Starting at College
Induction
Your first part of the college attendance will be devoted to induction and will include a discussion of:
Structure of the industry
- Brief industry history
- Industry sectors (installation/maintenance/manufacturing)
- Contractors (main and subcontractors)
- Industry/employer bodies
- Trade unions
- The JIB
- Engineering Services and their National Working Rules
- JTL.
Processes and trades
- The work of the electrician/plumber
- Working with other trades
- Site organisation (clients, architects, consulting engineers etc)
- Site safety (rules, regulations, responsibilities etc).
Conditions of employment
- Wages
- Hours (rules, time sheets, overtime etc)
- Holiday arrangements and pay
- Trade union membership
- JIB registration
- Sickness benefit
- Redundancy payment
- Contract of employment
- Income tax
- National Insurance contributions
- Health, safety and welfare
Employers (general guidance)
- Company structure
- Who does what
- Rules and regulations
- Sickness and other reporting systems
- The customer
Your training and education
- Stages of the JTL apprenticeship
- Course pattern and duration
- Course content
- Key Skills
- College/centre rules (attendance times, emergency procedures etc)
- Health and safety (regulations, emergency procedures, workshop policy etc.)
Your First Day At College
Career development and progression
- Apprenticeship scheme
- NVQs
- Further education courses (City & Guilds and BTEC)
- Government funding and the role of the Learning and Skills Council
- JIB grading
Your employer is also expected to give you a full induction, following a range of topics advised by JTL. Once induction has been completed, the course proper begins and will include practical training.
