Apprenticeship training course
Lift and escalator engineering (level 3)
Carrying out the installation or maintenance, repair and modernisation of lifts and escalators.
- Qualification level
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3
Equivalent to A level. - Typical duration
- 36 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Engineering and manufacturing
- Maximum funding
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£25,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Escalator engineer
- Escalator fitter
- Escalator installation engineer
- Escalator installer
- Escalator maintainer
- Escalator maintenance engineer
- Lift engineer
- Lift fitter
- Lift installation engineer
- Lift installer
- Lift maintainer
- Lift maintenance engineer
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards and industry guidance, for example method statements and risk assessments.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and organisational procedures for example, segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Use tools, alignment equipment and measuring devices, completing calibration checks where required.
- Lift and handle systems and components using mechanical or manual methods.
- Apply principle and techniques to access digital and analogue control and drive systems.
- Fault find and diagnose issues using electrical measuring equipment such as multi-meters and electronic diagnostic tools.
- Interpret and use engineering documentation such as electrical wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings, assembly drawings, construction drawings and general arrangement drawings.
- Identify, organise, and use resources to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security, and environmental impact.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Comply with information contained in site notices and instructions.
- Prepare, maintain and restore the work area on completion of the activity.
- Record and enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, job sheets, risk assessments, equipment maintenance records, test results, handover documents, on-site checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion procedures.
- Apply team working principles.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
Full information on Lift and escalator engineering (level 3) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.