Technical Building Services Apprentice
MIDATT LIMITED
Gloucester (GL1 5SD)
Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 16 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 September 2025
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Summary
At MIDATT we want someone who can come and work with us to help to continue the progress we have made over the last 10 years and be part of the team that is driving this business forward! Our aim is to make you as skilled and as valuable as possible, just like we do with our electrical apprenticeship scheme that has fantastic results.
- Wage
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£17,667 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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We always pay our apprentices based on performance, if you perform well wages will go up faster the average minimum wage.
- Training course
- Building services engineering technician 2022 (level 3)
- Hours
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8am – 5pm in the office with some occasional site meetings once settled into the job. Days to be confirmed.
45 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Duration
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2 years 8 months
- 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
At MIDATT we want someone who can come and work with us to help to continue the progress we have made over the last 10 years and be part of the team that is driving this business forward!
We want to train the right candidate to handle:
- Commercial responsibilities
- CAD work (training course provided)
- Electrical estimating (training course provided)
- Meetings and client relationships
- CRM software specific to construction
Our aim is to make you as skilled and as valuable as possible, just like we do with our electrical apprenticeship scheme that has run for 10 years with fantastic results.
Previous experience and an interest in office applications, IT and using different software.
Interest in the construction industry.
Work ethic and professionalism mandatory!
Your duties will include:
- Working directly with the technical manager on electrical estimating, learning how to price and value projects (a very valuable skill to learn) using specialist software we will train you in.
- Working alongside the office-based team to organise folders and drawings to provide to the site teams.
- Produce design work using CAD to update drawings and make alterations.
Office hours will be 8am – 5pm in our newly refurbished office in Gloucester. We offer free parking at the office.
Where you'll work
82-84 Bristol Road
Gloucester
GL1 5SD
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 technician 2022 (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply appropriate building services engineering principles, techniques, and methods, including mathematical, scientific, and technical know-how, to building services engineering and the construction or manufacturing process
- Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data and technical information collection, analysis and evaluation to support the delivery of building services engineering models (such as Building Information Modelling), designs, and technical solutions
- Operate computer-based software packages, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) or modelling software (Revit) to produce and present technical information and documentation with relevant conventions and engineering terminology
- Apply statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures, and regulations in the building services engineering environment, using risk management processes, procedures, and documentation
- Support and contribute to the production or modification of building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, procedures, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation, such as the Building Safety legislation.
- Apply principles of sustainable development, including those relating to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG), environmental policies and legislations in building services engineering projects, recognising the need to reduce carbon use, lower emissions, and wider sustainability
- Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with quality assurance systems and processes, recognising the wider implications to customer needs, and within cost and resource limitations
- Consider equality, diversity, and inclusion in the delivery of building services engineering projects
- Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending engineering documentation
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, and incorporate relevant and appropriate terms, standards, and data
- Apply ethical principles to building services engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance
- Apply appropriate building services engineering principles, techniques, and methods, including mathematical, scientific, and technical know-how, to building services engineering and the construction or manufacturing process
- Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data and technical information collection, analysis and evaluation to support the delivery of building services engineering models (such as Building Information Modelling), designs, and technical solutions
- Operate computer-based software packages, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) or modelling software (Revit) to produce and present technical information and documentation with relevant conventions and engineering terminology
- Apply statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures, and regulations in the building services engineering environment, using risk management processes, procedures, and documentation
- Support and contribute to the production or modification of building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, procedures, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation, such as the Building Safety legislation.
- Apply principles of sustainable development, including those relating to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG), environmental policies and legislations in building services engineering projects, recognising the need to reduce carbon use, lower emissions, and wider sustainability
- Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with quality assurance systems and processes, recognising the wider implications to customer needs, and within cost and resource limitations
- Consider equality, diversity, and inclusion in the delivery of building services engineering projects
- Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending engineering documentation
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, and incorporate relevant and appropriate terms, standards, and data
- Apply ethical principles to building services engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance
Training schedule
The apprentice will be required to attend one day per week, term time only, at our Somer Valley Campus in Radstock.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C above)
- Maths (grade 4/C above)
Desirable qualifications
A Level 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
The ability to be versatile. As a small to medium business, we need a candidate that does more than one type of office-based work, and we will train them for it.
About this employer
We are an Electrical and Mechanical contractor based in Gloucester. We have 15 employed staff and on average another 15 sub contracting. We work primarily in the commercial sector, student accommodations, Hotels, Schools, shop fitting and light industrial. We design lighting and power installations for high end residential projects too. We absolutely love what we do here!
After this apprenticeship
Depending on the area they show the most strength, commercial manager, quantity surveyor or estimator. We will train all options and discuss the best role once qualified.
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 VAC1000339872.
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Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 16 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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