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Apprentice Electrician

Darlington Borough Council • Apprenticeship • Durham, England, United Kingdom • £10.00k - £28.32k / year • 5d ago

Hours and Pay

Salary

£19,467.80 - £28,316.80 pa (%of Craft 1+, dependent on age)

Salary Band

£10,001 to £20,000

Post Type

Fixed Term

Hours Per Week

Full time

Job and Application details

Categories

Apprenticeships

Directorate

N/A

Published Date

10/07/2026

Closing Date

26/07/2026

Darlington Borough Council are seeking to recruit an Apprentice Electrician (4 Years fixed-term) to join our commercially focused, successful and growing Housing Building team.

This team maintains domestic Council housing stock and other Council-owned properties, including sheltered housing. Work is delivered across our Reactive Maintenance, Internal Planned Maintenance, and Voids teams, giving you a wide range of hands-on experience.

Reactive Maintenance Team

You will assist with day-to-day electrical repairs and fault finding in occupied properties. Mobile technology is used to manage jobs, stock, and health and safety tasks.

Internal Planned Maintenance Team

You will support larger projects such as electrical installations for kitchens and bathrooms, rewires, and upgrade programmes.

Voids Team

You will help prepare empty properties so they can be re-let, including carrying out electrical testing, repairs, and installations to bring homes up to the required housing standards.

We take pride in delivering excellent customer service and high levels of customer satisfaction. As an apprentice, you will be supported by qualified electricians while developing your skills and knowledge in a real working environment.

Apprenticeship Course Information:

During this apprenticeship as well as on the job learning you will be required to attend Darlington College on a day release basis to undertake the Level 3 Electrical Installation Apprenticeship Standard training programme. You will learn the required skills, competencies and responsibilities to be able to carry out electrical installation, testing and maintenance. As part of this you will study towards NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation (CITY AND GUILDS LEVEL 3 5357-03)

The successful candidate would be expected to complete all of the required assessments related to the qualification within set timescales. Therefore, we are looking for someone who is committed to their own development.

For further details please refer to Darlington College course page https://darlington.ac.uk/course/177944/neta-l3-instalation-maint-electrician-st0152/

Eligibility to access funding for an Apprenticeship:

A UK resident is eligible for funding if they have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands for at least the previous 3 years on the first day of their apprenticeship and have permission from the UK government to live in the UK (not for educational purposes) or have obtained pre-settled or settled status under EUSS.

What will I need?

You must either have or expect to achieve 4 GCSE's grade 9 - 4/A*- C), which must include Maths and English (or an equivalent qualification such as Functional Skills Level 2).
Ability to apply accurate literacy and numeracy skills to include spelling grammar, punctuation, percentages and decimals.
Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy with attention to detail
Good Communication and problem-solving skills.
Physical ability to undertake the duties of the role and be comfortable working at heights.
If successful, you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure.

Working Hours

You will be contracted to 37 hours per week on agreed working pattern of Monday - Thursday 08:00am to 16:00pm and Friday 08:00am to 15:30pm.

Apprenticeship Pay

The Apprentice Electrician post is paid on % Craft 1+ Rate and the rate you will be paid is dependent on your age upon commencement in post. The rate of pay will also increase with each year of study.

During Year 1 you would be eligible to receive a salary of £19,467.80 - £28,316.80 per annum (dependent upon your age)

Further Information

For detailed information on this role, please refer to the Role Profile and Person Specification.

For a further informal discussion and any queries around the role profile and jobs itself please contact Mark Graham

(Electrical Manager) on 07815 795195 or by email mark.graham@darlington.gov.uk

The rewards for working at Darlington Borough Council go beyond the salary you will receive; we have numerous additional benefits such as:

32 days Annual Leave, plus Bank Holidays, with option to purchase additional Annual Leave (pro-rata for part time working)
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme with option to make Additional Voluntary Contributions
Flexible working
Generous Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave schemes
Staff equality forums
Green Car Leasing Scheme
Access to a wide range of training, learning and development
Physiotherapy service
Confidential counselling service
Great wellbeing offer
Cycle to Work Scheme
Dolphin Centre Fit for Life Discounts
Local and National retailer discounts
Vivup employee benefit app and Lifestyle Savings
Arriva Employee Travel Club

For the full range of benefits we offer, please see our Why work for us internet page, which also includes our Total Reward Booklet and Employee Benefit Video.

https://www.darlington.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/why-work-for-us/

Find out further information about us and what it’s like to work for our great team by visiting the Jobs and Careers home page.

https://www.darlington.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/

General Information for Applicants:

If you have any further questions regarding applying for this role or the questions , please contact the HR Support team on 01325 403217 or HR@darlington.gov.uk.

https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/contactus

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You must ensure that anything submitted in your application is factually accurate. Plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own. Whilst we accept candidates may use AI tools within job applications; submissions must be truthful and relevant to your own experience.

We are an equal opportunities' employer. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We aim to interview any applicant who declares a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job.