Building Services Installer Apprentice

COSGROVE & DREW ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED

Bristol (BS16 1GW)

Closes in 31 days (Friday 24 April 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 24 March 2026

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Summary

This apprenticeship combines hands-on site experience with structured college learning through Bath College. Apprentices will work alongside experienced engineers on live projects across Bristol and surrounding areas.

Wage

£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Pay will increase yearly with progression

Training course
Building services engineering installer (level 2)
Hours
Typical hours: Monday - Thursday: 07:00 - 16:30 Friday: 07:00 - 14:00

40 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

2 years

Positions available

4

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

Key Responsibilities:

  • Installation of commercial heating systems
  • Chilled water and cooling systems
  • Domestic and boosted water services
  • Pipe fabrication and bracket installation
  • Plant room installations
  • Reading and interpreting technical drawings
  • Pressure testing and commissioning support
  • Maintaining high health & safety standards

Driving licence preferred; ability to travel via public transport essential if not held.

Projects are always a travelling distance from Bristol area. An hour from Bristol is usual. Would be picked up and required to travel to local collection point.

Where you'll work

A2 Vantage Office Park
Old Gloucester Road, Hambrook
Bristol
BS16 1GW

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 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.

Learning will take place one day per week, term time only at our Somer Valley Campus in Radstock.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C or above)
  • Maths (grade 4/C or 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
  • Team working

Other requirements

Construction site work, so applicants should be prepared to work outdoors in all weather conditions.

About this employer

Cosgrove & Drew Ltd is a Bristol-based mechanical building services contractor delivering high-quality pipework and mechanical installations across technically demanding environments including hospitals, office developments, nuclear power stations and university facilities.

https://www.cde-services.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • Company pension scheme
  • 30 days annual leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
  • Tools provided upon start
  • Long-term career opportunities

After this apprenticeship

Level 2 to progress to completion of level 3 and development opportunities available is personal preference, specialist routes are available to develop into HVAC, management and leadership HNC/HND pathways. Excellent career Progression routes.

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 VAC2000022945.

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Closes in 31 days (Friday 24 April 2026 at 11:59pm)