This apprenticeship standard is in the process of being revised. In the meantime, the version below remains approved for delivery. Further details of this and other occupational standards are available in the revisions and adjustments status report.
Maintenance and repair of building services, such as: ventilation, heating, water supply.
Building Services Engineering Service and Maintenance Engineer
Building Services Engineering makes buildings work. Service and Maintenance Engineers play a key role in planning and completing a range of maintenance work encompassing industrial and commercial building services engineering systems such as ventilating, heating, water supply, waste (effluent discharge) and drainage. This includes related electrical isolation, disconnection, reconnection and reactivation. They also complete planned preventative maintenance and undertake any required remedial repairs. In addition, they monitor and manage the operation of plant and equipment through building and energy management systems.
They ensure these systems continue to operate to their design specification. They undertake work with a high level of autonomy and require highly developed diagnostic skills, detailed knowledge of system operating principles and the ability to take responsibility for fault finding, fault diagnosis, repair and maintenance of systems, components and equipment found in industrial and commercial buildings like office blocks, shopping centres, hotels, factories, schools and hospitals.
Dealing with clients is an important aspect of Service and Maintenance Engineers work, to ensure maintenance activities are undertaken with minimum down time and impact on the buildings use.
They are able to demonstrate competence in the health and safety, communication, quality control and environmental requirements appropriate to their scope of work.
Service and Maintenance Engineers are able to work within occupied and unoccupied buildings and facilities on their own, proficiently and without supervision, in the most appropriate, efficient and economical manner. They must adhere to safe working practices without endangering themselves or others.
Knowledge |
Understand what is required to undertake building services engineering planned preventative maintenance and rectification activities within buildings including: |
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Working Safely |
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Working Sustainably |
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Planning and Preparing |
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Undertaking Planned and Reactive Maintenance |
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Skills |
Undertake building services engineering planned preventative maintenance and rectification activities within buildings by: |
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Working Safely |
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Planning, Preparing and Working Sustainably |
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Undertaking and Finishing Planned and Reactive Maintenance |
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Behaviours |
Undertake building services engineering planned preventative maintenance and rectification activities within buildings by: |
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Communicating Effectively |
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Working Effectively and Efficiently |
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Taking Responsibility |
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Managing Tasks |
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Working with Others |
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Continuing Personal Development |
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Working Ethically |
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It is unlikely that individuals entering this apprenticeship without previous experience will complete the apprenticeship in less than 36 months, and a typical completion time is likely to be 48 months.
Individual employers will identify any relevant entry requirements in terms of previous qualifications, trainability tests, or other criteria. Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to the completion of their Apprenticeship.
This is a level 3 Apprenticeship
This standard will be reviewed in 3 years
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Version | Change detail | Earliest start date | Latest start date | Latest end date |
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1.0 | Approved for delivery. | 12/09/2017 | Not set | Not set |