Low Carbon Heating Technician Apprentice

Summary

This is a great chance to build useful skills, grow your knowledge, and work towards getting qualified in a hands-on trade that’s all about low carbon and sustainable solutions. It’s a growing area with real purpose—helping to tackle climate change and shape a greener future.

Wage

£15,704 a year

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Pay reviews will be discussed throughout your apprenticeship

Training course

Low carbon heating technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

3 years

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Key Responsibilities:

Assist with the installation and maintenance of low-carbon heating systems, including heat pumps and solar thermal solutions.
Learn to diagnose faults and carry out repairs under supervision.
Support site surveys and system assessments.
Work closely with senior technicians to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
Maintain accurate records of work completed.
Follow health and safety procedures to ensure safe working practices.

Where you'll work

MONTAGU HOUSE
LONDON ROAD
RETFORD
DN22 7JJ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

Your training course

Low carbon heating technician (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Operate in a safe working manner by complying with health and safety legislation, approved codes of practice and guidance and applying safe working practices.
Apply environmental and sustainability principles.
Produce work programmes for tasks within low carbon heating and hot water industry.
Produce risk assessments and method statements for the low carbon heating and hot water systems work.
Install, low carbon heating and hot water systems.
Test, commission and handover low carbon heating and hot water systems, including providing operational advice.
Install electrical and electronic control systems applicable to low carbon heating and hot water systems.
Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to low carbon heating and hot water systems.
Service, maintain, diagnose faults and rectify low carbon heating and hot water systems, including safe isolation of supply.
Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to low carbon heating and hot water systems including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
Decommission heating and hot water systems.
Decommission electrical and electrical control systems applicable to heating and hot water systems.
Plan, size and select low carbon heating and hot water systems.
Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
Works collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.
Operate in a safe working manner by complying with health and safety legislation, approved codes of practice and guidance and applying safe working practices.
Apply environmental and sustainability principles.
Produce work programmes for tasks within low carbon heating and hot water industry.
Produce risk assessments and method statements for the low carbon heating and hot water systems work.
Install, low carbon heating and hot water systems.
Test, commission and handover low carbon heating and hot water systems, including providing operational advice.
Install electrical and electronic control systems applicable to low carbon heating and hot water systems.
Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to low carbon heating and hot water systems.
Service, maintain, diagnose faults and rectify low carbon heating and hot water systems, including safe isolation of supply.
Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to low carbon heating and hot water systems including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
Decommission heating and hot water systems.
Decommission electrical and electrical control systems applicable to heating and hot water systems.
Plan, size and select low carbon heating and hot water systems.
Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
Works collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.

Your training plan

This programme is delivered via a day release delivery model which means that one day per week, your attendance is required at our Construction Campus (NG17). This attendance is required during term time only.

You will work with expert assessors and tutors to develop new knowledge, skills and behaviours within the profession.

You will experience a blended learning model.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Team working
Initiative
Willingness to learn

About this company

Established in 2015 Platinum Renewables is one of the UK’s leading renewable energy installers, working on both commercial and domestic solar PV systems. As well as offering a full range of other renewable solutions including air source heat pumps, EV charging and battery storage.

https://platinumrenewables.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Opportunity to progress onto a Full Plumbing / electrical apprenticeship if required by the company. also the opportunity to complete other industry training when required.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

Leoni

apprenticeships@wnc.ac.uk

01623 900469

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327756.

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Closes on Friday 29 August 2025

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