Highways Electrical Apprenticeship - Ringway - Milton Keynes
RINGWAY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LIMITED
Milton Keynes (MK6 1LY)
Closes on Sunday 15 March 2026
Posted on 26 January 2026
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Summary
If you like outdoors and practical work see details. As part of a small team, carry out routine repairs and maintenance to the highways electrical works including cable installation and termination, lantern replacements, fault finding and repairs, general inspection, testing installations.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
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Benefits - Everyday discounts. Pension scheme with employer contribution.
We pay National Minimum Wage. If you are 18-20 year old your hourly rate is £10.85 If you are 21+ your hourly rate is £12.71
- Training course
- Highway electrical maintenance and installation operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, between start time, 8:00am and finish time 6:00pm (times may vary).
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
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Maintain highways electrical equipment to a high standard.
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Work safely in consideration of the environment, traffic, the general public, the task at hand and other team members in the work area.
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Carry out nonelectrical works as required.
Where you'll work
Bleak Hall
Milton Keynes
MK6 1LY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ELECTRICAL TESTING LIMITED
Training course
Highway electrical maintenance and installation operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Understanding the employer’s health and safety and environmental requirements and procedures. Applying these requirements and procedures by hazard identification, site specific risk assessments and following safe systems of work and applying these to their own work in order to keep themselves, their colleagues, other workers, pedestrians and the travelling public safe.
- Understanding the employer’s requirements and identifying what work is required, what their responsibilities are and what plant, equipment, tools and materials are required. Applying this through the planning, preparation and organisation of their own works (e.g. by making sure the right materials are available) so that work can be carried out efficiently and without delay
- Understanding the employer’s requirements. Being courteous and polite; getting on with others and communicating verbally or in writing effectively
- Identification of the common types of highway electrical equipment and the underlying principles of how these are installed and maintained (e.g. street lights, traffic signals, traffic signs, safety cameras) – together with detailed specialised understanding on the chosen sub- sector(s). Applying this in practice by ensuring component parts are correctly assembled and installed; and by carrying out replacement of defective parts so that the equipment is safe and functions correctly
- Understanding of and applying the employer’s requirements and typical installation techniques and hazards on site (including identifying and managing typical hazards e.g. traffic, members of the public, underground and overhead services (e.g. electricity, water, gas); Installing infrastructure equipment and some components (e.g. excavating and using lorry mounted cranes to install lighting columns or traffic signal posts; using steps or mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs) to install street lighting lanterns or traffic signal heads) safely (including the use and operation of plant, equipment and tools; safe lifting and safe excavation and reinstatement)
- Understanding the practices of maintenance techniques both routine (e.g. regular inspections of internal wiring, structural inspection of the posts, changing lamps and cleaning streetlight bowls) and reactive (e.g. identifying typical faulty components such as lamps or fuses). Carrying these out in practice to ensure safe and efficient operations
- Understanding the employer’s requirements and procedures covering emergency attendance and emergency work. Following procedures on site to identify hazards and the actions required to ensure the site is safe - (e.g. after a road traffic incident where a vehicle hits a streetlight or traffic signal - liaising with emergency services and electricity company, ensuring the site is safe for traffic and pedestrians)
- Understand how to identify and apply the appropriate systems of surface protection (e.g. applying paint to lighting columns) safely and how to dispose of waste appropriately; Carrying out appropriate surface preparation safely (e.g. using mobile elevated work platforms, ensuring the public and property are protected from injury); Apply appropriate systems of surface protection safely;
Training schedule
- At the end of your apprenticeship, you will be awarded a Level 2 Highways Electrical Apprenticeship.
- Level 2 NVQ qualification.
- You will be required to travel to College on block release with other apprentices.
- Accomodation will be organised for you.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
Other 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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
Other requirements
You will learn all of the skills necessary for this Highways Maintenance apprenticeship, through a combination of formal training and practical experience. You will work in a team alongside our highly experienced colleagues, and you will benefit from their knowledge and their support on a daily basis. You will be given your PPE.
About this employer
Together with our associated companies, Ringway teams are responsible for looking after over 50,000 kms of the UK’s highways network – we deliver specialist highway services across the largest highways maintenance portfolio within the UK, including strategic road network, DBFO motorway and trunk roads, and the local authority network. We are private sector partners, dedicated to delivering public services. We offer best practice maintenance services through local solutions which make an impact in the communities in which we operate. We take pride in offering a dedicated, flexible approach which supports our clients, underpinned by the recruitment, development and retention of a locally based workforce and supported by a close community of trusted supply-chain partners. Self-delivery is core to our business model. Working together with our clients we deliver cyclic and reactive maintenance, incident response, severe weather operations, surfacing and specialist treatments with local accountability and people who take pride in the services they deliver. Ringway is committed to creating a working environment that is inclusive and diverse.
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Company benefits
- Holiday 20 days + 8 days bank holidays.
- 2 days paid volunteering.
- Training courses programme and Mentor Support.
- Networks: Early Careers Woman in Construction, LGTBQ+, Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award.
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
- Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship you may have the opportunity to join a permanent position. This will be reviewed and based upon performance and the needs of the business at the time.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ELECTRICAL TESTING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000010722.
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Closes on Sunday 15 March 2026
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