Building Services Engineering Installer

On a building services engineering installer apprenticeship course, you’ll help install large-scale environmental system components.

A building services engineering installer is a specialised field of engineering within the construction business that ensures that buildings function properly.

You will learn how to install components of large-scale industrial and commercial systems such as heating, chilled water, hot water, and cold water. These are used to heat workplaces as a building services engineering installer.

These systems utilise fossil fuels and renewable energy sources to circulate temperature-controlled water around buildings, providing heating and cooling.

You will learn about the systems and how the components inside them interact with one another.

You will plan assigned tasks such as installing components, testing them, assisting with pre-commission testing, and decommissioning any equipment.

What you’ll learn

On a building services engineering installer apprenticeship course, you’ll learn to:

• Apply relevant safety laws, codes of practice, and safe working practices to yourself and others in building services engineering work environments.
• Plan, organise and carry out the installation of industrial and commercial system components in ways that use resources effectively to complete given work assignments efficiently, safely, and environmentally responsibly, using industry-recognised techniques.
• Prepare work areas in new and existing sites for assigned component installation work tasks, ensuring: safe access and egress for self and others; safe storage and positioning of components, tools, and equipment; mechanical supply services and electrical tool supply connections are correctly identified; and the need for other trades support is identified.
• Use industry-recognised pipework construction, installation, and jointing techniques for industrial and commercial system components. Assembling, positioning, orienting, and fastening of storage vessels, heat emitters, pressure vessels, controllers, and prefabricated and/or modularised components and distribution systems fall under this category.
• Perform assigned testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and decommissioning tasks for industrial and commercial cold water, hot water, heating, and chilled water systems.

Entry requirements

You’ll usually need:

• English and maths at level 2, and ICT at level 1 for a intermediate apprenticeship.
• Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this before taking the end-point assessment.

Assessment methods

The End Point Assessment comprises two distinct assessment methods: 

• Knowledge Test
• Installer Skills Test

Duration, level, subjects and potential salary upon completion

Apprenticeship standard

More information about the Level 2 Building Services Engineering Installer Apprenticeship standard can be found here.

Apprenticeship end point assessment

For more information about the End Point Assessment Process, please read the Institute of Apprenticeships’ information page.