Apprenticeship training course

Cellular network field engineer (level 4)

Develop, maintain and optimise the UK’s cellular network and its infrastructure.

• Qualification level: 4 ; Equivalent to higher national certificate (HNC).
• Typical duration: 36 months
• Apprenticeship category: Construction and the built environment
• Maximum funding: £27,000 ; Maximum amount government will fund ; for apprenticeship training.
• Also known as:
  • Cellular network field engineer
  • Field engineer
  • Field supervisor
  • Lead field engineer
  • Senior field engineer
• Skills:
  Skills an apprentice will learn

  • Compile and verify a construction phase plan (CPP)
  • Conduct, produce and write a risk assessment and method statement at site level
  • Recognise, record and monitor risks, escalating to relevant personnel
  • Comply with health and safety regulations
  • Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • Comply with electrical regulations
  • Delegate and assign tasks according to scope of works and specific skillset and Health and safety
  • Conduct site surveys to meet client’s installation criteria
  • Review and compile information to produce handover pack
  • Select, implement and evaluate control measures
  • Install electrical systems
  • Inspect and test electrical systems
  • Isolate electrical circuits
  • Maintain cell site apparatus
  • Find faults and repair cell site apparatus
  • Decommission cell site apparatus
  • Commission and conduct integration testing on Base Station Sub-System (BSS)
  • Select and use work restraint, work positioning, and fall arrest equipment
  • Climb site towers
  • Use lifting and lowering techniques using slings, knots and attachments
  • Select and use tools and equipment when working at ground level and at height
  • Conduct tower rescue and casualty management
  • Apply sustainable principles and low carbon processes to implement site environmental solutions and disposal of waste
  • Apply equity, diversity and inclusion principles
  • Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology through written or verbal means
  • Interpret design drawings
  • Use Radio Frequency (RF) monitor
  • Conduct site inspections

Full information on Cellular network field engineer (level 4) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

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