Electrical apprentice
M.D. BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
Liskeard (PL14 4LN)
Closes in 27 days (Thursday 17 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 19 June 2025
Contents
Summary
MD Group are offering an exciting to opportunity to join their team as an Electrical apprentice! Gain the knowledge, skills and behaviours to kickstart your career in this exciting 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
- Training course
- Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8 – 5 (on site).
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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4 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
Duties will include but are not limited to:
- Minor and major repairs to tenanted properties
- Hands on experience of other trades
- Reacting to emergency work (with a mentor)
- Use of IT to record job information
- Ordering of materials to complete tasks
- Adhering to CDM regulations and company H & S policies
Electricians may work on the installation, initial verification and testing, commissioning, and maintenance of low voltage (up to and including 1000 V or AC 1500 V DC) electrical and electronic equipment. Electricians can also work on the maintenance of electrical and electronic installations including automated production systems.
Once qualified, some electricians may choose to become self-employed contractors.
The broad purpose of the occupation is to install, maintain and repair electrical systems in industrial, commercial and residential environments, including communal areas.
The scope of an electrician’s work encompasses using engineering knowledge and understanding to apply technical and practical skills. They contribute to the design, development, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of products, equipment, processes, of electric systems or services. Electrical equipment and systems may include switchboards, motors, cables, fuses, thermal relays, protective devices, heating, lighting, air conditioning and metering equipment, as well as property and life safety installations and renewable energy technologies, plus the installation and maintenance of electrical connections of new and emerging technologies supporting low carbon targets. The new technologies will include enhanced connectivity, green and renewable technologies, including heating and cooling technologies, where appropriate, Modern Methods of Construction, including offsite and prefabricated components.
Electricians may work in both indoor and outdoor settings on a range of electrical equipment and systems. They can work on their own proficiently and work without immediate supervision in the most efficient and economical manner.
They may contribute to the design of electrical systems. They can set out jobs from drawings and specifications and requisition the necessary installation materials.
Electrical safety is an important area of Electricians’ work. On completion of their work, the electrical installation must be safe to use. Electricians must comply with statutory and non-statutory requirements including the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Electricity at Work Regulations (EAWR), the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations (WEEE), and Working at Height Regulations, BS 7671 and related codes of practice and industry guidance including but not limited to the Building Safety Act.
Where you'll work
Unit 3-4
Moorswater Industrial Estate, Moorswater
Liskeard
PL14 4LN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
CORNWALL COLLEGE
Your training course
Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Maintain the safety of self and others by applying statutory health and safety policies, procedures, and regulations when conducting electrical work.
- 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.
- Use verbal and written communication techniques suitable for the context, adapting style and use of terminology to suit the audience. Uses industry terminology.
- Apply customer service principles and techniques to deliver customer or client service in industrial, commercial and communal residential environments.
- 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.
- Maintain the safety of self and others by applying statutory health and safety policies, procedures, and regulations when conducting electrical work.
- 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.
- Use verbal and written communication techniques suitable for the context, adapting style and use of terminology to suit the audience. Uses industry terminology.
- Apply customer service principles and techniques to deliver customer or client service in industrial, commercial and communal residential environments.
- 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.
Your training plan
You will be working towards a Level 3 Installation and maintenance electrician apprenticeship standard.
You will be required to attend Cornwall College St Austell on a weekly basis as part of the apprenticeship training.
You will receive on and off-the-job training and support from an assessor and your employer.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Commitment to learn
- Receptive to advice
- Reliable
- Enthusiastic
Other requirements
The applicant will need to be able to get to the Liskeard depot on a daily basis. We may be able to partner the apprentices with a tradesman to pick up from home, dependant on location.
About this company
We are a leading building services specialist operating in the affordable housing and public sectors. We work with local authorities and social landlords to maintain and refurbish the homes, properties and public buildings in their care. We help our customers meet the challenge of managing restricted budgets while maintaining their commitment to the communities they serve; by delivering the highest standards of work in the most efficient manner possible, reliably, on budget and as specified. Over more than two decades we've established a reputation for outstanding workmanship, supported by rigorous process, responsible leadership and continuous investment; consistently outperforming our competitors in terms of value for money and resident satisfaction. Today, we're one of the largest building services companies in the South and South West.
After this apprenticeship
We would be looking to progress the electrician into a full-time position within the company.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CORNWALL COLLEGE
Holly
01209 616 452
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327017.
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Closes in 27 days (Thursday 17 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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