Gen2 Apprentice Course Booklet 2015

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Apprenticeship
Information Booklet
2015
Electrical
Intermediate /Advanced Apprenticeship
Pre-requisites: GCSE Grades A-C in Mathematics,
English Language and Science although employer
requirements may vary.
Successfully pass the Gen2 aptitude testing and a
satisfactory reference.

In addition, candidates must pass a colour
vision test.
Duration: Intermediate - 12 - 18 months
Advanced - 42 months
Location: West Cumbria, Carlisle and Furness.
Wage: £2.73 per hour minimum.
What qualifications will I obtain? The role of an Electrical Apprentice:
• Functional skills, personal learning and Electricians are highly skilled crafts people, who
thinking skills/ employee rights and work with electrical equipment and supplies
responsibilities plus: on a wide range of engineering machinery and
Intermediate Apprenticeship (12 - 18 months) equipment. They also control and maintain
• Level 2 Performing Engineering Operations instrumentation equipment that is used to
• City and Guilds Certificate in Engineering accurately measure and regulate process
Advanced Apprenticeship (42 months) variables such as the flow rate of liquids or
• NVQ Level 3 Extended Diploma in one of the gasses, temperature or pressure. Their work
following: ranges from installation of domestic electrical
• Maintaining Engineering Construction circuits for houses, to the installation and
Plant and Systems - Instrument and maintenance of sophisticated, highly complex
Controls machinery and equipment in major processing
• NVQ Level 3 Extended Diploma in plants and factories. Electricians install,
Installation and Commissioning maintain and test electrical and instrumentation
• Engineering Maintenance equipment, systems and appliances, and have to
• NVQ Level 3 Extended Diploma in be able to diagnose and fault find problems with
Technical Support electrical equipment. For these reasons they need
• Technical Certificate in BTEC Diploma in to be highly skilled with a logical and methodical
Engineering or a craft qualification approach to their work.
What will I study as an electrical apprentice with
Where will my training be delivered?
Gen2?
First Year - You will learn for four days a week in
• Health and safety
one of our Skills Centres plus one day per week
• Electrical installation
for your Technical Certificate, or your training
• Engineering drawings
may be on the job, at your place of work.
• Maintenance
Second Year - Employer work placement. You will
• Soldering
study a Technical Certificate one day per week
• Fault finding
and will be visited by Gen2 staff around every six
• Electronics
weeks to assess your competence.
• Instrumentation
Third & Fourth Year (for Advanced Apprentices) -
• Electrical safety
Assessed on your NVQ in your workplace.
• Safe use of tools
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Electrical Electrical Design
Intermediate /Advanced Apprenticeship Advanced Apprenticeship
Pre-requisites: GCSE Grades A-C in Mathematics,
English Language and Science although employer
requirements may vary and they may also look
for an AS/A Level qualification in a STEM subject.
Successfully pass the Gen2 aptitude testing and a
satisfactory reference.

In addition, candidates must pass a colour
vision test.
Duration: Advanced - 42 months
Location: West Cumbria, Carlisle and Furness.
Wage: £2.73 per hour minimum.
The role of an Electrical Design Apprentice:
What qualifications will I obtain?
Electrical design engineering is a highly skilled
• Functional skills, personal learning and
technical role that will require you to work with a
thinking skills/ employee rights and
design house designing a wide range of electrical
responsibilities plus:
and electronic
Advanced Apprenticeship (42 months)
installations.
• NVQ Level 3 Extended Diploma in
Construction Design and Drafting or NVQ
Electrical Design Engineers need to be safety
Level 3 Extended Diploma in Engineering
conscious and have good IT, mathematics and
Technical Support
communication skills.
• Technical Certificate - BTEC Diploma in
Operations and Maintenance
Electricians need to have perfect colour
vision and therefore must undertake a colour
What will I study as an electrical design
vision test.
apprentice with Gen2?
• How to work in a safe manner, you will
become familiar with industry guidelines
and regulations such as LOLER, PUWER and
COSHH
• Produce drawings and designs using Computer
Aided Design (CAD)
• CAD and additional design &
Where will my training be delivered?
prototyping programmes
First Year - You will learn for four days a week in
• Maintenance of existing equipment and
one of our Skills Centres plus one day per week
manufacture of new parts when required
for your Technical Certificate, or your training
• Problem Solving and fault-finding
may be on the job, at your place of work.
• Installation, testing and adjustment of plant
Second Year - Employer work placement. You will
and machinery to make sure it is running
study a Technical Certificate one day per week
smoothly, safely and meeting performance
and will be visited by Gen2 staff around every six
targets
weeks to assess your competence.
• Use of different tools
Third & Fourth Year - Assessed on your NVQ in
• In addition you could possibly go on to Higher
your workplace.
