LU Rail Engineering Technician (Vehicles maintenance) Apprenticeship

Year 1:

The first year is settling into London Underground. You will spend the first 3 months at our partner college in Enfield working on the fundamental engineering principles. You will then receive all the safety training and licencing to safely work on. After you have had all the safety training you start to be shadow the training maintainers at Ruislip Transplant depot rotating around the teams This is the time you will start to work on gathering knowledge for your qualifications. Also returning to college for short stints to achieve key engineering principal units. The qualifications are made up of knowledge questions and evidence of the work you have done

Year 2:

Your second year will be where you get hands on in the business learning from experienced train maintainers from focusing mainly at Ruislip on the engineering vehicles. However there will be opportunity for short placements on passage train depots across the network and the Railway Engineering Workshop. You will be expected to follow teams building up your confidence and practical knowledge As you continue on college block lease for knowledge and on the job, competency building this is a critical time to evidence and submit a large portion of your qualifications

Year 3:

With the fundamentals of engineering and the hands-on practical experience your final year is where you continue rotating around placements while complete your qualifications. At the end you will present your best work to an external engineering institute who will give the final sign off that you are a competent

Training:

Rail Engineering Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:

This is the time you will start to work on gathering knowledge for your qualifications Also returning to college for short stints to achieve key engineering principal units Your second year will be where you get hands on in the business learning from experienced train maintainers from focusing mainly at Ruislip on the engineering vehicles

Training Outcome:
Upon successful completion of this scheme, you could roll-off into a Train maintainer position which could lead to further career development opportunities such as Advanced Train Maintainer or Team leader positions

Employer Description:
London Underground's history dates back to 1863 when the world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, opened between Paddington and Farringdon, serving six intermediate stations. Since then the Underground network, affectionately nicknamed the Tube by generations of Londoners, has grown to 272 stations and 11 lines stretching deep into the Capital's suburbs and beyond.

Working Hours :
The apprenticeship scheme will involve working shift hours to include early, late, night and weekend shifts. This apprentice is based at Ruislip depot. With short stretch placements in other London locations. College is currently in Enfield

Skills:
Analytical skills,Proactive,Willingness to Learn