Swimming Pool Engineer Apprentice
P.P.E LTD
SOUTH CROYDON (CR2 0BS)
Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 13 August 2025
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Summary
The role involves assisting in the installation, maintenance, and repair of swimming pool systems and equipment for commercial clients. You will work under the guidance of experienced engineers, developing technical skills and industry knowledge while ensuring safe and efficient service delivery.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
Shifts to be confirmed
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 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
- Assist senior engineers in the installation of swimming pool systems, including pumps, filtration units, dosing systems, heaters, and associated pipework
- Support in carrying out routine maintenance, servicing, and water quality testing in line with industry standards (e.g., PWTAG guidelines)
- Help diagnose and repair faults with pool plant equipment and circulation systems
- Assist with the safe handling and use of pool chemicals
- Prepare tools, equipment, and materials for site visits and installations
- Keep accurate service records, reports, and documentation
- Ensure all work is carried out in compliance with health and safety procedures
- Maintain cleanliness and organisation of work areas, vehicles, and tools
- Provide excellent customer service and uphold the company’s professional image
Where you'll work
UNIT 34 CAPITAL SPACE
22 CARLTON ROAD
SOUTH CROYDON
CR2 0BS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CROYDON COLLEGE
Training course
Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Operate in a safe working manner by adhering to health and safety legislation, approved codes of practice and guidance and applying safe working practices.
- Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation and test of plumbing and domestic heating systems (cold water, hot water, central heating and sanitary appliances and pipework).
- Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation and test of rainwater systems.
- Plan tasks within plumbing and domestic heating systems industry.
- Identify and document hazards for the plumbing and domestic heating systems work. Apply control measures.
- Carry out commission and handover procedures and techniques on plumbing and domestic heating systems (cold water, hot water, central heating, sanitary appliances, and rainwater).
- Install, test, and commission, electrical and electrical control systems applicable to plumbing and domestic heating systems.
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on the non-electrical components of plumbing and domestic heating systems.
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to plumbing and domestic heating systems including industry safe isolation procedures.
- Decommission plumbing and domestic heating systems.
- Decommission electrical and electrical control systems applicable to plumbing and domestic heating systems.
- Plan, size and select cold and hot systems to meet customer’s needs in accordance with manufacturers guidance, regulatory requirements and industry recognised standards and procedures.
- Plan, size and select domestic heating and rainwater systems to meet customers' needs in accordance with manufacturers' guidance, regulatory requirements and industry recognised standards and procedures.
- Carry out and apply the common installation processes and techniques used in the installation and maintenance of natural gas systems (up to 35mm R1¼) and natural gas fired hot water and central heating appliances (up to 70kW net heat input) in the workplace.
- Install, purge, test, commission and handover low pressure natural gas systems (up to 35mm R1¼) and natural gas fired hot water and central heating appliances (up to 70kW net heat input).
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on low pressure Natural Gas systems (up to 35mm R1¼) and Natural Gas fired hot water and central heating appliances (up to 70kW net heat input).
- Decommission (including disconnection and dismantling) low pressure Natural Gas systems (up to 35mm R1¼) and Natural Gas fired hot water and central heating appliances (up to 70kW net heat input).
- Plan, size and select low pressure Natural Gas systems (up to 35mm R1¼) and Natural Gas fired hot water and central heating appliances (up to 70kW net heat input).
- Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation of air source heat pump (non-refrigerant circuits) systems.
- Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation of solar thermal systems.
- Test, commission and handover air source heat pump (non-refrigerant circuits) systems.
- Test, commission and handover solar thermal systems.
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on air source heat pump (non-refrigerant circuits) systems.
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on solar thermal systems.
- Decommission (including disconnection and dismantling) air source heat pump (non-refrigerant circuits) systems.
- Decommission (including disconnection and dismantling) solar thermal systems.
- Plan, size and select air source heat pump (non-refrigerant circuits) systems.
- Plan, size and select solar thermal systems.
- Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation of plumbing (above 28mm) and non-domestic plumbing pipework.
- Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation of plumbing (above 28mm) and non-domestic plumbing systems and appliances (cold water systems, hot water systems, sanitary appliances and pipework systems and rainwater systems).
- Test, commission and handover plumbing pipework (above 28mm) and non-domestic plumbing systems and appliances in the workplace. (cold water systems and sanitary appliances and pipework systems).
