You will work to complete the following units during the apprenticeship.
Understand and apply health, safety and environmental considerations
Electrical scientific principles and technologies
Understand design and installation practices and procedures
Understand how to plan, organise and oversee electrical work activities
Understand and carry out terminations and connections of conductors
Understand and carry out inspection, testing and commissioning of electrical systems
Fault diagnosis and rectification.
Understand the requirements for electrical installations BS7671:2018
Apply health, safety and environmental considerations
Organise and oversee the electrical work environment.
Terminate and connect conductors
Inspect, test and commission electrical systems
Apply design and installation practices and procedures
Apply fault diagnosis and rectification
You will take an AM2S assessment which will assess the skills you have learned along the way, from which will be graded either Pass, Merit or Distinction.
When the apprenticeship standard, knowledge requirements, portfolio, and off the job learning hours has been completed apprentices move to gateway. This is where the employer confirms competency and a project is set for the apprentice to complete ready for end point assessment.
A project report is created by the apprentices and submitted to the EPA for grading. Following the submission a discussion takes place to confirm competency and is graded. The apprenticeship is graded fail, pass or distinction with a transparent criteria to meet.