Service Technician - Apprentice
Location
Andover, Hampshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Starting salary £16,609.00
Do you have a head for heights? Does the idea of maintaining seriously large cranes give you a thrill?
Joining a friendly, inclusive, and highly skilled team, you will learn how to maintain, repair, service, and upgrade our customers' overhead gantry cranes. This is a fantastic opportunity to kick-start your engineering career with great prospects, working for a global company and market leader in our industry.
On completing your apprenticeship, you will secure a full-time permanent position as a Service Technician here at Konecranes.
100% of our UK Apprentices have gained permanent employment in Konecranes, after they have completed our Apprentice Programme, many of which continue to have long and rewarding careers at a variety of senior and global levels.
On the completion of your apprenticeship, you will have achieved:
- Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Engineering Manufacturing
- BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Engineering
- Level 3 Extended Diploma in Engineering Maintenance
What will you be doing?
- Year 1 – full time attendance at a local college or training provider (off the job training)
- Year 2 and 3 – day release attendance at college, on the job training with additional training at our Banbury Centre
What will you learn?
- First principles relating to the operation and maintenance of appropriate electrical and mechanical plant equipment, such as motors, switchgear, cables & conductors, pumps, valves, gearboxes, pipework, integrated electromechanical power and control systems.
- Relevant industry health and safety standards, regulations, and environmental and regulatory requirements
- Planned, unplanned and preventative maintenance and operational practices, processes and procedures covering a range of plant and equipment
- The relevant engineering including electrical theories and principles relative to the role of a Service Technician
Entry requirements
- Minimum 17 years old entry age on the first day of your apprenticeship
- A minimum of 5 GCSEs and have Grade 4/C (or equivalent) or above including the following subjects – Maths, English and a Science
- Able to climb ladders and work at heights.
- You must be able to travel to a designated college in your area.
- You must live local/within commuting distance (30 miles) of the Branch location (Andover)
- IT skills
- By the end of the first year of your apprenticeship, you must have passed your driving test.
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Salary
£16.61k per annum
