Installation Electrician & Maintenance Electrical Apprenticeship

Course Content

Maintenance electricians will maintain electrical and electronic installations including automated production systems and apply the practices and procedures for planning and preparing to maintain electrotechnical systems and equipment.

As well as the skills needed for each routes, on-programme includes a wide variety of installation and maintenance tasks including: installing wiring systems; electrical principles in maintenance of electrical equipment; and legislation around testing and commissioning equipment.

The core behaviours for this standard are team work, effective communication, a strong work ethic and an awareness of health and safety.For this standard, all apprentices must complete the AM2 (Electrotechnical assessment of occupational competence).

The AM2 will assess the apprentice’s skills, knowledge and confirm behaviours against the theory and performance criteria within the standard. In the practical part, apprentices will perform a set of common tasks and procedures that a full-scope electrical operative might face when working in commercial or industrial premises as well as dwellings.

In the theory section, there are 40 multiple-choice questions.Apprentices without level 2 English and mathematics will need to achieve this level prior to the completion of their apprenticeship.

Assessment

For this standard, all apprentices must complete the AM2 (Electrotechnical Assessment of Occupational Competence). The AM2 will assess the apprentice’s skills, knowledge and confirm behaviours against the theory and performance criteria within the standard.

In the practical part, apprentices will perform a set of common tasks and procedures that a full-scope electrical operative might face when working in commercial or industrial premises as well as dwellings. In the theory section, there are 40 multiple-choice questions.