Electrical Maintenance Apprentice
Electrical Maintenance Apprentice
Engineering
An Electrical Maintenance Apprentice at a nuclear power station trains to work as part of a team that repairs and maintains all the electrical systems that operate to ensure the plant's efficient functionality.
Personal skills
This is an apprenticeship position leading to NVQ3 and HNC qualification sin Electrical Engineering. This training is carried out inhouse and incorporated into the working environment. Skills: good communication skills; good technical skills; team-working; excellent analytical and diagnostic skills; interest in electronics.
Salary
£14,000 to £17,000 per year
Key skills
Technical
Diagnostic
Innovation
Engineering
- 90% of the sector workforce is full-time
- Employment in the engineering sector is around 1.4 million
- Most engineering companies in Britain are very small, employing fewer than 50 people
- Engineers work across most of the major sectors of the economy
- An estimated 230,000 additional jobs will be required in the next 4 years in the sector