Electrical Apprentice
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Company: Hyde Housing Association
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Location: Rochester, ME1 1FF
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £25,000.00 per year
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Sector: Construction and the built environment
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Ref: NAS-2000038373
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Application Deadline Date: 10/07/2026
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Start Date: 03/09/2026
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Positions Available: 2
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Working Week: 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Thursday. 8.30am to 4pm on Friday.
Brief Description
Support delivery of efficient, flexible and professional repair, servicing and installation work, providing high-quality repairs and improving resident satisfaction. Develop skills and knowledge in property maintenance while completing an electrical apprenticeship, working to Electrical and HSE regulations and achieving full qualifications.
Training to be Provided
Apprenticeships include a mandatory 1-day a week away from working for specialist training at The Electrical Academy campus. Gaining additional practical and theoretical skills.
Campus Address: Unit 1, Union Park, Bircholt Road, Maidstone ME15 9XT, UK.
Future Prospects
Without being able to guarantee employment at the stage of completion. Hyde endeavour to secure apprentices who have performed well throughout their apprenticeship journey, into improver roles when apprenticeships have been successfully achieved.
Vacancy Detail
- Maintain and monitor the supply, stock, and use of electrical trade materials, ensuring only quality materials are utilised for any repair work undertaken enhancing the standard level of properties and service The Hyde Group offers customers.
- Exercise and promote the highest levels of duty, care, and safety within all working environments to minimise any exposure to risk for all Hyde Group employees, properties, and customers
Communicate effectively to our customers in their homes and demonstrate excellent customer care skills. - Assist and learn, training alongside qualified electricians in the delivery of works such as rewires, remedial works, installation of smoke detectors, test and inspections and day-to-day responsive repairs and maintenance
- Learn, understand, and adhere to all safe systems of work, health and safety requirements, policies, and risk management guidelines to always ensure safe working procedures. Always wear personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Ensure any tools or machinery are operated following approved safety instructions/regulations. Report any accidents occurring or dangerous incidents and near misses promptly to both health & safety and other relevant managers.
- Report any accidents occurring or dangerous incidents promptly to both health & safety and other relevant managers.
- Demonstrate appropriate behaviours to ensure that an excellent service delivery is maintained in all aspects of the role.
- Demonstrating professional representation of the company through appropriate professional behaviours.
- Apply all knowledge, behaviours and skill attributes being achieved during the apprenticeship to your role at work.
- Adhere to all Hyde Group policies and procedures.
- Combine the experience and skills gained in undertaking site work with academic and technical achievements at college to complete the qualification standard.
- Adhere with all apprenticeship provider requirements by attending all training, assessment, and study day releases.
- Develop skills in creating comprehensive documents and projects to demonstrate strong administrative skills.
- As part of your personal and professional development work with your line manager, mentor, and provider coach to map your progress during the apprenticeship and next career steps.
- Ensure you maintain clear communication with your support network and other tradespeople. Attending regular 121 meetings with your line manager, coach, mentor, and college tutors to ensure attendance and on programme schedules are maintained.
- Over the duration of the apprenticeship, adopt an enthusiastic attitude towards learning and developing new trade skills, demonstrating an ability to carry out electrical installations, industry standards and the fundamental principles of electricity, including circuits, voltage, current, resistance and power, boiler wiring and all aspects of electrical responsive works by the end of the apprenticeship.
- Apply all knowledge, behaviours and skill attributes achieved during the apprenticeship to your role. Performing fault finding diagnosis, rectification procedures, installation decommissioning, commissioning processes.
- Adopt the knowledge, of electrical principles, and competencies required to become a qualified electrical operative associated with a wide range of electrical systems and accredited industry trade organisations, including NICEIC, NAPIT, ELECSA, JIB Institute of Engineering and Technology, Electrical Industry Board for ECS and Building Safety Regulations.
- Engage and support promoting your success at Hyde with our personal and professional development activities, and to create opportunities to mould your future.
- Apprentices will be required to travel 4 days a week to our customers up to 1-hr 30 mins distance from Rochester.
Other Information
Recruitment requirements will include:
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
- Able to provide contact details for suitable character references.
- Able to provide documentation which confirms residency in the UK, Europe Switzerland, or Gibraltar for three years or more, and have proof of residency.
- International candidates must, in addition, have a visa for the duration of the qualification plus one year, and proof of this will be required.