Apprentice Installation Engineer
ARJO UK LIMITED
Gloucester (GL1 2EP)
Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 27 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 13 August 2025
Contents
Summary
Kickstart Your Career in Building Service & Engineering Maintenance, Arjo is a global medical technology company and is looking to recruit a Building Service & Engineering Maintenance Apprentice. Arjo specialises in solutions that improve the mobility and well-being of people with reduced functional capacity.
- Wage
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£16,000 a year
- Training course
- Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 8.00am - 4.30pm and Friday 8.00am - 3.30pm
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 2025
- Duration
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4 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
Duties will include:
- Assist in carrying out the installation of Arjo equipment, including ceiling hoists and bath installations in accordance with company and installation procedures, whilst seeking to optimise use of time and minimise associated costs
- Become fully conversant with products and health and safety requirements ensuring work on customer's premises is done in a professional and safe manner
- Complete and submit all relevant documentation accurately and within agreed timescales
- On arrival at customer's premises, to inform staff of reason for visit and request permission before carrying out required work
- Upon completion of required work, to ensure work area is clean and tidy, disposal of parts and chemicals is in line with site instructions and relevant documentation is fully completed, correctly authorised and required copies left with authorising employee
- Feedback any recommendations to Arjo following visits to customers premises, and on an ongoing basis to contribute ideas and observations in a professional manner, that may support ongoing improvement in Arjo products and services
- Ensure personal appearance and levels of hygiene and health are of an exemplary standard in keeping with the company’s market area and ethos
- Maintain all tools, spares and equipment within his/her care in a safe working condition highlighting anything unsafe to the Installation Supervisor immediately
- Any losses, breakages or excess wear and tear should be reported to the Installation Supervisor to authorise Engineer to obtain replacements
- Liaise with Arjo Installations Co-ordinator to advise intended appointment times
- Highlight to line manager any shortcomings, malpractice or dishonesty contrary to company policies and procedures discovered in the course of carrying out duties
- When required, assist in carrying out service, repairs, or retro fits to equipment on-serivce contract in accordance with Arjo Service procedures or technical advice notices
A driving license is essential, a company van and tools are provided. Some overnight stays and long days are expected.
There is excellent progression on completion of the apprenticeship to installation engineer with over time, paid travel time and very competitive salary.
Regional role covering the south west of the UK, ideal location home base would be Bath and surrounding areas.
Will be working alongside an installation engineer who will provide training and development alongside attending Bath College.
Where you'll work
Regus Gloucester Docks
North Warehouse
Gloucester
GL1 2EP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BATH COLLEGE
Training course
Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
- Comply with current company policies and procedures.
- Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
- Produce a risk assessment.
- Produce a method statement.
- Plan work activities.
- Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
- Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
- Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
- Minimise delays to planned work.
- Amend and replan work activities.
- Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
- Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
- Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
- Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
- Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
- Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
- Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
- Isolate building service engineering systems.
- Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
- Replace components.
- Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
- Handover completed maintenance activities.
- Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
- Provide internal feedback.
- Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
- Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
- Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
- Repair components.
- Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
- Comply with current company policies and procedures.
- Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
- Produce a risk assessment.
- Produce a method statement.
- Plan work activities.
- Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
- Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
- Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
- Minimise delays to planned work.
- Amend and replan work activities.
- Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
- Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
- Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
- Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
- Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
- Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
- Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
- Isolate building service engineering systems.
- Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
- Replace components.
- Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
- Handover completed maintenance activities.
- Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
- Provide internal feedback.
- Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
- Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
- Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
- Repair components.
Training schedule
- Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer
Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard - The Apprentice will need to attend college one day per week, term time only at our Somer Valley Campus in Radstock
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C above)
- Maths (grade 4/C above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
A driving licence is essential, this is a regional role covering the south west of the UK, ideal location home base would be Bath and surrounding areas. Will be working alongside an installation engineer who will provide training and development alongside attending Bath College.
About this employer
Arjo is a global medical technology company founded in 1957 by Arne Johansson in Eslöv, Sweden, with its headquarters now located in Malmö, Sweden. The company employs approximately 6,800 people worldwide Arjo specialises in solutions that improve the mobility and well-being of people with reduced functional capacity. Their offerings include: • Patient handling and transfer equipment • Hygiene systems • Medical beds • Pressure injury and DVT prevention • Disinfection and diagnostics solutions • Training and support services Their mission is encapsulated in the phrase “Empowering Movement”, aiming to enhance both clinical and financial outcomes by promoting mobility in healthcare environments .
After this apprenticeship
- On the successful completion of the apprenticeship there will be the opportunity to gain a Permanent role as Installation Engineer
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BATH COLLEGE
Laura Joy
laura.joy@bathcollege.ac.uk
01225328752
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336920.
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Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 27 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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