
Rail Engineering Advanced Technicians provide technical solutions across The Railway. The engineering disciplines cover the following areas of “The Railway” (infrastructure and trains); track (including minor works), overhead line, electrification, signalling, telecommunications, traction & rolling stock and rail systems. Apprentices will undertake the core learning and also specialise in one particular discipline.
Completing this apprenticeship you will gain the skills to:
You will also have:
Individual employers will set the selection criteria for their Apprenticeships. Employers who recruit candidates without GCSE English or Maths at Grade C or above must ensure that the candidate achieves a Level 2 equivalent standard prior to taking the end-point assessment.
Ideally you must have achieved the Level 3 Rail Engineering Technician prior to commencing the Level 4 Advanced Technician role.
Included in the training are online or class-based lessons for the Knowledge qualification, observations and work-based assessment to measure the level of competency, regular progress reviews to support and set SMART targets and ongoing support from tutor/assessor throughout the apprenticeship.
During the apprenticeship, you will cover both elements:
Hitachi, Eurostar, Alstom, London Underground, Network Rail, Balfour Beatty, Cola
This is a Level 4 Apprenticeship. On completion of apprentice will have satisfied the requirements for registration as an Engineering Technician by the relevant Professional Engineering Institutions.