Offered E-On apprenticeship

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Ive been offered a 3 year E-on apprenticeship as a Gas Installation Engineer.

Im really in a pickle over whether to accept it or not. Basically i currently work in an office and have done since leaving school 8 years ago. I was recently made redundant from my job but moved to another department in a new role to continue employment with my local council.

I applied ot the apprenticeship because it looked like a good oppurtunity and im led to believe gas and heating installion/repair is very well paid?

If i accepted it would mean my wages dropping by a third. It does go up after each year but only by about £1200 each year until fully qualified after 3 years.

Its working towards an NVQ Level 3 and after qualification E-on will obviously get me corgi registered.

Unlike other gas apprentices with other companies such as British Gas an E-on engineer is trained to do everything from a brand new installation to repair to fitting a new gas meter (E-on only company that can do this) Whereas with british gas you are trained to do either installations or repairs.


The training is 6 weeks on site with an engineer followed by 6 weeks at E-ons dedicated training centre IDSL (Industry Development Services Ltd) who recently won a prestigious gas award for best training supplier

E.ON'S ENERGY SERVICES TIPTON-BASED BUSINESS SCOOPS MAJOR GAS INDUSTRY AWARD
building
E.ON UK plc
04/06/2008

Industry Development Services Ltd (IDSL), part of E.ON's Energy Services business, has been named as one of the best in its field at the 2008 Gas Industry Awards.

IDSL was awarded the 2008 Energy and Utility Skills Business Skills Awards for training Young Apprentices at NVQ Level 2.

The award was made in recognition of IDSL's innovative programme in training and supporting apprentices - with an industry-leading success and retention rate of over 93%.

IDSL, based in Tipton, delivers NVQ Level 2 in Gas Installation & Maintenance, Plumbing Framework at Levels 2 and 3 also Key Skills, Train to Gain initiative, as well as many other industry related courses.
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http://www.wnibonline.co.uk/Building/Articles.aspx/22276


Really not sure what to do :confused:


Out of interest has anyone on here done a similar apprenticeship or does anyone on here work for E-on out in the field :)
 
fini said:
How does 12 weeks training turn in to a 3 year apprenticeship?

Do you want to spend most of your working life (presumably after 3 years training you'd stick at it) fitting gas meters?
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Its 6 weeks with an engineer followed by 6 weeks in the training centre then 6 weeks with an engineer and so on

Just rotates


The apprenticeship is working on the home installation side, the training on how to install a gas meter is just a side note incase it was ever needed.
 
hamesy said:
My dad works for Central Networks, which is part on E-on. Although he's not a Gas Installation Engineer, if you do have questions about the company itself, I'm pretty sure he won't mind answering them :)
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Could you ask him if he knows much about the apprenticeship scheme eon are running and what his general views are on it.

Thanks for the help :)
 
What qualifications do you get at the end because imo 1 year sounds far too short for an apprenticeship. There is no way they can train you to nvq level 3 in installation and repair in one year.

Are you capable of going to a domestic property and installing a central heating system on your own from scratch?

If the answer is no then the training is nothing like e-ons


As far as im aware from what ive been told and experienced.

Scenario............

You have a new boiler fitted by british gas and 3 months down the line you have problems with it.......

British gas send a repair engineer to come fix the boiler


E-on fit a boiler for you, 3 months down the line it breaks down. E-on send the original engineer to fix the boiler.

Thats the difference as far as im led to believe?
 
The thing is im still living at home and doing the apprenticeship would mean there is no way i would be able to leave home for at least the next 3 years arghhh
 
hamesy said:
My dad works for Central Networks, which is part on E-on. Although he's not a Gas Installation Engineer, if you do have questions about the company itself, I'm pretty sure he won't mind answering them :)
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Dont spose you've been able to ask your dad have you mate? :)
 
Right i spoke to one of the managers today and it turns out there are some errors in the contract.

The admin people sending out the information have filled in the pro forma for E-0ns long running generation apprenticeship which is indeed 3 years.:rolleyes:

However..........


The gas and heating apprenticeship is 2 years working towards NVQ Level 3 (6012) and becoming corgi registered.

You should qualify after a year and then you "buddy" up with an existing engineer for a year to gain valuable experience before finally going it alone.

E-on in my area currently have 4 main contracts (Repairs, Domestic installations, Housing associations and with the recent aquasition of the CHN Group they also have all the council contracts) You spend your time working for each to get a broad experience.

At the end of the 2 years you are streamed into on of the 4 areas according to your performance and the business needs.
 
How did you find the NVQ course itself?

Is it mainly evidence gathering from work or is there much work you need to do at home etc?
 
Sorry for the questions but what sort of starting salary are you looking at for a newly qualified gs installation engineer with british gas or E-on??
 
Well after much thought and deliberation i chose to accept the offer and had a full medical last wednesday which i passed :D

I start with E-0n on Monday 22nd September.

Cant wait :D
 
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