Apprentice Electrician

Darlington Borough Council are seeking to recruit an Apprentice Electrician (4 Years fixed-term) to join our commercially focused, successful and growing Housing Building team. This team maintains domestic Council housing stock and other Council-owned properties, including sheltered housing. Work is delivered across our Reactive Maintenance, Internal Planned Maintenance, and Voids teams, giving you a wide range of hands-on experience. Reactive Maintenance Team You will assist with day-to-day electrical repairs and fault finding in occupied properties. Mobile technology is used to manage jobs, stock, and health and safety tasks. Internal Planned Maintenance Team You will support larger projects such as electrical installations for kitchens and bathrooms, rewires, and upgrade programmes. Voids Team You will help prepare empty properties so they can be re-let, including carrying out electrical testing, repairs, and installations to bring homes up to the required housing standards. We take pride in delivering excellent customer service and high levels of customer satisfaction. As an apprentice, you will be supported by qualified electricians while developing your skills and knowledge in a real working environment.

During this apprenticeship as well as on the job learning you will be required to attend Darlington College on a day release basis to undertake the Level 3 Electrical Installation Apprenticeship Standard training programme. You will learn the required skills, competencies and responsibilities to be able to carry out electrical installation, testing and maintenance. As part of this you will study towards NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation (CITY AND GUILDS LEVEL 3 5357-03) The successful candidate would be expected to complete all of the required assessments related to the qualification within set timescales. Therefore, we are looking for someone who is committed to their own development., A UK resident is eligible for funding if they have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands for at least the previous 3 years on the first day of their apprenticeship and have permission from the UK government to live in the UK (not for educational purposes) or have obtained pre-settled or settled status under EUSS.,

• You must either have or expect to achieve 4 GCSE's grade 9 - 4/A- C), which must include Maths and English (or an equivalent qualification such as Functional Skills Level 2).
• Ability to apply accurate literacy and numeracy skills to include spelling grammar, punctuation, percentages and decimals.
• Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy with attention to detail
• Good Communication and problem-solving skills.
• Physical ability to undertake the duties of the role and be comfortable working at heights.
• If successful, you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure.
  
  Working Hours
You will be contracted to 37 hours per week on agreed working pattern of Monday - Thursday 08:00am to 16:00pm and Friday 08:00am to 15:30pm. Apprenticeship Pay The Apprentice Electrician post is paid on % Craft 1+ Rate and the rate you will be paid is dependent on your age upon commencement in post. The rate of pay will also increase with each year of study. During Year 1 you would be eligible to receive a salary of £19,467.80 - £28,316.80 per annum (dependent upon your age), The rewards for working at Darlington Borough Council go beyond the salary you will receive; we have numerous additional benefits such as:
• 32 days Annual Leave, plus Bank Holidays, with option to purchase additional Annual Leave (pro-rata for part time working)
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme with option to make Additional Voluntary Contributions
• Flexible working
• Generous Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave schemes
• Staff equality forums
• Green Car Leasing Scheme
• Access to a wide range of training, learning and development
• Physiotherapy service
• Confidential counselling service
• Great wellbeing offer
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Dolphin Centre Fit for Life Discounts
• Local and National retailer discounts
• Vivup employee benefit app and Lifestyle Savings
• Arriva Employee Travel Club