Plumbing Apprentice

Plumbing Apprentice

Construction

A Plumbing Apprentice for a housing maintenance organisation will train to repair, install and maintain plumbing systems for a domestic environment.

Personal skills

This position has no formal qualifications as training is provided as part of the apprenticeship. Training can include qualifying as a Corgi registered gas fitter. Skills: good communication skills; good technical ability; willingness to learn; ability to accurately interpret diagrammatical information; good numeracy and literacy skills.

Salary

£14,000 to £18,000 per year

Key skills

Technical

Innovation

Supervisory

Construction

  • Total employment in the construction sector accounts for over 7% of employment in the UK
  • There are over 2 million people employed in the sector
  • There are 201,100 enterprises generating £152 billion of turnover in the construction sector
  • Approximately 80% of the sector employees are male
  • There is a need for the sector to recruit 88,000 people each year for the next 5 years