Signalling Design Apprentice

Signalling Design Apprentice

Transport and Travel

A Signalling Design Apprentice for London Underground is trained to operate, maintain and repair signalling systems throughout the underground network to help ensure the efficient operation of the service.

Personal skills

This apprenticeship can be entered straight out of school following GCSEs. The training can lead to various qualifications up to ONC and HND. Skills: good communication skills; good technical skills; team-working; willingness to learn; good numeracy and literacy skills

Salary

£14,000 to £20,000 per year

Key skills

Technical

Organisational

Innovation

Transport and Travel

  • There are 65,280 enterprises in the UK travel and transport sector
  • The total UK travel and transport workforce is approximately 1,753 million
  • The number of women employed in the sector is set to increase from 22% to 30% over the 4 years
  • 8% of the UK transport and travel workforce is self-employed
  • Over the next 10 years, a requirement in excess of 250,000 new recruits is forecast