Fire & Security Apprentice
IDES
Rossendale (BB4 8HH)
Closes on Friday 30 January 2026
Posted on 8 December 2025
Contents
Summary
This vacancy is for an Apprentice Fire, Emergency & Security Systems Technician based in Rossendale.
Fire, Emergency and Security Systems Technician design, install, commission and maintain electronic systems in and outside simple and complex premises to protect individuals, homes and properties from risk and danger.
- Wage
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£19,630 a year
- Training course
- Fire emergency and security systems technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Working week to be confirmed at interview
45 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 9 February 2026
- Duration
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3 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
The role of apprenticeship includes fire, security and emergency systems to detect intrusion, provide surveillance, monitor and control access to buildings, properties and sites or to detect fire and emergencies.
The main responsibilities include:
- Installing and maintaining various intruder, CCTV and Fire alarm systems
- Demonstrate systems for customers and explain details such as the causes and consequences of false alarms
- Installing Commission/ Handover of CCTV, Intruder Alarms and Fire Alarm Systems
- Ensure the health, safety and welfare of themselves and their team in accordance with the company's policy
- Advising customers on security issues, equipment use both face-to-face and over the phone
- Providing technical support
Where you'll work
Leabrook Business Centre
Burnley Road
Rossendale
BB4 8HH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TRAINING 2000 LIMITED
Training course
Fire emergency and security systems technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with safety legislation, codes of practice, risk assessments, method statements, safe systems of work and apply control measures.
- Complete functionality tests of systems and components during commissioning systems.
- Apply and implement system design, planning and installations including additional components to existing systems.
- Carry out takeover procedure, diagnose and repair faults.
- Operate ICT equipment and systems to store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive digital data and electronic information.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability, regulations and standards.
- Complete functionality tests of systems and components during handover of systems.
- Carries out risk assessments.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers using sector specific terminology.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, as part of a team. Consult and engage with occupants or others who are or could be affected by work (for example vulnerable, older, and disabled people) and respond appropriately.
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology through written means.
- Plan and install systems cabling.
- Carry out maintenance activities on fire detection and alarm systems and their components.
- Carry out maintenance activities on intrusion alarm, access control, video surveillance (CCTV) and their components.
- Comply with safety legislation, codes of practice, risk assessments, method statements, safe systems of work and apply control measures.
- Complete functionality tests of systems and components during commissioning systems.
- Apply and implement system design, planning and installations including additional components to existing systems.
- Carry out takeover procedure, diagnose and repair faults.
- Operate ICT equipment and systems to store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive digital data and electronic information.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability, regulations and standards.
- Complete functionality tests of systems and components during handover of systems.
- Carries out risk assessments.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers using sector specific terminology.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, as part of a team. Consult and engage with occupants or others who are or could be affected by work (for example vulnerable, older, and disabled people) and respond appropriately.
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology through written means.
- Plan and install systems cabling.
- Carry out maintenance activities on fire detection and alarm systems and their components.
- Carry out maintenance activities on intrusion alarm, access control, video surveillance (CCTV) and their components.
Training schedule
- Fire emergency and security systems technician Level 3 (A level)
- Training 2000 Blackburn
- 24 x one week blocks
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C or above)
- Maths (grade 4/C 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
- Attention to detail
- Team working
- Dependable
About this employer
We're an established, nationwide, electrical contractor centrally based in the UK with over 20 years of experience. We operate successfully within retail, commercial, domestic and industrial electrical markets.We've worked hard to develop market-leading expertise within the automotive industry, in particular; bodyshops and spraybooths. Whilst doing so, we have also built up a respectable portfolio of restaurants, dental groups, warehouse facilities and retail stores across the UK.
After this apprenticeship
- Engineers are inventors, designers and problem solvers, people who make a difference to the way we live. As trained professionals, engineers are well paid and highly respected
- Many get top jobs and even run their own companies
- If you enjoy working as part of a team, like solving problems and have a practical flair, you will find engineering has a lot to offer
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TRAINING 2000 LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004423.
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Closes on Friday 30 January 2026
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