Education.
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Mechanical
Intermediate /Advanced Apprenticeship
Pre-requisites: GCSE Grades A-C in Mathematics,
English Language and Science although employer
requirements may vary.
Successfully pass the Gen2 aptitude testing and a
satisfactory reference.
Duration: Intermediate - 12 - 18 months
Advanced - 42 months
Location: West Cumbria, Carlisle and Furness.
Wage: £2.73 per hour minimum.
What qualifications will I obtain?
• Functional skills, personal learning and The role of a Mechanical Apprentice:
thinking skills/ employee rights and Hand Fitting, machining, maintenance of pumps,
responsibilities plus: gearboxes and compressors are just a few of the
Intermediate Apprenticeship (12 - 18 months) things that you will work with as a mechanical
• Level 2 Performing Engineering Operations apprentice. The apprenticeship involves the
• City and Guilds Certificate in Engineering installation and maintenance of a wide range
Advanced Apprenticeship (42 months) of engineering plant equipment, it may also
• NVQ Level 3 Extended Diploma in one of the involve the manufacture of new components
following: using machinery. Mechanical Craftspeople are
• Maintaining Engineering Construction highly skilled and can work in a wide variety of
Plant and Systems industries and sectors with complex plant and
• Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering equipment. They are involved in the manufacture
• Engineering Maintenance of component parts for machines, the assembly
• Technical Support and installation of machinery, as well as the
• Technical Certificate - BTEC Diploma in maintenance of equipment. They must work
Operations and Maintenance with precision and accuracy, and have a logical
approach to work. They also need to be able to
read and interpret drawings /diagrams, diagnose
and fault-find problems with equipment, and
What will I study as a Mechanical
work cooperatively with other colleagues.
Apprentice with Gen2?
• Health and safety
• Bench fitting Where will my training be delivered?
• Mechanical maintenance First Year - You will learn for four days a week in
• Fault finding one of our Skills Centres plus one day per week
• Safe use of tools for your Technical Certificate, or your training
• Milling may be on the job, at your place of work.
• Turning Second Year - Employer work placement. You will
• Basic pipe fitting study a Technical Certificate one day per week
• CAD and will be visited by Gen2 staff around every six
• Fabrication weeks to assess your competence.
Third & Fourth Year (for Advanced Apprentices) -
Assessed on your NVQ in your workplace.
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Mechanical Mechanical Design
Intermediate /Advanced Apprenticeship Advanced Apprenticeship
Pre-requisites: GCSE Grades A-C in Mathematics,
English Language and Science although employer
requirements may vary and they may also look
for an AS/A Level qualification in a STEM subject.
Successfully pass the Gen2 aptitude testing and a
satisfactory reference.
Duration: Advanced - 42 months
Location: West Cumbria, Carlisle and Furness.
Wage: £2.73 per hour minimum.
What qualifications will I obtain?
• Functional Skills, Personal Learning and
Thinking Skills/ Employee Rights and
The role of a Mechanical Design Apprentice:
Responsibilities plus:
Mechanical design engineering is a highly
Advanced Apprenticeship (42 months)
skilled technical role that requires you to work
• NVQ Level 3 Extended Diploma in
with a design house, designing a wide range of
Construction Design and Drafting or NVQ
mechanical installations.
Level 3 Extended Diploma in Engineering
Technical Support
Mechanical Design Engineers need to be very
• Level 3 Technical Certificate - BTEC Diploma
safety conscious and have good IT,
in Operations and Maintenance
mathematics and communication skills.
Students completing this apprenticeship may
What will I study as a Mechanical Design
also progress into Higher Education, completing
Apprentice with Gen2?
HNC or Foundation Degree qualifications.
• How to work in a safe manner, you will
become familiar with industry guidelines
and regulations such as LOLER, PUWER and
COSHH
• Produce drawings and designs using
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
• CAD and additional design and
prototyping programmes
• Maintenance of existing equipment and
manufacture of new parts when required
Where will my training be delivered?
• Problem solving and fault-finding
First Year - You will learn for four days a week in
• Installation, testing and adjustment of plant
one of our Skills Centres plus one day per week
and machinery to make sure it is running
for your Technical Certificate, or your training
smoothly, safely and meeting performance
may be on the job, at your place of work.
targets
Second Year - Employer work placement. You will
• Use of different tools such as hand tools,
study a Technical Certificate one day per week
power tools and measuring equipment
and will be visited by Gen2 staff around every six
weeks to assess your competence.
Third & Fourth Year - Assessed on your NVQ in
your workplace.
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Control Systems
Advanced Apprenticeship
Pre-requisites: GCSE Grades A-C in Mathematics,
English Language and Science although employer
requirements may vary.
