Course details

Electrical Fitting & Assembly Apprentice Unit

HETA’s Electrical Fitting & Assembly Apprentice Unit is designed to help levy-paying employers develop practical electrical capability within their existing workforce.

The programme is ideal for employees who are not currently apprentices and who would benefit from broader electrical knowledge, whether that is an operator moving into a more technical role or an engineer looking to cross-skill.

How it works

The programme is delivered over 10 days of practical training, followed by a formal assessment.

Training is focused on developing practical, job-relevant electrical skills in a hands-on environment, with the assessment used to confirm the learner’s competence at the end of the programme.

Successful delegates will receive a Skills England certificate in Electrical Fitting and Assembly.

Funding

The Electrical Apprentice Unit costs £1,650 per person and can be funded through an employer’s apprenticeship levy.

This gives levy-paying employers an opportunity to use existing levy funds to develop the skills of their current workforce without taking the cost from their wider training budget.

Delegates must be existing employees who are not currently apprentices.

Course content

The Electrical Fitting & Assembly unit includes practical training in:

• Electrical safety

• Electrical fault finding

• Relays

• Diodes

• Resistors

• Three-phase supply

• Visual inspection of motors

• Voltages

Who is it aimed at?

The programme is suitable for employers looking to:

• Cross-skill existing engineers

• Develop operators with greater technical capability

• Build electrical knowledge within maintenance or production teams

• Give employees greater understanding of electrical systems and equipment

• Increase flexibility and capability across their engineering workforce

No previous engineering qualification is required.

The unit is available at HETA’s Hull, Grimsby and Scunthorpe centres, with rolling cohorts available from November.