Low Carbon Heating Technician Apprenticeship - Cumbria
Baxi Heating UK Limited
Recruiting nationally
Closes in 16 days (Sunday 13 July 2025)
Posted on 26 June 2025
Contents
Summary
This Low carbon heating technician (L3) course with Baxi gives you the opportunity to learn from experienced Gas & Heat Pump Engineers in the field, alongside studying for your Low Carbon Heating Technician Apprentice (Level 3) at college. You will study on a day release basis over the 36-month programme.
- Wage
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£15,746.28 a year
- Training course
- Low carbon heating technician (level 3)
- Hours
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You will be working Monday - Friday. May work weekends. Working hours to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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1
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
- Work with experienced Gas & Heat Pump Engineers in the field
- Study for your Low Carbon Heating Technician Apprentice (Level 3) at college
- Support experienced Gas & Heat Pump Engineer with service and breakdown of Gas and Heat Pumps
Where you'll work
This role is for apprentices living in the Cumbria area who are happy to travel to New College Durham for 1 day a week across 36 months course. You will be working with Hybrid engineers across the Cumbria and UK wide locations to ensure maximum exposure to Air Source Heat Pumps and Gas Boilers.
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NEW COLLEGE DURHAM
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
Low Carbon Heating Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:
- Training at New College Durham on day release (details to be confirmed)
- Accommodation provided if needed
- Working with your dedicated Gas & Heat Pump Engineer across UK wide locations
Requirements
Essential qualifications
Other in:
Plumbing Technical Certificate Level 2 (grade Level 2)Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
- science (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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
You will need to be based in the following locations – Cumbria Completed Level 2 Technical Certificate in Plumbing The apprenticeship requires you to travel across UK – so ability to travel and stay away from home for study and work is essential. Driving License is ESSENTIAL
About this company
Baxi Heating is a leading provider of environmentally friendly and efficient heating solutions across a range of leading domestic and commercial brands. We have over 150 years of experience, pride ourselves on our values and strive for earning lifetime loyalty with our customers. Our established foothold in the heating manufacturing market with a well-respected product portfolio, committed and long-standing customers across both commercial and residential markets and an amazing army of people puts us in a position to lead the way for change, and make a lasting mark on the industry. Do you have a passion and appetite for evolution? Come and join us!
https://www.baxi.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Pension + sick pay schemes + staff discounts. Holiday - Up to five working weeks holidays + standard UK bank holidays + option to buy extra holidays Expenses & Accommodation covered during study blocks Work Vehicle Adventure trip in Devon.
After this apprenticeship
- Gas & Heat Pump Engineers
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Baxi Heating UK Limited
Naomi Leugs
apprenticeship.enquiries@baxi.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000328349.
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Closes in 16 days (Sunday 13 July 2025)
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