Apprentice Electrician Birmingham, England
Job description
Do you want to build your career in trades in a growing, successful business?
Join Platform Property Care (PPC) as an Apprentice and you will be joining a well-established property maintenance business. We provide responsive day to day repairs, property refurbishment, and electrical and gas servicing for our 120,000 customers living in 47,000 homes across the Midlands. Part of Platform Housing group, with over 1,500 colleagues, we work to deliver quality homes and customer services that make real differences to local home and lives.
This is an exciting time to join the PPC Team; our vision is clear – we are growing fast, and we aim to achieve our plan through an engaged and highly skilled team.
What will you be doing as an Apprentice Electrician?
As an Apprentice Electrician you will learn all about what it takes to make sure our customers’ homes are maintained to a high and safe standard. You will produce work of the highest quality while providing excellent service to our customers, clients, and your team.
As part of this apprenticeship, you will work closely with qualified Electricians carrying out first and second fix electrical work and electrical repairs. The work will be varied and interesting and you will have the support of a mentor throughout your apprenticeship.
At College, you will study the 4-year Electrical Installation Apprenticeship standard at Level 3 by attending Birmingham Electrical Training or a similar provider one day a week, alongside learning and working with experienced operatives during the rest of the week.
On successful completion of the Electrical Installation Level 3 Apprenticeship, you will be able to apply for any related job vacancies within PPC. If you gain permanent employment with PPC you will continue to be supported in your learning and development. PPC has a strong track record of offering permanent jobs to its Apprentices once they qualify.
Some things we need from you
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Grade 4 or above GCSE or equivalent in English would be desirable
- Grade 4 or above GCSE or equivalent in Maths would be desirable
Some things you need to know
- The team is based in Birmingham and the West Midlands area so applicants need to be based in this area
- This is a Level 3 course lasting 4 years depending upon entry point
- You would work a 40 hour week working Monday to Friday
- The role requires a DBS check
- Ideally you would need to hold a full driving licence but this is not essential at this point but the role is mobile
- We only need you to complete an application form, no CV required. To do this please click apply.
If you would like any further information on the role or would like to arrange an informal chat, please feel free to contact us at
