Commercial Plumbing & Heating Apprentice

Horsfield Building Services Ltd

PRESTON (PR2 5AR)

Closes in 17 days (Monday 22 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 2 September 2025

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Summary

Commercial plumbing & heating engineer. The successful applicant will secure full time employment attending college one day a week to complete & attain there successful qualification. If you are hard working, willing to learn, honest and want to progress we look forward to hearing from you.

• Wage:

  £17,667 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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  Planned salary increase

• Training course: Building services engineering craftsperson (level 3)
• Hours: Monday to Friday 7.30am - 5pm

  45 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 29 September 2025

• Duration:

  3 years

• Positions available:

  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

• Working under the supervision of their supervisor ' a fully qualified engineer'.
• Learning how to use hand tools and assist others when asked.
• Learning the basic principles of plumbing & heating.

Where you'll work

HORSFIELD PLACE
ROUGH HEY ROAD
PRESTON
PR2 5AR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

BLACKPOOL AND THE FYLDE COLLEGE

Training course

Building services engineering craftsperson (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods including method statements.
• Produce risk assessment.
• Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Identify and report hazards and risks in the workplace. Take action to mitigate hazards and risk.
• Move, lift and handle materials safely.
• Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and standards.
• Apply waste management techniques.
• Interpret information from, for example, drawings, specifications, and system schematics.
• Apply design techniques.
• Plan work activities and order.
• Apply resource management techniques and principles when planning work.
• Prepare area of work for setting out and work activities for self and others; carry out prework checks.
• Anticipate and minimise delays to planned work.
• Select materials, components, fittings and bracketry required to complete work tasks.
• Secure and store equipment and tools.
• Carry out pre commissioning activities.
• Fabricate pipework systems including pipe bending.
• Install systems for example cold water, hot water, return, heating, chilled.
• Use pipe-jointing techniques.
• Carry out the testing of a system following installation.
• Diagnose faults on systems.
• Apply electrical safety testing techniques.
• Complete a final quality inspection.
• Apply decommissioning and disassembly practices.
• Complete system handover activities.
• Apply team working principles.
• Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
• Communicate verbally and in written form, including internal and external customers and colleagues, using sector specific terminology.
• Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
• Record or enter information – paper based or electronic.
• Collaborate with others including customers, colleagues, internal and external stakeholders, other trades.
• Investigate problems to identify the underlying cause and solution.
• Work within limits of authority and escalate issues.
• Conduct toolbox talks and site inductions.
• Apply configuration techniques.
• Apply commissioning practices and techniques.
• Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods including method statements.
• Produce risk assessment.
• Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Identify and report hazards and risks in the workplace. Take action to mitigate hazards and risk.
• Move, lift and handle materials safely.
• Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and standards.
• Apply waste management techniques.
• Interpret information from, for example, drawings, specifications, and system schematics.
• Apply design techniques.
• Plan work activities and order.
• Apply resource management techniques and principles when planning work.
• Prepare area of work for setting out and work activities for self and others; carry out prework checks.
• Anticipate and minimise delays to planned work.
• Select materials, components, fittings and bracketry required to complete work tasks.
• Secure and store equipment and tools.
• Carry out pre commissioning activities.
• Fabricate pipework systems including pipe bending.
• Install systems for example cold water, hot water, return, heating, chilled.
• Use pipe-jointing techniques.
• Carry out the testing of a system following installation.
• Diagnose faults on systems.
• Apply electrical safety testing techniques.
• Complete a final quality inspection.
• Apply decommissioning and disassembly practices.
• Complete system handover activities.
• Apply team working principles.
• Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
• Communicate verbally and in written form, including internal and external customers and colleagues, using sector specific terminology.
• Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
• Record or enter information – paper based or electronic.
• Collaborate with others including customers, colleagues, internal and external stakeholders, other trades.
• Investigate problems to identify the underlying cause and solution.
• Work within limits of authority and escalate issues.
• Conduct toolbox talks and site inductions.
• Apply configuration techniques.
• Apply commissioning practices and techniques.

Training schedule

The apprentice will attend day release college @ Blackpool & Fylde and will be expected to make their own way in a timely manner.

More training information

The training course/ qualification is over 36months

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4 or better)
• Maths (grade 4 or better)
• Science (grade 4 or better)

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
• Initiative
• Patience

Other requirements

DBS check

About this employer

Horsfield Building Services have been trading for over 30 years. We are a small family owned business encompassing 25 employees. We are proud to boast five of our senior staff, served their time as Horsfield apprentices. We are a young vibrant team, looking to develop the next apprentice.

http://www.horsfield.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Pension

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

Senior engineer 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Horsfield Building Services Ltd

Chris Dix

chris@horsfield.co.uk

01772 654402

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339709.

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Closes in 17 days (Monday 22 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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