Apprenticeship training course
Commercial thermal insulation operative (level 2)
Applying insulation and cladding materials.
- Qualification level
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2
Equivalent to GCSE. - Typical duration
- 18 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Construction and the built environment
- Maximum funding
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£16,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards and manufacturers guidance.
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Erect and dismantle portable scaffold towers and work safely at height.
- Comply with site specific environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance, Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal. Dispose of insulation material.
- Interpret and use information from drawings, specifications and data sheets.
- Communicate verbally with others, using thermal insulation terminology.
- Follow work instructions verbal or written.
- Select and safely use tools and equipment for example metal cutting tools, measuring tools, knives, screwdrivers, saws and power tools.
- Apply insulation materials to cylindrical and flat surfaces.
- Fit cladding for insulation protection.
- Safely move, handle and store tools and materials.
- Use materials efficiently and sustainably including suitable disposal of waste.
- Identify how to access well-being support available on site and during training.
- Comply with risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work and identify work place hazards.
- Comply with insulation industry standards, and manufacturers guidance.
- Apply team working practices.
- Calculate resources.
- Remove and dispose of pre-installed insulation materials.
Full information on Commercial thermal insulation operative (level 2) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
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Apprenticeship location
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear Remove location