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Gas & Plumbing Apprentice - Birmingham, West Midlands County
| Posting date: | 18 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,046 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 April 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands County, B37 7YD |
| Company: | Platform Housing Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1088364 |
Summary
Do you want to build your career in Trades in a growing, successful business?
Do you want to train in Gas and Plumbing?
We are looking for Gas and Plumbing Apprentices to join our team based in Solihull and Nuneaton.
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 over 48,000 homes across the Midlands. Part of Platform Housing Group, with over 1,800 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 a Gas & Plumbing Apprentice?
As a Gas and Plumbing Apprentice, 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 learn about how Gas Engineers ensure our customer’s homes are warm and that boilers and heating systems are well maintained to a high and safe standard. 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 Gas Engineering Operative Apprenticeship standard at Level 3 by attending Birmingham Met College (or similar provider) one day a week, alongside learning and working with experienced operatives during the rest of the week.
On successful completion of the Gas Engineering Operative 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
• Grade 4 or above GCSE or equivalent in Maths
Some things you need to know
• This Apprentice will be joining a team based in Solihull and Nuneaton, so applicants need to live in this area to be considered for this role.
• This is a Level 3 course lasting 2 years
• Ideally you would need to hold a full driving licence, this is not essential initially, but the role is mobile so would be required to be achieved
• We only need you to complete an application form, where you will be asked to answer some questions about why this role interests you. You do not need a CV. To do this please click the apply button.
• We will hold an Assessment Event for this role. This will consist of an Interview and a practical assessment. If you are shortlisted to attend this, you will be contacted either by text, email or by telephone to be booked in.
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 PPCRecruitment@platformhg.com.
Do you want to train in Gas and Plumbing?
We are looking for Gas and Plumbing Apprentices to join our team based in Solihull and Nuneaton.
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 over 48,000 homes across the Midlands. Part of Platform Housing Group, with over 1,800 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 a Gas & Plumbing Apprentice?
As a Gas and Plumbing Apprentice, 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 learn about how Gas Engineers ensure our customer’s homes are warm and that boilers and heating systems are well maintained to a high and safe standard. 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 Gas Engineering Operative Apprenticeship standard at Level 3 by attending Birmingham Met College (or similar provider) one day a week, alongside learning and working with experienced operatives during the rest of the week.
On successful completion of the Gas Engineering Operative 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
• Grade 4 or above GCSE or equivalent in Maths
Some things you need to know
• This Apprentice will be joining a team based in Solihull and Nuneaton, so applicants need to live in this area to be considered for this role.
• This is a Level 3 course lasting 2 years
• Ideally you would need to hold a full driving licence, this is not essential initially, but the role is mobile so would be required to be achieved
• We only need you to complete an application form, where you will be asked to answer some questions about why this role interests you. You do not need a CV. To do this please click the apply button.
• We will hold an Assessment Event for this role. This will consist of an Interview and a practical assessment. If you are shortlisted to attend this, you will be contacted either by text, email or by telephone to be booked in.
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 PPCRecruitment@platformhg.com.
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