Building Services Pipework Installer Apprenticeship

GBE SERVICES LTD

ENGLAND, Rochester

Closes on Tuesday 5 May 2026

Posted on 17 September 2025

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Summary

This apprenticeship will train you to become competent in installing, testing, and maintaining large-scale heating and cooling systems in commercial and industrial buildings. You'll gain hands-on experience fitting pipework, brackets, and components for systems including heating, chilled water, and hot and cold water.

Wage

£20,000 a year

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£20,000 per annum + Travel expense's paid.

Training course
Building services engineering installer (level 2)
Hours
The working week will be 1 day per week for training at GBE Modular facility in Stroud Kent and then 4 days on GBE London construction sites. Monday–Friday. Shifts to be confirmed.

38 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 6 October 2026

Duration

1 year 2 months

Positions available

10

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

  • Installing, testing, and maintaining large-scale heating and cooling systems in commercial and industrial buildings.
  • Installing and Fabricating Pipework in number of systems
  • Interpreting Drawings - Understand schematics and layouts to determine pipe placement and specifications
  • Working as Part of a team and Independently
  • Working with componants such as Valves, Controls, Pumps
  • Collaborate with other proffesions

Where you'll work

You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

  • 3RD FLOOR, 140 FENCHURCH STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND, EC3M 6BL
  • Unit 1, Neptune Industrial Estate, Neptune Close, Medway City Estate, Rochester, ME2 4LT

Training

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

Training provider

NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (NESCOT)

Training course

Building services engineering installer (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Comply with building services engineering industry regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and practices.
  • Identify and report hazards and risks in the workplace. Take action to mitigate hazards and risks.
  • Comply with safe systems of work and apply control measures.
  • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Follow environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
  • Move, lift, and handle materials.
  • Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Use and store hand tools, power tools and equipment.
  • Prepare work area and complete set out requirements.
  • Maintain a safe working area.
  • Select materials, components, and fittings required to complete the work tasks.
  • Plan order of works and carry out pre-work checks.
  • Carry out pre commissioning activities for building service engineering installations.
  • Fabricate system pipework including pipe bending.
  • Test fabricated pipework system.
  • Install pipework system, including pipework, bracketry and components of pipework systems, not including the energy source.
  • Use pipework jointing techniques.
  • Test installed pipework.
  • Apply decommissioning practices, for example draining pipework system.
  • Complete system handover activities.
  • Complete a final quality inspection.
  • Communicate with others verbally including internal and external customers, colleagues using sector specific terminology.
  • Communicate with others in a written context including internal and external customers, colleagues using sector specific terminology.
  • Interpret drawings from drawings, specifications, and system schematics.
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
  • Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and polices.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion policies.
  • Work within limits of authority and escalate issues.
  • Collaborate with others including customers, colleagues, internal and external stakeholders and other trades.
  • Apply team working and wellbeing principles.
  • Comply with building services engineering industry regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and practices.
  • Identify and report hazards and risks in the workplace. Take action to mitigate hazards and risks.
  • Comply with safe systems of work and apply control measures.
  • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Follow environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
  • Move, lift, and handle materials.
  • Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Use and store hand tools, power tools and equipment.
  • Prepare work area and complete set out requirements.
  • Maintain a safe working area.
  • Select materials, components, and fittings required to complete the work tasks.
  • Plan order of works and carry out pre-work checks.
  • Carry out pre commissioning activities for building service engineering installations.
  • Fabricate system pipework including pipe bending.
  • Test fabricated pipework system.
  • Install pipework system, including pipework, bracketry and components of pipework systems, not including the energy source.
  • Use pipework jointing techniques.
  • Test installed pipework.
  • Apply decommissioning practices, for example draining pipework system.
  • Complete system handover activities.
  • Complete a final quality inspection.
  • Communicate with others verbally including internal and external customers, colleagues using sector specific terminology.
  • Communicate with others in a written context including internal and external customers, colleagues using sector specific terminology.
  • Interpret drawings from drawings, specifications, and system schematics.
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
  • Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and polices.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion policies.
  • Work within limits of authority and escalate issues.
  • Collaborate with others including customers, colleagues, internal and external stakeholders and other trades.
  • Apply team working and wellbeing principles.

Training schedule

Building Services Engineering Installer Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4-7)
  • Maths (grade 4-7)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

GBE has established a reputation for exceptional delivery on some of London’s largest and most complex construction projects. We pride ourselves on our engineering led, proactive approach to project delivery. We challenge ourselves to bring a fresh approach to each and every project. GBE have grown steadily over the past 18 years into one of the most innovative companies in the London building services market.

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After this apprenticeship

  • Job opportunity at GBE 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

GBE SERVICES LTD

Adelaide Whybrow

adelaide.whybrow@gbeltd.co.uk

02039061609

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342500.

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Closes on Tuesday 5 May 2026

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