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Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3)

Maintenance and repair of building services, such as: ventilation, heating, and water supply.

Qualification level
3
Equivalent to A level.
Typical duration
48 months
Apprenticeship category
Construction and the built environment
Maximum funding
£18,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training.
Also known as
  • Building services maintenance engineer
  • Maintenance engineer
  • Service and maintenance engineer
Skills
Skills an apprentice will learn
  • Apply safe working practices and comply with safe working methods, including highlighting control method application and safe systems of work.
  • Comply with current company policies and procedures.
  • Undertake dynamic risk assessment to identify and manage a safe working environment.
  • Produce a risk assessment.
  • Produce a method statement.
  • Plan work activities.
  • Apply sustainable principles and techniques.
  • Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Follow organisational and site procedures for waste management across the site.
  • Plan, organise, and carry out tasks in a way that utilises resources, for example cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
  • Plan, organise, prepare, and secure area of work for setting out and work activities.
  • Minimise delays to planned work.
  • Amend and replan work activities.
  • Prepare and maintain work areas to ensure safe access and egress for self and others.
  • Select, use, secure and store hand and power tools, equipment, and components.
  • Interpret information from sources such as manufacturer's instructions, drawings, plans, specifications, or previous reports.
  • Carry out testing and commissioning of a building services engineering system.
  • Carry out decommission of a building services engineering system.
  • Undertake planned maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
  • Undertake reactive maintenance activities to building services engineering systems.
  • Isolate building service engineering systems.
  • Identify and diagnose faults and outline solutions for resolution.
  • Replace components.
  • Communicate options in writing for repairs, replacements or improvements including the impact of cost, and timescales in writing.
  • Handover completed maintenance activities.
  • Use information technology and digital systems to monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment.
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
  • Provide internal feedback.
  • Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles and policy.
  • Refer problems outside of own responsibility or authority to the relevant person.
  • Identify, carry out and record industry related continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
  • Repair components.

Full information on Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer (level 3) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

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