covers installation, testing, commissioning, maintenance, low voltage systems

  4. Safety is the part that is not negotiable

    On completion the systems must be safe to use, and the work must be done without endangering themselves or anyone else. Everything else on this list depends on it.

    Covers electrical safety, safe working practices

Assessment

Nobody springs anything on anyone

Every apprenticeship ends with an independent assessment of the knowledge, skills and behaviours learned on the programme, carried out by an organisation with no connection to us or to the employer. Everything before it exists to get the apprentice ready for it.

1
Throughout

Coursework and portfolio

Work launched in class and completed in the job, building the evidence the assessor will look at.

2
Every 8 to 10 weeks

A review with you

The employer, the apprentice and the tutor. Half an hour. Progress, targets, and anything getting in the way.

3
Before the end

A full mock

Marked by a tutor who is not theirs, so the feedback is honest and the real thing holds no surprises.

Getting started

What it takes, on both sides

If you're the employer

  • A real role that covers the standard. Your Employer Relationship Officer will check it before anyone enrols.
  • Time released for teaching, on a timetable you'll have from day one.
  • Half an hour every 8 to 10 weeks for a three-way review.
  • Your say-so when the apprentice is ready for their final assessment.

If you want to be the apprentice

  • A job. An apprenticeship is employment, so you need an employer before you can start.
  • Already working in this kind of role? Your manager can put you forward directly.
  • An initial skills scan with us, so we know where you're starting from.
  • No employer yet? That's the usual starting point, and finding one is the part we help with.
Where it leads

This is a step, not a destination

Most of our apprentices carry on, usually with the same employer and usually into a wider role. Which route is right depends on the job being done, so it is worth a conversation rather than a guess.

Not sure what comes after this one? Tell us the role and we'll tell you honestly which of our apprenticeships, higher apprenticeships or university-level courses fits next.

How to start this apprenticeship

It takes two, an employer and an apprentice. Pick your side.

I'm an employer

Put someone on this programme

Recruiting, or formalising the training of someone already in post? Start with a conversation. We'll check the role, sort the funding, and get them enrolled.

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Or advertise a vacancy through us and we'll handle the recruitment.

I want to be an apprentice

You'll need an employer first

An apprenticeship is a job, so an employer has to take you on before you can start. Already employed in this kind of role? Your manager can put you forward directly.

No vacancy that suits? Register your interest and we'll tell you when one comes up.