Installation and Maintenance Electrician Apprenticeship
SPARK TECH MEP LIMITED
GRAYS (RM20 3LH)
Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 6 January 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 17 December 2025
Contents
Summary
This apprenticeship is ideal for individuals interested in becoming qualified electricians. The role provides a mix of site experience, classroom learning, and the opportunity to build a solid career in the electrical industry.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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It can be increased in the second year.
- Training course
- Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, shifts, may work evenings and weekends.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 20 January 2026
- Duration
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4 years 6 months
- 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
- Assist electricians with the installation, maintenance, and repair of electrical systems
- Learn to install wiring, lighting, and power distribution systems under supervision
- Support testing and inspection of electrical installations
- Help identify and resolve faults using appropriate tools and techniques
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards on site
- Keep accurate records of work completed and materials used
- Assist with reading and interpreting technical drawings and wiring diagrams
- Maintain tools, equipment, and a safe work environment
- Attend college training sessions and complete coursework on time
- Follow instructions from supervisors and contribute positively to the team
Where you'll work
STATOM HOUSE
795 LONDON ROAD
GRAYS
RM20 3LH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WALTHAM FOREST COLLEGE
Training course
Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with all relevant legislation including environmental, regulations, codes of practice and other relevant information and guidance when planning and performing electrical work in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE) that should be used when undertaking electrical work in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
- Carry out work in a tidy and safe manner, including restoration of the work area on completion of work.
- Apply relevant legislation; Building Regulations; industry guidance notes; relevant codes of practice, the requirements of the current edition of the Wiring Regulations (BS7671) and other relevant standards while carrying out work.
- Understand and apply the practices and procedures for planning and preparing to maintain electrotechnical systems and equipment.
- Apply and use necessary mathematical and scientific techniques, formulae, and calculations that underpin an electrician’s work.
- Use a range of tools, materials, equipment, and components, including prefabricated, relevant to performing electrical work in industrial, commercial and residential environments.
- Design, plan, set up, and install electrical and related electronic systems including terminating and connecting cables in electrical wiring systems, installations, and equipment in commercial, industrial, and residential installations.
- Inspect and test new and where applicable existing electrical Installations in industrial, commercial and residential environments using test equipment.
- Apply diagnostic and problem-solving techniques to identify, assess and resolve electrical faults in industrial, commercial and residential environments.
- Install electrical and electronic equipment and components, including traditional and novel technologies such as connections for EV charge points, battery storage, solar and thermal panels, heating and cooling systems.
- Maintain electrical and electronic equipment and components, including traditional and novel technologies such as connections for EV charge points, battery storage, solar and thermal panels, heating and cooling systems.
- Carry out and manage own work ensuring work is compliant to the standards required of an electrician working in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
- Record work including the completion and maintenance of work documentation, recording of test results and preparation of appropriate certification.
- Use relevant digital learning platforms and business communication and collaboration applications.
- Comply with all relevant legislation including environmental, regulations, codes of practice and other relevant information and guidance when planning and performing electrical work in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE) that should be used when undertaking electrical work in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
- Carry out work in a tidy and safe manner, including restoration of the work area on completion of work.
- Apply relevant legislation; Building Regulations; industry guidance notes; relevant codes of practice, the requirements of the current edition of the Wiring Regulations (BS7671) and other relevant standards while carrying out work.
- Understand and apply the practices and procedures for planning and preparing to maintain electrotechnical systems and equipment.
- Apply and use necessary mathematical and scientific techniques, formulae, and calculations that underpin an electrician’s work.
- Use a range of tools, materials, equipment, and components, including prefabricated, relevant to performing electrical work in industrial, commercial and residential environments.
- Design, plan, set up, and install electrical and related electronic systems including terminating and connecting cables in electrical wiring systems, installations, and equipment in commercial, industrial, and residential installations.
- Inspect and test new and where applicable existing electrical Installations in industrial, commercial and residential environments using test equipment.
- Apply diagnostic and problem-solving techniques to identify, assess and resolve electrical faults in industrial, commercial and residential environments.
- Install electrical and electronic equipment and components, including traditional and novel technologies such as connections for EV charge points, battery storage, solar and thermal panels, heating and cooling systems.
- Maintain electrical and electronic equipment and components, including traditional and novel technologies such as connections for EV charge points, battery storage, solar and thermal panels, heating and cooling systems.
- Carry out and manage own work ensuring work is compliant to the standards required of an electrician working in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.
- Record work including the completion and maintenance of work documentation, recording of test results and preparation of appropriate certification.
- Use relevant digital learning platforms and business communication and collaboration applications.
Training schedule
- Installation and Maintenance Electrician Level 3
- Waltham Forest College - 707 Forest Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4JB
- 1 day a week
- On-site in college
More training information
Waltham Forest College is an aspirational place to learn with highly skilled, supportive staff, industry standard specialist facilities and works in partnership with employers.
We are proud to be an inclusive college, supporting and encouraging our students to ‘Think BIG’ in achieving their career goals. You will be joining one of the top-performing Further Education Colleges in the country (top 5%). Rated as Outstanding by Ofsted, Waltham Forest College also has specialist Mayor of London’s Quality Academy status for HealthCare, Construction, Green Technologies and Hospitality, Creative and Digital and is a WorldSkills UK’s Training Centre of Excellence.
This provides an exciting opportunity for our students to further develop world-class skills, embedding excellence and developing the higher-level technical skills that employers need.
Our extensive enrichment programme provides an opportunity for you to make new friends, try new skills and activities and volunteer and have fun, all in a safe and supportive environment. Whether you are looking to develop new skills and confidence, progress to university, retrain or to study to progress to highly skilled, higher paid employment, we can help springboard your career.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Applicants must be currently residing within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, including (but not limited to) the following postcode areas: E1, E1W, E2, E3, and E14.
About this employer
Spark Tech MEP are a versatile and experienced MEP business that was set up to deliver specialist electrical, mechanical and public health installation services to meet demands of the market across the UK. As well as delivering projects independently, we work alongside our Parent Company – the Statom Group, to deliver turnkey solutions for a range of projects across varying sectors.
We are fully accredited (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001) and have a reputation for maintaining high standards of work, exceptional Health & Safety management, and for going above and beyond for our Clients.
Spark Tech MEP can be trusted to deliver residential and commercial MEP projects to the highest quality standards, on time and to budget, no matter how technically demanding or logistically complicated. We always work within the programme parameters and work to specification, however, can also be on hand to offer ideas for value engineering and for greater project efficiencies. We offer a comprehensive range of expert services for your project.
After this apprenticeship
Qualified Electrician.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WALTHAM FOREST COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005586.
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Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 6 January 2026 at 11:59pm)
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