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Handypersons carry out minor repairs and small jobs in people's homes and businesses.
You can take a short course in DIY skills at college. This can be a good starting point and useful when applying for jobs. There are no set Entry requirements for this route.
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You can volunteer to help out with DIY jobs for a housing association or a charity. This can give you the chance to pick up skills and make contacts, which may lead to paid work.
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With experience, you could become a team leader or jobs coordinator with a service and repair company. You could also move into related areas of work like caretaking. With formal qualifications you could become a qualified tradesperson, like a carpenter or plumber.
Windscreen fitters repair and replace damaged glass on cars, vans, buses and lorries.
Food factory workers make frozen, tinned, baked and dried products.
Foundry moulders make moulds to shape molten metal into castings used to make parts for industry.
Dry cleaners use chemicals and solvents to clean clothes and other items that cannot be washed in the normal way.
Motor vehicle breakdown engineers help people whose vehicles have broken down.
Telecoms engineers work on satellite, digital TV and fibre optic systems, and install broadband, mobile and landline phone networks.
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Trainee Gas EngineerReference & Location: REQ4326, LondonAverage Earnings: 37,945 per annumSalary: 27.3k per annum (increase to 30.3k upon successful completion of probationary period)Are you ready to embark on an exciting career journey as our Trainee Gas Engineer in the Home Counties?We’re looking for exceptional Trainee Gas Engineers, and here’s the catch - we’re not interested in your CV!We want to uncover your values, skills, and cognitive abilities to enrich our team and promote diversity and inclusion. We are currently looking for Trainee Gas Engineers to support our Engineers in repairing, replacing, and laying new gas mains and services.
Start date: 13th January 2025.Base Location: Basingstoke Sewer Treatment Works RG24 8LL.Working hours: 38 hours per week. (Start time 09:00 am when onsite. Hours will vary when attending training or college).Programme Length: 12 Months End point assessment (3-6 months).Training provider details: Seetec Outsource Training and Skills.Qualification you will obtain: Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC) and (CE ) license.Other immediate demands: You must hold a valid UK driving license and be at least 18 years of age to complete the apprenticeship programme.Competitive starting salary of 20,000 per annum and following completion of your apprenticeship you will offboard on a starting salary of 38,126 to 47,674 per annum depending on your shift pattern.
Join us as a graduateBe part of solving one of the greatest problems we’ve ever faced - climate change. When you’re ready to start applying, discover the different programmes making a difference to the future of the energy system.
For all our programmes, wed like you to have an honours degree at 2:2 (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline. We have various programmes on offer some of which are listed below:EngineeringBusiness and CommercialDataCyberLand ManagementTechnologySustainability
Roles available in Tipton, Bristol, Cardiff and Castle DoningtonYou’ll need to achieve a minimum 2:2 in a Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Mathematics, Sciences or Data Sciences degree discipline. It doesnt matter when you graduated or if you are currently working towards your qualification. We just need you to be eager to apply your knowledge in a real-world setting. Due to the amount of travel to our site locations, you’ll need to have a full valid UK driving license that allows you to drive in the UK. Youll need flexibility to travel within role and throughout your rotations as required. To be eligible to apply for this role, candidates must be able to demonstrate that they will have the legal right to work in the UK for the duration of the graduate programme. If you do not currently have the right to work in the UK, or your visa is due to expire during the period of the graduate scheme, please indicate this in your application and we will consider your eligibility for visa sponsorship and whether it would be appropriate to take your application forward.
As youll be joining our 18-month graduate programme, youll have a tailored development pathway to support you as you develop a wide range of leadership, business, and technical skills. Youll attend in-person and virtual development sessions throughout your programme to equip you with the essential skills required, as you begin your career at National Grid. Were committed to the personal development of our colleagues so as well as the support from your line manager as you navigate your new role, youll also have access to 121 coaching and a mentor, from a previous cohort to help you transition from campus to corporate life. All graduates complete the core development programme to develop key skills such as how to make an impact, giving feedback and presentation skills. Aligned to this role is our Engineering pathway and as part of this youll develop further key technical skills aligned to your role as well as important learning modules such as working safely. If relevant to your career aspirations, you will be able to access Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) membership and seek support from a National Grid IET mentor to help you secure your chartership. We believe in the importance of getting as much on-the-job experience as possible and to do this, you will complete three 6-month placements, across the UK, designed to deepen your understanding of your speciality but to also broaden your knowledge of our business. At the end of your 18-month programme youll return to your initial placement area to kickstart your superpowered career.You’ll need to achieve a minimum 2:2 in a degree based on electrical principles, such as electrical engineering, power systems engineering or electronics.. It doesnt matter when you graduated or if you are currently working towards your qualification. We just need you to be eager to apply your knowledge in a real-world setting. Due to the amount of travel to our site locations, you’ll need to have a full valid UK driving license that allows you to drive in the UK. Youll need flexibility to travel within role and throughout your rotations as required.
You’ll need to achieve a minimum 2:2 in an engineering related degree discipline. It doesnt matter when you graduated or if you are currently working towards your qualification. We just need you to be eager to apply your knowledge in a real-world setting. Youll need flexibility to travel within role and throughout your rotations as required. Due to the amount of travel to our site locations, youll need to have a valid full UK Driving License. This role is based in Warwick offering flexible hybrid working, where possible.We are proud to offer a graduate starting salary of 34,895.
You’ll need to achieve a minimum 2:2 in an degree relating to Town & Country Planning, Environment Assessment or Sustainability. It doesnt matter when you graduated or if you are currently working towards your qualification. We just need you to be eager to apply your knowledge in a real-world setting. Youll need flexibility to travel within role and throughout your rotations as required.This role is based in Leeds offering flexible hybrid working, where possible. As part of the role you will also be expected to travel. Please note; we also have a similar role based in Bristol (req.61075), Warwick (req.61079) or London (req.61080).We are proud to offer a graduate starting salary of 34,895.
You’ll need to achieve a minimum 2:2 in an degree relating to Town & Country Planning, Environment Assessment or Sustainability. It doesnt matter when you graduated or if you are currently working towards your qualification. We just need you to be eager to apply your knowledge in a real-world setting. Youll need flexibility to travel within role and throughout your rotations as required.This role is based in Bristol offering flexible hybrid working, where possible. As part of the role you will also be expected to travel. Please note; we also have a similar role based in Leeds (req.61078), Warwick (req.61079) or London (req.61080).We are proud to offer a graduate starting salary of 34,895.
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