Low Carbon Heating Technician Apprentice
VAILLANT GROUP UK LIMITED
Derbyshire (DE56 1JT)
Closes in 30 days (Friday 22 May 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 22 April 2026
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Summary
Those that are selected to complete this apprenticeship will play a key role in encouraging and building the low carbon engineering industry with a particular and immediate focus on heat pump technology.
- Wage
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£21,944.68 a year
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Yearly salary increases whilst on the apprenticeship (Depending on age and performance)
Annual bonus up to £1500 dependant on company performance
Pension scheme
- Training course
- Low carbon heating technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday – Thursday 08:30 – 17:00, Friday 08:30 – 15:30 with 48 minutes for lunch each day.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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3
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
Apprentices will be placed with one of our installer partners 3 days a week to gain valuable work experience, 1 day a week will be at Derby College and 1 day each week will be attending manager catch-up's at Vaillant, additional training or self-study.
Apprentices will learn how to plan, install, service, commission and maintain all aspects of a low-carbon heating system.
Customer service skills will be very important in the success of each stage, as well as being organised, tidy and respectful. All of this will be further developed and supported by time working with and for Vaillant Group – whether that be in our Service Centre, Training department, Product teams, or Industrial areas.
Where you'll work
Nottingham Road Belper
Derbyshire
DE56 1JT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DCG
Training course
Low carbon heating technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Operate in a safe working manner by complying with health and safety legislation, approved codes of practice and guidance and applying safe working practices.
- Apply environmental and sustainability principles.
- Produce work programmes for tasks within low carbon heating and hot water industry.
- Produce risk assessments and method statements for the low carbon heating and hot water systems work.
- Install, low carbon heating and hot water systems.
- Test, commission and handover low carbon heating and hot water systems, including providing operational advice.
- Install electrical and electronic control systems applicable to low carbon heating and hot water systems.
- Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to low carbon heating and hot water systems.
- Service, maintain, diagnose faults and rectify low carbon heating and hot water systems, including safe isolation of supply.
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to low carbon heating and hot water systems including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
- Decommission heating and hot water systems.
- Decommission electrical and electrical control systems applicable to heating and hot water systems.
- Plan, size and select low carbon heating and hot water systems.
- Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
- Works collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.
- Operate in a safe working manner by complying with health and safety legislation, approved codes of practice and guidance and applying safe working practices.
- Apply environmental and sustainability principles.
- Produce work programmes for tasks within low carbon heating and hot water industry.
- Produce risk assessments and method statements for the low carbon heating and hot water systems work.
- Install, low carbon heating and hot water systems.
- Test, commission and handover low carbon heating and hot water systems, including providing operational advice.
- Install electrical and electronic control systems applicable to low carbon heating and hot water systems.
- Test and commission electrical and electronic control systems applicable to low carbon heating and hot water systems.
- Service, maintain, diagnose faults and rectify low carbon heating and hot water systems, including safe isolation of supply.
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to low carbon heating and hot water systems including carrying out safe isolation procedures.
- Decommission heating and hot water systems.
- Decommission electrical and electrical control systems applicable to heating and hot water systems.
- Plan, size and select low carbon heating and hot water systems.
- Communicate with others verbally and in writing.
- Works collaboratively with clients or stakeholders to solve problems.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4 or above or equivalent)
- Maths (grade 4/C or above or equivalent)
- Science (grade 4/C or above or equivalent)
Other 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Positive attitude
- Motivated
- Enthusiatic
- Flexible
- Adaptable
- Dependable
- Trustworthy
- Passionate
Other requirements
This apprenticeship is of a physical nature, which involves manual handling of heavy equipment, working at heights and in confined spaces. Both uniform and tools will be provided to successful candidates, as well as the costs for any regulatory qualifications deemed necessary to be a successful low carbon heating engineer.
About this employer
Vaillant UK are proud to be part of the worldwide heating and hot water corporation Vaillant Group who has presence in over 20 countries with national sales companies, and exports to more than 60.
The Vaillant Group is an international family-owned company with a heritage of over 150 years in providing customers with energy-saving and easy to operate solutions for heating, cooling and hot water.
In its core business of heating technologies, the company is the second-largest European manufacturer in this sector. In addition, the Vaillant Group is also active in ventilation and air-conditioning technology markets.
The company develops and manufactures its products and services at sites in the United Kingdom as well as Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Slovakia, Turkey and China.
The Vaillant Group has a growing focus on products and systems that use renewable energy. There is a growing demand for these products across Europe, and the focus of the Group in this area relates strongly to heat pumps, which utilise the heat from the earth or the ambient air, and solar thermal systems. The development of Hybrid systems which combine renewable energies with heating appliances to create highly efficient and intelligent systems, is also a key focus area for the business.
As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of environment-friendly heating and air-conditioning technology, sustainability plays an integral role in the Vaillant Group’s activities. Home and world climate are inseparable and modern heating technology can today make an important contribution to achieving climate protection targets. In the UK alone, replacing an old heating system with a new high efficiency boiler can save more than 30 % of energy a year, and reduce CO2 emissions by a corresponding 30%. Sustainable heating is central to the Vaillant Group and its operation.
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Company benefits
25 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays.
Well being programme.
After this apprenticeship
Once the employment and training are complete, the successful candidates will have the skills required to start their own business or be a prime candidate to work within our industry and contribute to the overall goal to reach a decarbonised UK heating solution.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DCG
Ali Harrison
ali.harrison@derby-college.ac.uk
07808205883
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000027291.
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Closes in 30 days (Friday 22 May 2026 at 11:59pm)