Fire, Emergency & Security Technician Apprenticeship
Heathrow:
The Heathrow Shared Apprenticeship Scheme is one of the UK’s most exciting apprenticeship programmes. The scheme provides career changing opportunities for residents close to the airport.
Job Description
The broad purpose of this occupation is to protect individuals and properties from risk and danger. This might mean installing Fire, Emergency and Security Systems to detect intrusion, provide surveillance, monitor and control access to buildings, properties and sites or to detect fire and emergencies. Technicians would use a wide range of systems using various communication technologies with electrical and electronic components. Duties typically include:
- Planning, installation, testing, commissioning and handover of fire, or security systems equipment
- Carrying out preventative and corrective maintenance
- Fault diagnosis systems and their components
- Working in accordance with customer specification and industry regulations
- Work with designs, specifications and installation manuals
- Plan and complete first fix cable runs using the correct methods of containment and protection
- Isolate communication links to remote monitoring centres, testing links and reinstating
- Carry out programming and configuration of all fire or security systems and training users on the operations
- Complete the commissioning and handover procedure of a system
Trade/Site-Based Role -This role involves regular manual handling of loads up to 25kg, working outdoors, and working on uneven terrain. K10 Apprenticeships will consider reasonable adjustments where possible to support individuals in carrying out the essential duties of the role.
K10 are a disability confident employer, who are proud to support apprentices in the workplace and at college. The K10 team being trained in assisting learners with varying levels of support and guidance.
If you have any disabilities or require reasonable adjustments in the interview process, please let us know and we would be happy to accommodate.
Typical Working Week
40 hours p/w with start time between 07:00 & 08:00 inclusive of paid 8 hours at college.
Person Specification
- Proactive approach, taking pride in their work and taking accountability for decisions.
- A love of variety in a role and ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced working environment
- Ability to quickly prioritise tasks and the initiative to dive head-first into problem solving
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills and enjoy working with multiple teams
- Ability to analyse and interpret information and effectively communicate this to different team members and audiences
- Ability to visit different sites and training days
- Curiosity to learn quickly in a reactive and dynamic working environment.
- Able to understand and follow health and safety protocols
Minimum Requirements
English and Maths at GCSE Grade 4 / C or above, or Functional Skills at Level 2 or above.
The information/qualifications you provide on your CV will be verified; any inaccuracies will have a negative impact on your application.
Desired Requirements
An individual passionate in fire and security systems with the ability to complete hands on installation work as well as system configurations and fault diagnosis. The individual should also be comfortable speaking to clients and working in different environments.
Key Training/College Information
K10 will enrol you to the Level 3 Fire Emergency and Security Systems Technician
course and fund your qualifications through an accredited training provider.
The apprenticeship duration is 36 months with up to 3 months for End Point Assessment (EPA).
Eligibility
To start this apprenticeship, you’ll need to be:
- Living in England for the last 3 years and have right to work status
- Not enrolled on any other courses
- 18+ due to site H&S rules
- Drivers license…
- Location Details….
The Heathrow Shared Apprenticeship Scheme seeks to support our sustainability strategy ‘Connecting people and planet’, and our ambition to make Heathrow a great place to live and work for our colleagues and local neighbours. As such, certain opportunities are currently available only to individuals living in the 9 local boroughs surrounding Heathrow. These are:
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Ealing
- Spelthorne
- Windsor & Maidenhead
- South Buckinghamshire
- Elmbridge
- Slough
- Runnymede
Who We Are
We are UK’s largest construction-specific Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency. Founded in 2009, we are an award-winning social enterprise with a passion to convert potential.
Our aim is to place our learners in sustainable employment on projects in their local area. To do this, we collaborate with government, referral organisations, local authorities, developers, contractors, and colleges, to deliver apprenticeship programmes specifically designed to upskill the future of construction.
GDPR Privacy Statement
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Your data will be used solely for the purposes of assessing your suitability for the role and for related recruitment activities. If you are unsuccessful, we will retain your personal data for 24 months following the conclusion of the recruitment process, after which it will be securely deleted, unless we are required to retain it for legal or regulatory reasons.
You have the right to withdraw your consent and request deletion of your data at any time during this period. To do so, please contact [email protected].