Successfully pass the Gen2 aptitude testing and a
satisfactory reference.
In addition, candidates must pass a colour
vision test.
Duration: Advanced - 42 months
Location: West Cumbria, Carlisle and Furness.
Wage: £2.73 per hour minimum.
What qualifications will I obtain?
• Functional Skills, Personal Learning and
What will I study as a Control Systems
Thinking Skills/ Employee Rights and
Apprentice with Gen2?
Responsibilities plus:
• Computer programming
• Maintenance of plant automation systems
Advanced Apprenticeship (42 months)
• Programming automated systems
• NVQ Level 3 Extended Diploma in
• Knowledge of process plant operations
Engineering Technical Support
• Programmable logic controllers
• Technical Certificate - BTEC Diploma in
• Supervisory control and data acquisition
Engineering
The role of a Control Systems Apprentice:
Where will my training be delivered?
All production and manufacturing plants require
West Cumbria Learners - The first year will be
control systems, without them the plants simply
spent training in the Energus facility at Lillyhall
wouldn’t function properly. Control System
with one day per week studying a Technical
Technicians are responsible for ensuring that
Certificate.
the plant operates satisfactorily and with peak
efficiency. Control systems are particularly
In year two you will join the Control Systems
essential to industries such as Nuclear, Chemical,
Department and undertake work experience
Petrochemical and Manufacturing. Control
to gain relevant skills and experience. During
systems engineering has become a modern
this time you will continue to work towards a
and complex discipline that requires the worker
Technical Certificate as well as returning for
to have a wide experience of subjects such as
specialist training and projects at the Gen2
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), software
Energus facility.
engineering, plant instrumentation, electronics,
communication networks and process control.
In year three you will undertake additional
The role of a Control Systems Technician is
project work at Gen2 alongside your
varied but may involve design, development,
employment.
maintenance and servicing of plant control
systems, within the nuclear and process plant
Carlisle and Furness Learners - You will be
industry.
employed by a company from day one. You will
Students completing this apprenticeship may
either complete your training with Gen2, and/or
possibly progress onto a Foundation Degree
at your place of work. You will study a Technical
qualification.
Certificate one day per week.
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Control Systems Process
Advanced Apprenticeship Intermediate Apprenticeship
Pre-requisites: GCSE Grades A-C in Mathematics,
English Language and Science although employer
requirements may vary.
Successfully pass the Gen2 aptitude testing and a
satisfactory reference.
Duration: Intermediate - 12-18 months
Location: Assessor led training based in one of
our employers, with Technical
Certificate studies taking place at
one of our Skills Centres.
Wage: £2.73 per hour minimum.
What qualifications will I obtain?
The role of a Process Apprentice:
• Functional Skills, Personal Learning and
As a Process Operator you will typically work in
Thinking Skills/ Employee Rights and
a manufacturing company that makes use of
Responsibilities plus:
large and often complex pieces of machinery and
Intermediate Apprenticeship (12-18 months)
equipment.
• NVQ Level 2 in Process Industries and
Operations
It will be your duty to keep it operating safely and
• Technical Certificate - Level 2 Diploma
efficiently, you will also need to take samples of
materials used for analysis.
What will I study as a Process Apprentice with Since many manufacturing plants run day and
Gen2? night, you may be required to work shifts.
• Health and safety / environmental issues
• Process chemistry You will also be required to maintain a safe work
• Process science area to ensure the effective running of plant and
• Process in solids equipment.
• Process in fluids
• Process plant/plant services
• Plant systems
• ICT and communications
• Instrumentation, measurement and control
Where will my training be delivered?
You will be employed by your employer from day
one, undertaking your training in the workplace.
You will be granted day release in order to study
for a Technical Certificate at one of our Skills
Centres for at least one day per week.
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Nuclear Operator
Intermediate Apprenticeship
Pre-requisites: GCSE Grades A-C in Mathematics,
English Language and Science.
Successfully pass the Gen2 aptitude testing and a
satisfactory reference.
Minimum age for this programme is
17 at the start of the programme.
Duration: 24 months
Location: West Cumbria
Wage: £2.73 per hour minimum.
What will I study as a Nuclear Operator
Apprentice with Gen2?
• Safe Use of Equipment and Tools
The role of a Nuclear Operator Apprentice:
• Safe Working Practices
The work carried out by a Nuclear Operator
• Accurate Measurements and Readings
can vary greatly and this programme will
• Basic Maintenance Skills
prepare learners to engage in both nuclear
• Oxy Fuel Cutting Methods
decommissioning activities and process
• Plasma Cutting
operations.
• Health and Safety
• Glove Box Training
Nuclear decommissioning involves the safe
shutting down and dismantling of nuclear power
Some examples of Sellafield Ltd training that
plants that have reached the end of their energy
apprentices will carry out in process or
producing life, ensuring that there is no danger
Decommissioning include:
from radioactive materials and no chance of
accident to people visiting the site.
