Engineering Maintenance Technician Single Discipline Level 3

ST1426

Engineering Maintenance Technicians work across industries such as energy, manufacturing, processing, utilities, and leisure, maintaining plant, equipment, and systems in varied environments. This apprenticeship includes a core component and one of three specialisations:

  • Electrical Maintenance Technician – focuses on electrical systems including motors, power supplies, and electrical distribution.
  • Control & Instrumentation Maintenance Technician – specialises in control systems such as PLCs, flow meters, and safety controls.
  • Mechanical Maintenance Technician – works with mechanical components like pumps, valves, gearboxes, and pipework.

Technicians must adhere to health, safety, environmental, and sustainability standards, follow company procedures, and consider business factors such as cost and service levels.

Mandated:
Level 2 Functional Skills – Maths and English (unless exempt)

Free Added Value Qualification:
Level 3 National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Diploma (Development Competence)
Level 3 Sub Diploma (Development Knowledge)

  • Flexible national delivery available on this Apprenticeship, delivered using a ‘hybrid learning’ approach, incorporating face-to-face; work-based assessment and learning support sessions, along with timetabled tutor led live e-tutorials (accessed using MS Teams Education).
  • If required laptops loaded with all the necessary software packages are available free of charge to all Apprentices on a loan basis, ensuring access for everyone to the full curriculum.
  • As part of our commitment to the environment, we deliver all aspects of the Apprenticeship using the latest e-technology, including paperless inductions, live tutor led e-tutorials, and e-portfolio system for uploading course work and evidence gathering.
  • Spread recruitment costs throughout the year, by utilising our employer friendly, roll-on-roll-off monthly enrolment dates. Our flexible modular timetable breaks away from the traditional September start date (term times).
  • Apprentice progress reports are available to all employers on a monthly basis.
  • Unit Rate: £27,000 per Apprentice (no additional fees).
  • Typical duration to gateway: 4 months.

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