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on plumbing (above 28mm) and non-domestic plumbing systems and appliances.
- Decommission (including disconnection and dismantling) plumbing (above 28mm) and non-domestic plumbing systems and appliances.
- Operate in a safe working manner by adhering to health and safety legislation, approved codes of practice and guidance and applying safe working practices.
- Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation and test of plumbing and domestic heating systems (cold water, hot water, central heating and sanitary appliances and pipework).
- Carry out and apply the common processes and techniques used in the installation and test of rainwater systems.
- Plan tasks within plumbing and domestic heating systems industry.
- Identify and document hazards for the plumbing and domestic heating systems work. Apply control measures.
- Carry out commission and handover procedures and techniques on plumbing and domestic heating systems (cold water, hot water, central heating, sanitary appliances, and rainwater).
- Install, test, and commission, electrical and electrical control systems applicable to plumbing and domestic heating systems.
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on the non-electrical components of plumbing and domestic heating systems.
- Perform routine service, maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification procedures and techniques on electrical and electrical control systems applicable to plumbing and domestic heating systems including industry safe isolation procedures.
- Decommission plumbing and domestic heating systems.
- Decommission electrical and electrical control systems applicable to plumbing and domestic heating systems.
- Plan, size and select cold and hot systems to meet customer’s needs in accordance with manufacturers guidance, regulatory requirements and industry recognised standards and procedures.
- Plan, size and select domestic heating and rainwater systems to meet customers' needs in accordance with manufacturers' guidance, regulatory requirements and industry recognised standards and procedures.
Training schedule
Requirements
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Fault finding
Other requirements
Full UK driving licence (desirable).
About this employer
Our services Swimming Pool Audits Swimming pools can be costly to run and pose a large health & safety risk if not managed according to Industry Standards and Health & Safety regulations. We can ensure that your pool is compliant, as well as give industry best practice advice and instructions for safe and efficient water treatment methods to avoid accidents, reduce risks, prolong the life of the pool facilities, increase bather comfort and the potential bathing capacity. If you require an interim inspection or a complete audit of your pool, P.P.E. can facilitate this, providing you with recommendations based on lead body standards and statutory requirements. Pool Plant Operator Training At P.P.E we deliver pool plant operator training courses led by the most experienced Pool Plant tutors in the U.K. All Training courses are accredited by the Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group and endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity. Once training has been completed, delegates are included in the national register of Swimming Pool Technical Operators. Installations & Maintenance If you are looking to upgrade any item of pool plant equipment, P.P.E will provide the most cost efficient proposal for you as our ultimate aim is to bring your swimming pool running costs down, ensuring that your pool plant room is eco-friendly, energy efficient, cheap to run, safe to use and compliant with regulations. Aside from auditing, training and installation we deliver maintenance services which include routine inspections and servicing to ensure the safety and longevity of the pool. Swimming Pool Breakdowns can result in reputation damage and loss of income, therefore we like to guide our clients on exactly how to meet relevant H&S obligations and ensure that all pool plant equipment is running smoothly and safely. P.P.E. offers different levels of service level agreements, ranging from monthly and quarterly inspections to servicing packages which include training, audits, risk assessing and write up of site procedures. We can offer work out of hours to help minimise disruption to your programme, helping to keep your pool open and your customers happy. Whatever issues you may have with your swimming pool or if you want to seek some initial guidance and advice on the running of your pool, we are here to help at no obligation. Are you getting the most out of your pool? Swimming pools don’t have to be a costly liability to an organisation. We can help you turn your pool around, advice on how to generate income out of your swimming pool and turn it into a lucrative asset. Our Approach We like to start our client relationship by carrying out an initial assessment of you swimming pool, ensuring that the pool is run according to national guidelines, highlighting any health &safety risks if such are present. Based on our findings we would recommend a course of remedial action if it’s required or provide advice on a more efficient use of swimming pool facilities and how your organisation can decrease maintenance costs and start generating income. Following on we would carry out all the work ourselves, whether it’s writing up procedures and producing risk assessment analysis or carrying out engineering works in the plant room.
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Company benefits
Pension Free Parking
After this apprenticeship
- Full swimming pool engineering position on completion
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CROYDON COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337151.
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Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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