Apprentice Plumber - Level 2
Severn Trent Services
Peterborough (PE8 6HB)
Closed on Monday 30 March 2026
Posted on 24 March 2026
Contents
Summary
You will be travelling within the Severn Trent region on a regular basis. The programme allows you to gain exposure in different areas of the department so that you are equipped with the right skills to build your career here at Severn Trent.
- Wage
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£22,500 a year
- Training course
- Building services engineering installer (level 2)
- Hours
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You will be working 37 per week Monday to Friday, typically across a 7.00am - 3.00pm, working hours may differ due to the role being in an operational area of the business.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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2 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
You will expand your knowledge of:
- Plumbing Skills – Learn how to install, maintain, and fix systems, building a trade that’s always in demand.
- Water Treatment & Legionella Monitoring – Discover how to keep water safe and clean, using modern techniques and technology.
- Remedial Project Management – Get involved in planning and delivering real solutions that make a difference.
- Chemical Treatment & Dosing – Understand how chemicals are used to keep water systems healthy and compliant.
- Teamwork & Communication – Work alongside experienced professionals, develop confidence, and learn how projects come together from start to finish.
Where you'll work
Wittering
Peterborough
PE8 6HB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SEVERN TRENT PLC
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
Requirements
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle is required before starting this role.
About this employer
At Severn Trent, we believe everyone deserves more. More care for the environment, more sustainable initiatives, and more support for the communities we serve. That's why we're on a mission to deliver bigger and better things, and we need passionate apprentices like you to help us achieve our goals.
Our people and culture are the heart of our success. We're proud to be in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement and ranked as a Top 50 UK Employer on Glassdoor. With nearly 10,000 dedicated colleagues, we're looking for more brilliant people who are eager to turn challenges into opportunities for a better future.
If you're excited to learn, and ready to make a real impact, we want you on our team
https://www.severntrent.com/careers/early-careers/ (opens in new tab)
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
- By the end of this programme, you will take up a full time role in Severn Trent where you will be able to put your skills to action
- Following completion of your apprenticeship, you will move into a full-time role such as a Plumber, where you’ll get to make a real difference
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SEVERN TRENT PLC
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000022808.
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Closed on Monday 30 March 2026
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