First year
Performing Engineering Operations (PEO) has two main aims; to provide
broadly based foundation training, serving as a bridge between school and
industry and to provide basic skills training in a defined area of
expertise. The apprentice will study the SEMTA (Science, Engineering and Manufacture
Technology Authority) technician course Parts 1 & 2: Broad Based Foundation
Training and either Part 3A: Machining and Mechanical Skills or Part 3B:
Electrical and Electrical Electronic Skills.
The complementary academic courses are CGLI or BETEC 1st Cert or NC.
The qualification obtained at the end of this year is a certificate of
basic training NVQ II (F)
Year two, three
and four
Subsequent years training are concerned with the development of
selected skills under monitored and controlled conditions, usually
on-the-job at Culham. The skills are chosen to meet the needs of UKAEA
Culham Division and control is exercised through skill and training
specifications and log books kept by the apprentice.
The complementary academic courses are BTEC NC in the second year
and HNC in the last two years.
The period at the end of the apprenticeship will normally be spent
gaining experience in the area in which the apprentice will eventually work
and working towards an NVQ III qualification. The placement will be determined in relation to UKAEA Culham Division’s programme
of work and will endeavor to consider any preferences that the apprentice
may have.
The successful completion of the apprenticeship is dependent upon the
passing of the appropriate BTEC programme in
addition to the successful attainment of the relevant skill competencies.
On successful completion the apprentice will be presented with his/her
indentures, certificate of technician training, NVQ III and their Certificate
of Advanced Apprenticeship.
Non-Vocation
courses
In addition to general Studies that may be undertaken as part of college
courses, apprentices are required to attend other courses designed to help
develop their personality and arouse awareness of the problems they might
encounter in adult life. These take place throughout the period of the
apprenticeship and include attendance on least one residential course
which involves outdoor physical activities.
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