Apprentice Gas Engineer
ASPIRE HOUSING LIMITED
Staffordshire (ST5 0QW)
Closes in 25 days (Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 September 2025
Contents
Summary
To support the Aspire Housing Gas Team operatives with all types of gas work and progressively gain the required practical skills, gas industry understanding and knowledge to become a qualified Gas Engineer.
- Wage
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£15,311.40 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Gas engineering operative (level 3)
- Hours
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Exact Hours TBC
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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 and Responsibilities:
- To support the Aspire Housing Gas Engineer operatives with a positive approach to all types of gas related work to gain the required practical skills, and knowledge to become a qualified Gas Engineer
- To learn about working in the gas industry through hands-on experience, mentoring, and formal vocational training
- To complete a City and Guilds level 3 qualification in Gas Engineering and all competence-based assessments and modules throughout the apprenticeship program
- To demonstrate an excellent attitude with a positive mindset to support the business
- To support qualified Gas Engineers with tasks related to gas installation, service and maintenance
- To have clear communication skills and a positive approach throughout the program
Where you'll work
Kingsley
The Brampton
Newcastle
Staffordshire
ST5 0QW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
STOKE ON TRENT COLLEGE
Training course
Gas engineering operative (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety practices.
- Install and commission a range of primary appliances, for example central heating boilers, gas cookers, space heaters.
- Install and commission a range of secondary appliances, for example laundry appliances, water heaters and gas meters (not exceeding 6m3 in capacity).
- Carry out testing and safety checks applicable to the appliance chimney or flue type.
- Carry out routine maintenance and servicing of appliances and components.
- Identify and rectify faults in appliances and components.
- Decommission appliances and systems.
- Isolate the electrical supply to the appliance.
- Conduct electrical safety checks pre- and post-work.
- Undertake and document risk assessments.
- Source, read and follow technical documentation associated with equipment and installation requirements.
- Select, use and maintain tools, equipment and test instrumentation.
- Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Check and action inspection records and schedules.
- Identify unsafe situations or conditions and take action under IGEM G/11 Gas industry unsafe situations procedure.
- Use digital technology to access job, appliance and customer information.
- Complete and maintain work records including appliance and customer data in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
- Communicate verbally with customers, including the provision of guidance on energy and efficiency measures specific to the appliance or system being worked on.
- Recycle, reuse, return defective components and dispose of waste.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Comply with health and safety practices.
- Install and commission a range of primary appliances, for example central heating boilers, gas cookers, space heaters.
- Install and commission a range of secondary appliances, for example laundry appliances, water heaters and gas meters (not exceeding 6m3 in capacity).
- Carry out testing and safety checks applicable to the appliance chimney or flue type.
- Carry out routine maintenance and servicing of appliances and components.
- Identify and rectify faults in appliances and components.
- Decommission appliances and systems.
- Isolate the electrical supply to the appliance.
- Conduct electrical safety checks pre- and post-work.
- Undertake and document risk assessments.
- Source, read and follow technical documentation associated with equipment and installation requirements.
- Select, use and maintain tools, equipment and test instrumentation.
- Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Check and action inspection records and schedules.
- Identify unsafe situations or conditions and take action under IGEM G/11 Gas industry unsafe situations procedure.
- Use digital technology to access job, appliance and customer information.
- Complete and maintain work records including appliance and customer data in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
- Communicate verbally with customers, including the provision of guidance on energy and efficiency measures specific to the appliance or system being worked on.
- Recycle, reuse, return defective components and dispose of waste.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
Training schedule
Gas Engineering Operative Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:
- Training will take place one day per week at Stoke-on-Trent College's Burslem Campus (ST6 1JJ)
- You will be supported by a subject specialst Skills Coach who will visit you in the workplace a set points throughout your apprenticeship
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade C/4 or above)
- Maths (grade Grade C/4 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
At Aspire Housing, we believe in putting people first by delivering safe, decent homes and excellent housing services. We create an environment where your career can grow and develop whilst making a difference to the lives in our local communities through our talented Aspire team. With a significant investment in our customers’ homes, we are continuing to grow our existing repairs and planned works teams and have now have the opportunity for two apprentices to join us in our Gas Operations Team. Alongside delivering high-quality, first-time fix repairs, we are looking for positive attitudes and behaviours which is key to us building great relationships and keeping our promises to our customers. Our teams are passionate about making a difference for our customers and you will need to live our culture aligned to our new values of “We Champion the Customer,” “We Build Togetherness” and “We are Professional.”
https://www.aspirehousing.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
• A full benefits and discounts platform • 2 Volunteer days per year to support the community • Wellbeing, health drop-ins, and stay safe provisions to look after you at work • Option to join the medical health cash plan • Service-related awards
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
- Further opportunties for training and development
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
STOKE ON TRENT COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000340023.
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Closes in 25 days (Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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