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Fire, Emergency & Security Technician Apprenticeship

K10 Apprenticeships Limited, Mid Florida, FL, United States


Fire, Emergency & Security Technician Apprenticeship
About The Role
“The Heathrow Shared Apprenticeship Scheme is one of the UK’s most exciting apprenticeship programmes. The scheme provides career changing opportunities for residents close to the airport.”

Job Description
The broad purpose of this occupation is to protect individuals and properties from risk and danger. This might mean installing Fire, Emergency and Security Systems to detect intrusion, provide surveillance, monitor and control access to buildings, properties and sites, or to detect fire and emergencies. Technicians would use a wide range of systems using various communication technologies with electrical and electronic components. Duties typically include:

Planning, installation, testing, commissioning and handover of fire or security systems equipment

Carrying out preventative and corrective maintenance

Fault diagnosis of systems and their components

Working in accordance with customer specification and industry regulations

Working with designs, specifications and installation manuals

Planning and completing first‑fix cable runs using the correct methods of containment and protection

Isolating communication links to remote monitoring centres, testing links and reinstating

Carrying out programming and configuration of all fire or security systems and training users on the operations

Completing the commissioning and handover procedure of a system

K10 is a disability‑confident employer, proud to support apprentices in the workplace and at college. The K10 team is trained in assisting learners with varying levels of support and guidance.

If you have any disabilities or require reasonable adjustments in the interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

Typical Working Week
40 hours per week with start time between 07:00 and 08:00 inclusive of paid 8 hours at college.

Person Specification

Proactive approach, taking pride in their work and taking accountability for decisions.

A love of variety in a role and ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast‑paced working environment.

Ability to quickly prioritise tasks and the initiative to dive head‑first into problem solving.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills and enjoy working with multiple teams.

Ability to analyse and interpret information and effectively communicate this to different team members and audiences.

Ability to visit different sites and training days.

Curiosity to learn quickly in a reactive and dynamic working environment.

Able to understand and follow health and safety protocols.

Minimum Requirements
English and Maths at GCSE Grade 4 / C or above, or Functional Skills at Level 2 or above.

Key Training/College Information
K10 will enroll you in the Level 3 Fire Emergency and Security Systems Technician course and fund your qualifications through an accredited training provider.

The apprenticeship duration is 36 months.

To start this apprenticeship, you’ll need to be:

Living in England for the last 3 years and have right to work status.

Not enrolled on any other courses.

18+ due to site H&S rules.

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