Course Overview
This three-year programme develops the knowledge, skills and competency required for an domestic Electrician in the Electro technical sector. This occupation is found in the domestic dwelling construction, engineering and social housing installation and maintenance electrician industries. Domestic electricians work in domestic properties such as homes, dwellings, or individual units in e.g. care homes, apartment buildings and student accommodation, rather than in their communal areas, or on commercial or industrial building sites. Industrial and Commercial Electrician work is not undertaken by a Domestic Electrician.
You will learn through classroom based learning, assignment work and practical workshops. Work based evidence will be required for your NVQ.
What You Will Study
The scope of a domestic electrician will include design, installation and testing of systems which provide traditional heating, power, and lighting plus the installation of new and emerging technologies. The new technologies will include enhanced connectivity for domestic use and comfort and convenience technologies. Domestic electricians will help make homes highly efficient and near-zero-carbon, in cooperation with other trades. Domestic electricians may be required to provide out of hours emergency repairs and services. A driving licence may be a requirement for some employers. In their daily work, a worker in this occupation interacts with:
- Their customers who are usually the end user of the services
- The team leader or area manager as well as personnel responsible for materials storage and supply if they work in an organisation
- Building materials suppliers, merchants, small business support, accountants, and others if they are self-employed
A domestic electrician will sometimes work within a team or may often be accompanied an apprentice.
An employee in this occupation will be responsible for completing their own work to specification, with minimal, if any, supervision, ensuring they meet set deadlines. This role is for people who like to work independently most of the time, but it also involves interacting with customers, colleagues, and others.
Domestic Electricians will be responsible for meeting quality requirements and working in accordance with industry-defined health, safety and environmental considerations, as well as building and wiring regulations.
They may be solely responsible for company property such as tools, work vehicles for transporting materials such as company vans.
Key requirements for successful domestic electricians include professionalism and high regard for customer service throughout the job from responding to enquiries, proposing solutions, providing quotations, undertaking work, and handing completed work back to the customer.
- Attendance Expectations
Attendance is on a day release basis. You will attend College for one day per week for 34 weeks per year, for three years. The last year will be used to complete the final parts of the NVQ portfolio and end test at the EPA centre.
- How You Will Be Assessed
- By external assessment, City & Guilds multi-choice and written examinations
- By College staff on the worksite for practical skills and two Functional Skills
- By external end test assessment at an EPA centre
- Entry Requirements
4 GCSEs Grade 9-4, including English and Maths.
AND
Be employed by an Electrical contractor. - Fee Information
Please contact the Apprenticeship Recruitment Team on 01924 789469 or email
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Further Study
Successful completion of this course permits progression to the Level 4 HNC Construction and the Built Environment available at Wakefield College. Alternatively, the Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship in Construction and the Built Environment.