Cumnor Road Wootton
Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JW

Lowe & Oliver Ltd - Mechanical (Plumbing & Heating) Apprenticeship

Salary: £15,704 a year
Working Pattern: Full Time
Contract Type: Apprenticeship
Closing Date: Mon 01 Sep 2025 - 11:59 pm UTC
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Lowe & Oliver Ltd - Mechanical (Plumbing & Heating) Apprenticeship

Summary

Would you like to be responsible for the installation, maintenance, and repair of plumbing and heating systems? This apprenticeship will teach you to become a competent plumbing and heating engineer.

Annual wage: £15,704 a year
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Training course: Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)

Hours
Monday to Friday 7.30am to 4.00pm
40.0 hours a week

Possible start date: Tuesday 16 September 2025

Duration: 4 Years

Positions available: 3

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

The plumbing and heating component is a key part of the construction industry and therefore plumbing and heating engineers are generally responsible for the installation, maintenance, and repair of mechanical services, both inside and outside buildings and structures such as houses, hospitals, schools, factories and shops etc. However, all plumbing and heating engineers will have a broad range of similar technical knowledge and practical skills to enable them to carry out their work safely and correctly.

Some of the things that a plumbing and heating engineer will be expected to do are:

  • Install, maintain and repair mechanical services (e.g. boilers, pipework, air conditioning, hot and cold water systems, ventilation)
  • Work indoors and outdoors and be prepared to sometimes work at height
  • Work with little or no supervision; relying on their own initiative. Be prepared to travel away from home
  • Develop good working relationships with people
  • Read both building and engineering drawings
  • Select (within limits) materials and equipment
  • Inspect and test plumbing and heating systems
  • Diagnose and rectify faults on a range of circuits and equipment
  • Write reports

As you can see, the job of the plumbing and heating engineer is varied and interesting and can offer a challenging career. Consequently, the training programme that you will be following as an apprentice has been designed to help you by meeting and delivering training to these standards and expectations.

Where you’ll work

Cumnor Road Wootton
Boars Hill
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 5JW

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

ABINGDON AND WITNEY COLLEGE

Your training course

Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)

Your training plan

  • Level 3 Diploma in Plumbing and Heating
  • Dedicated training at a college or training centre
  • Day/Block release depends on college selected
  • On-site, work-based assessments
  • Assessment of competence
  • Functional skills if required for Level 2 English and Level 2 maths
  • Apprenticeship starts from sign up date

Requirements

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

Candidates will be required to have a minimum of Level 4 in English, Maths and Science. You will also be required to have completed the assessments on your profile for English & Maths and completed a colour vision test from the optician for Electrical only.

About this company

As a well-respected Employer, we provide a range of services to a variety of existing buildings and new projects. We can also cater for testing and commissioning of any installation. Customer satisfaction is our top priority, and all our employees are professional, friendly, honest, and polite. We guarantee all our work and carry out each job safely, diligently, and efficiently to ensure that clients receive high-quality, cost-effective workmanship that fully meets their needs and expectations.

https://www.loweoliver.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • The advertised apprentice wage will increase yearly or upon completion of progressive stages
  • After initially qualifying, you could go on to supervisory roles, senior management positions

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LOWE AND OLIVER LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000294827.

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Closes on Monday 01 September 2025

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