Career Opportunities
Electrotechnical
- Installation Electrician
- Electrotechnical Panel Builder
- Instrumentation Engineer
- Electrical Repair and Rewind
- Highway Electrical Systems Installer
- Maintenance Electrician
- Public Street Lighting Engineer
Plumbing
Heating and Ventilation
- Heating and Ventilating Engineer
- Domestic Heating Engineer
- Fitter/Welder
- Commissioning Engineer
- Consulting Engineer
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
- Air Conditioning Engineer
- Refrigeration Engineer
- Service and Maintenance
- Commissioning Engineer
- Consulting Engineeer
All these jobs can, with more training and experience, lead to a career as:
- Computer aided designer
- Design engineer
- Contract/Project Manager
- Technical Manager
- Commissioning Engineer
- Consulting Engineer
- Estimator
Or you can even run your own business.
Installation electrician:
An installation electrician is responsible for installing and commissioning modern electrical systems within building. This can include power, lighting, fire protection, security and structure cabling.
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Electrotechnical panel builder:
An electrotechnical panel builder uses programmable logic controllers and information technology to build and manage the eletrical control panels that ultimately control a building's heating ventilation air conditioning and refrigeration equipment.
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Instrumentation engineer:
The job of instrumentation engineer involves commissioning, testing, fault finding and repairing of building environmental control systems, such as large air conditioning units, heating and refrigeration.
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Electrical repair and rewind:
Skilled electrical repair and rewind specialists are required to repair and maintain equipment and machinery such as transformers, compressors, pumps and fans within buildings.
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Highway electrical systems electrician:
Highway electrical systems play an important part in our everyday lives; trained highway electrical systems electricians ensure that our street lighting, including traffic management systems, are continuously managed and maintained to a high standard.
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Maintenance electrician:
Maintenance electricians ensure that modern electrical systems and the equipment they serve run effectively and efficiently.
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Public street light engineer:
Public street lighting plays an important part of our everyday lives; highly trained public lighting engineers ensure that our street lighting, including traffic management systems, are continuously managed and maintained to a high standard.
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Plumber:
Modern buildings require sanitation, heating, hot and cold water systems in addition to sheet lead weathering. A qualified plumber is responsible for the installation and maintenance of these systems.
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Industrial / Commercial plumber:
Industrial and commercial plumbers concentrate on designing, installing and maintaining complex sanitation systems and providing hot and cold water services to large buildings such as offices, schools, hospitals and factories.
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Gas fitter:
Skilled gas fitters use their knowledge to ensure that gas systems and appliances are installed, tested and maintained to a high standard.
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Sheet metal weathering specialist:
Specialist plumbers develop and install intricate weathering systems to protect buildings from rainwater. Generally this type of work is carried out on listed, historical and commercial buildings.
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H & V engineers install and commission complex heating and ventilating systems to ensure that large buildings (office blocks, hospitals, factories, schools etc) provide a comfortable living of working environment.
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Domestic heating engineer:
Domestic heating engineers ensure domestic central heating systems are installed and maintained coorectly and function efficiently.
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Engineer ductwork installer:
A ductwork installer installs the systems that provide clean air and / or removes used air as part of a buildings ventilation system.
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Fitter/welder:
many building services projects require large steel pipe work. This pipe work carries the fluids and gases required by teh building and must be installed with a high degree of skill and accuracy. This is the function of the fitter/welder.
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Commissioning engineer:
Commissioning engineers ensure that the engineering service systems within a building meet the original design specification and all the HVAC&R systems fulfill the desired operation criteria.
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Consulting engineer:
Each industry will have a range of specialist engineers. These consulting engineers provide commercial services and advice to other members of the building team.
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Air conditioning engineer:
An air conditioning engineer is responsible for controlling and maintaining the quality, temperature and humidity of air within modern buildings.
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Refrigeration engineer:
Refrigeration engineers install and maintain refrigeration systems used widely throughout the UK in places such as supermarkets, hospitals, food processing and research establishments.
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Service and maintenance engineer:
Skilled service and maintenance engineers are required to programme and carry out regular maintenance and repairs on all equipment within the HVAC&R sector.
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