Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship
-
Company: MURRAY TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED
-
Location: Hampshire, SO51 9DG
-
Type: Apprenticeship
-
Salary: £16,640.00 per year
-
Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
-
Ref: NAS-2000031226
-
Application Deadline Date: 31/07/2026
-
Start Date: 07/09/2026
-
Positions Available: 1
-
Working Week: At SETA Monday- Thursday 8am- 4.15pm/ Friday 8am- 3 pm At Employer Monday- Friday 8:00 am- 4:30 pm
Brief Description
The Southampton Engineering Training Association (SETA) is supporting Murray Technical Services Limited to recruit a Level 3 Engineering Fitter (electrical) Apprentice to join their Engineering team, develop within the organisation and train in all aspects of control systems.
Training to be Provided
Apprentices will undertake a Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard programme. This will include a full-time period of practical workshop based ‘off-the-job’ training at SETA’s Apprenticeship Centre in Southampton.
You will also begin a knowledge qualification (depending on your prior attainments) where you will be required to attend SETA one day a week over two academic years.
After your initial training at SETA, you will be with your employer working on developing your skills; ultimately leading to your End Point Assessment.
SETA will make regular visits during this period of time to ensure you will covering all the required aspects of the Standard, which includes a practical element, a theory test and a professional discussion, regarding the work achieved with your employer.
These final tests are administered by an independent assessment organisation and take place in the last three months of the apprenticeship.
Future Prospects
Once the apprenticeship has been completed there are plenty of opportunities for further training and personal development.
With further training and experience gained, then the other routes within the business are:
- Workshop Panel wiring
- Site Electrician
- Electrical Supervisor
- Assistant Testing & Commissioning
- Assistant Project Engineer
- Assistant Design Engineer
- Commissioning Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Design Engineer
Vacancy Detail
As an apprentice, you’ll work at Murray Tech and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff. The apprenticeship tasks/focus will be around training in all aspects of control systems as well as gaining extensive knowledge of engineering materials.
Apprentices will be working as part of the team, working to complete the requirements of the Fitter Standard. To ensure you gain the experience you will:
- Gain an understanding of General Arrangement & Schematic Drawings
- Gain an understanding of components and how they operate
- Laying out / fitting out back plates and doors
- Wiring control panels
- Get an understanding of pump / motor starting and control applications; DOL, ASD, Soft Start, VFD
- Carrying out point to point checks
- Carry out torque checks
- Get involved in the functionality and testing with a Test Engineer
- Installing cable containment on site
- Installing SWA Power supply, control & instrument cabling
- Glanding & termination of cables
- Installing field Junction Boxes / Isolators, Emergency Stops & Support Frames
- Installation of level equipment & support frames
- Installation of lighting systems
- Setting up field instrument devices
- BS7671 Testing
Other Information
We mainly work within the Water & Data Industry. As well as working within the workshop you will also be working on customers sites. Due to space constraints, parking at SETA is not available for apprentices who drive, instead you will be required to find alternative parking locally. There will be also be opportunities to work overtime during the week & weekend. This will be rate x1.5 & x2 on a Sunday.