Apprentice - Heating & Ventilation Engineer
MITIE GROUP PLC
Exeter (EX2 8AW)
Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 13 August 2025)
Posted on 30 July 2025
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Summary
Ready to turn your potential into something extraordinary? At Mitie, we're the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company. We deliver critical services that power businesses, communities, and individuals across the nation.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm - Shifts may vary.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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3
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
As an Apprentice at Mitie, you'll be at the heart of what we do, making a real impact from day one. Here's a glimpse of what your journey could include:
- Developing core skills and knowledge to install, maintain and service heating and ventilation systems.
- Assisting with planned routine maintenance as well as reactive repair tasks.
- Collaborating with experienced professionals to gain hands-on experience.
- Ensuring compliance with Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality (HSEQ) standards, making safety and sustainability a priority in every task.
You will be working across sites in Exeter, so living within a 1 hour commute to the main office is essential.
Where you'll work
Scot House
Matford Park Road, Marsh Barton Trading Estate
Exeter
EX2 8AW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH
Training course
Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety, regulations and standards. Apply safe systems of work, including carrying out a risk assessment.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and standards for example prevention of refrigerant emissions, segregate resources for reuse and, recycling and disposal of waste.
- Position, fix, joint and test, pipework and electrical circuits.
- Test, charge with refrigerant and commission vapour compression systems.
- Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
- Interpret information and data from log books and diagrams.
- perform servicing, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on vapour compression systems including routine and reactive maintenance, installation of components and safe electrical isolation of supply.
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to vapour compression systems including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
- Decommission vapour compression systems, safe recovery and disposal of equipment, hazardous waste refrigerant transfer.
- Decommission electrical and electronic systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
- Adjust vapour compression system operating parameters to achieve reductions in carbon emissions.
- Maximise performance of vapour compression systems by determining heating and cooling loads and selecting and balancing components and systems.
- Retrofit and retro fill existing equipment to lower GWP refrigerants.
- Mitigate risks of refrigerants including environmental, toxicity and flammability hazards.
- Identify and use tools and equipment.
- Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
- Complete a customer handover.
- Work collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.
- Apply project leadership techniques and principles.
- Use information and digital technology and comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations.
- Apply ethical principles.
- Comply with health and safety, regulations and standards. Apply safe systems of work, including carrying out a risk assessment.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and standards for example prevention of refrigerant emissions, segregate resources for reuse and, recycling and disposal of waste.
- Position, fix, joint and test, pipework and electrical circuits.
- Test, charge with refrigerant and commission vapour compression systems.
- Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
- Interpret information and data from log books and diagrams.
- perform servicing, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on vapour compression systems including routine and reactive maintenance, installation of components and safe electrical isolation of supply.
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to vapour compression systems including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
- Decommission vapour compression systems, safe recovery and disposal of equipment, hazardous waste refrigerant transfer.
- Decommission electrical and electronic systems applicable to vapour compression systems.
- Adjust vapour compression system operating parameters to achieve reductions in carbon emissions.
- Maximise performance of vapour compression systems by determining heating and cooling loads and selecting and balancing components and systems.
- Retrofit and retro fill existing equipment to lower GWP refrigerants.
- Mitigate risks of refrigerants including environmental, toxicity and flammability hazards.
- Identify and use tools and equipment.
- Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
- Complete a customer handover.
- Work collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.
- Apply project leadership techniques and principles.
- Use information and digital technology and comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations.
- Apply ethical principles.
Training schedule
As part of your Apprenticeship, you will be enrolled onto a Level 3 Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3) which normally runs for 3 years. You will be fully supported by our partnered to achieve this qualification by having 1-2-1 advice and support, e-learning materials, and a whole team of experts on hand for advice and technical knowledge at your office.
Our dedicated Apprenticeship Team will support you every step of the way, helping you make the most of your opportunities and to achieve the goals you already have – and those you have yet to discover!
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Team working
- Patience
About this employer
At Mitie, we’re the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company. We deliver critical services that power businesses, communities, and individuals across the nation. Rock Power Connections are proud to be part of Mitie designing and building electrical infrastructure solutions across the UK, bringing high voltage power to the places it’s needed.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Joining Mitie means being part of a team that values collaboration, innovation, and the passion to make a difference. We're here to help you kick off your career with purpose, passion, and plenty of support.
Whether you're stepping into your first job or looking to change your career, our apprenticeships are your ticket to learning, earning, and achieving. With us, you'll gain nationally recognised qualifications, real-world experience, and a competitive salary – all while being part of a company that truly cares about its people and the planet.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH
earlycareers@mitie.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334549.
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Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 13 August 2025)
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