• Health and Safety courses
• Building Induction courses
Process operations entails the operation of large
• Glove Box Operations Training
and often complex machinery and equipment,
• Monitored Workers / Classified Workers
making sure they run safely and efficiently.
courses
These skills are transferable to other fields
• Respirator Fit Test
such as environmental restoration or general
• PVC & Airfed Suit Training
engineering activities that are carried out within
• Crane Driving
many businesses in the chemical, polymer and
• Fork Lift Truck Driving
petrochemical industries.
• Basic Monitoring Techniques
• Disciplined Operations
Year one will be spent giving you a wide range
• Use of Power Tools
of engineering and nuclear related skills in
• Environmental & Waste Management Training
preparation for assessment on your NVQ
Level 2 in the workplace including basic hand
skills, maintenance skills, process measurement
and control.
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Nuclear Operator The Nuclear Operator Apprenticeship scheme is divided into two types of career paths
dependent upon employer requirements:
Intermediate Apprenticeship
1. Nuclear Plant Operators: 2. Decommissioning Operator:
These people are trained to operate and main- The role of the Nuclear Decommissioning
tain chemical and process plants that make Operative is to control and operate basic
a variety of products. Operators will monitor decommissioning plant and equipment efficiently
levels of flow, chemicals, and safely.
temperature, waste products and radiation.
They may take samples of products at They will report and investigate deviations
different stages of the processes in their build- from routine operating conditions and be able
ing and send them to another part of site for to deal with basic process problems. They are
analysis for the business, customers, UK and given the opportunity to progress to Nuclear
international agencies. Decommissioning Team Leader.
Some Plant Operators will be trained in plant
control rooms which are automated processes
What qualifications will I obtain on the Nuclear
to allow chemicals and products to be moved
Decommissioning Operator career path?
around the building or site in a controlled
• Functional Skills, Personal Learning and
manner. Other plants will manufacture
Thinking Skills/ Employee Rights and
products e.g. nuclear fuel pellets or put waste
Responsibilities
products into containers for UK and overseas
• Technical Certificate – BTEC Level 2
customers.
Certificate in Engineering or, BTEC Level 2
Diploma in Engineering
What qualifications will I obtain on the Nuclear
• Level 2 Diploma in Decommissioning
Plant Operator career path?
• Functional Skills, Personal Learning and
This is carried out on site placement and the
Thinking Skills/ Employee Rights and
modules will be agreed locally by each plant
Responsibilities
where the apprentice is assigned to.
• Level 2 Diploma in Process Operations
• Level 2 Diploma in Process Technology
Where will my training be delivered?
This is carried out on site placement and the
This apprenticeship is only available in West
modules will be agreed locally by each plant
Cumbria.
where the apprentice is assigned to.
The first year will be spent training in our
Energus facility at Lillyhall and you will be
employed by Gen2.
The second year will be in the workplace.
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Health Physics Monitor
Intermediate Apprenticeship
Pre-requisites: A minimum of four GCSE Grades
A-C (including Mathematics, English Language
and Science).
Successfully pass the Gen2 aptitude testing and a
satisfactory reference.
Minimum age is 18 at the start of the
programme, to comply with Classified
Workers requirements
Duration: 24 months
Location: West Cumbria
Wage: £2.73 per hour minimum.
What qualifications will I obtain? Duties and aspects of the role will also
• Functional skills, personal learning and include:
thinking skills/ employee rights and • Undertake clearance monitoring
responsibilities plus: • Function test radiation protection
• Radiation Safety Practice (RSP) Stage 1 instrumentation
• Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Radiological • Record radiation protection monitoring and
Protection survey results
• Award in Nuclear Industry Awareness (ANIA) • Working at heights via the use of ladders and
• IOSH Working Safely scaffolding
• Working in confined spaces
• Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
The role of a Health Physics Monitor
• Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment such
Apprentice:
as respirators and breathing
The principle function of a Health Physics Monitor
apparatus
is to provide a radiological safety and monitoring
• Obtaining information (readings),
service to customers in order to meet business
analysing the information and
needs to defined standards.
determining actions
• Understand the relevant health and safety
The role is to monitor radiation dose rates,
legislation with reference to the tasks, the
personnel, surface and airborne contamination,
plant and the actions required to control
recording the levels detected and responding
hazards
accordingly. Health Physics Monitors may also be
• To understand and have relevant
part of the emergency response arrangements.
background knowledge in science, the
principles involved in the operation,
maintenance of the processes and
equipment used
Where will my training be delivered?
You will attend one of our Skills Centres for your
initial induction and then you will be placed with
your employer.
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