Technical Engineer Review

My role is to learn how to become a gas technical engineer. I attend the British Gas academy which is located in dartford there I am given most of my training and the rest if out with an engineer where we visit customers houses servicing and fixing issues with the boilers/heating systems

I have learnt a lot in the time I have been here including all matters of gas safety, piping, wiring, heating systems, boiler types, instantaneous water heaters, back boiler and warm air units and how they function and the different safety components within them. And how they work to keep people safe

I enjoy being hands on. Taking apart boilers and rebuilding them knowing where each component goes. Re piping and wiring central heating systems. Meeting new people, experiencing new things and Learning new skills that will better me in the future when I become a fully qualified gas safe technical engineer.

We have a two yearly timetable where we know exactly what we are going to be doing before we get to the British Gas academy in dartford. At the beginning of the week we will go through what we are going to be doing and then we are guided by our mentor

As we had started the apprenticeship during the COVID 19 pandemic the company was very supportive. They managed to find a way of us doing a lot of the theory side of the learning from home with our learning development manager hosting team meeting Monday to Friday every week meaning we could stay safe as well as starting our apprenticeship

Our learning development manager is always there should we have any questions even when we are not at the British Gas academy in dartford. He is very detailed when explaining which makes it really easy to understand what he is teaching. He will give us one to one help should we require it

As I have no background in plumbing, gas or electrics everything I learn here is helping me perform better. Before I could not wire up a central heating system and now I am more then comfortable to jump in and have it done, working safely. It has also helped me with understanding more efficient ways of working

Due to the current COVID 19 pandemic there has been no extra curricular activities but when such time comes there are many different things that that we can be a part of. I know there are many groups doing different things throughout the year normally and they are always getting people to join in.

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I was originally recommended by a friend who was a smart engineer who come through the smart engineer apprenticeship with British Gas. It is a fun and informative place to work and you can see people take great pride in what they do. I would and have recommend the apprenticeship to friends and family

Don’t hesitate to do so, you would be hard pushed to find an apprenticeship program who pay as much and invest so much into each individual. On day one you get a new van with all of your tools and uniform and things are always being added to. 100% would recommend