Engineering & Maintainance
Maintenance Engineers are likely to be responsible for the maintenance and repair of engineered systems, both inside and outside buildings and structures such as houses, hospitals, schools, factories and shops etc.
A maintenance engineer’s job will vary and be dependent upon the type and range of work that their employer does. However, all plumbers 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 duties that a maintenance engineer may be expected to carry out include:
- Carry out fault diagnosis on services and engineered systems;
- 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 all relevant people;
- use engineering drawings and documents in maintenance activities;
- maintain mechanical and electrical equipment;
- maintain workplace environmental control systems, heating and ventilation systems, gas distribution systems and other equipment
- select (within limits) materials and equipment;
- carry out planned maintenance on engineered systems;
- prepare written reports.
As you can see the job of the maintenance engineer is varied and interesting and can offer a challenging career. Consequently, the training programme that your son or daughter will be following as a JTL apprentice is capable of preparing them by meeting and delivering training to these standards and expectations.
Visit the SEMTA website to find out more about the career options available and the type of work involved.
