L3 Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Standard

Apprenticeships are work-based courses which involve learning and gaining qualifications while working for
an employer. An apprentice works at the employer’s premises, gaining practical experience and skills while working towards a qualification which is relevant to their job.

Maintenance & Operations Engineering Technicians maintain the safety, integrity and effective operation of plant and equipment and cover the following job roles:

• Electrical Technicians
• Mechanical Technicians
• Control & Instrumentation Technicians
• Process Control Technicians
• Electromechanical Technicians
• Plant Operations Technicians

Electrical/Mechanical/Control and Instrumentation will work on various types of plant and equipment commonly found throughout the Engineering Industry
sectors and the Technicians can be expected to migrate through these sectors during the course of their careers.
Dependent upon the sector that they are employed in there may be subtle differences in terms of the
composition and application of the plant and equipment. However, the fundamental principles of operation will be the same regardless of the engineering sector.
To support the business and operational requirements of modern integrated engineered production plant and services, Electrical Systems and Process Control Technicians and Electromechanical Technicians
will need to apply a range of conventional skills and knowledge to undertake engineering activities on a selection of electromechanical and process control plant, systems and equipment.

These Technicians will undertake installation, testing, servicing, removal, replacement, maintenance
and repair of a range of equipment, sometimes complex, as part of planned preventative and reactive maintenance programmes. They may also undertake decommissioning activities when plant is being removed from service.

Plant Operation Technicians will undertake the safe and efficient operation of complex integrated energy conversion and production plant and systems. These activities could include plant commissioning, isolation and testing, plant preparation, plant start-up and shut down, monitoring and controlling plant and dealing with critical operational problems.

They will be responsible for the quality of their own work, possibly others’ and ensuring the work is completed safely, meets stakeholder quality, time and budget requirements, whilst maintaining the efficient running of plant and equipment.

The knowledge, skills and behaviours for this role will be developed over the duration of the apprenticeship.
Maths and English will be embedded within the apprenticeship.