Building Services Engineering Technician Apprenticeship

This standard is aimed at Building Services Engineering Technicians employed in a variety of organisation types and have completed Level 3 or have 3+ years industry experience.
Typical job titles include:

• Assistant design engineer
• Assistant engineer
• Building services engineering senior technician
• Building services engineering supervisor
• Building services site technician
• Infrastructure senior technician
• Mechanical engineering senior technician
• Senior site technician

Topics include:

• The Construction Environment
• Mathematics for Construction
• Digital Applications for Construction Information
• Principles of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
• Construction Design Project
• Principles of Electrical Design and Installation
• Principles of Alternative Energy
• Scientific Principles for Building Services

Apprentices will need to be working towards and achieve the following job role requirements before their end point assessment:

• Delivering building services engineering technical solutions, ensuring accuracy and quality, for which they are responsible for the technical management of, within agreed time and resource limits, compliant with health and safety regulations, to industry, regulatory and legislative standards, such as the Building Safety Bill, and to broadly defined specifications
• Senior technicians will also supervise other team members, communicating, agreeing, and managing tasks that others complete, ensuring these meet appropriate standards and specified outcomes, and that work is carried out in a safe environment and the wellbeing of those involved is safeguarded

Next steps: At the end of this Apprenticeship you could progress into full time employment in Building Services as a Project Engineer, Building Services Site Engineer and more. Or you could go on to a Construction higher level course.

Every employer is different and therefore the entry requirements can vary. As a guide, you ideally need GCSE grade 4 in English Language and Maths and in some cases ICT. Typically you will have completed the Level 3 Building Services Engineering Apprenticeship before progressing onto this Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship.

You will study at our Future Skills Centre, which opened in 2021 near Exeter Airport. The centre has free on site parking as well as an on site cafe and a designated study room for adult learners.