Supervising the installation and servicing of electrical equipment and systems on roads and motorways.
The following standard reflects employers’ requirements for the skills, knowledge and behaviours expected from someone to be competent in this occupation.
The main duties and tasks of someone who is a competent Highways electrician or service operative within the relevant sub-sector(s) are to:
This is the core of the Apprenticeship standard. The knowledge and skills that are required by employers for competent Highways electricians or service operatives are shown below with core elements shown as black text on a white background and option(s) as blue text on a blue background.
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Knowledge and skills |
What is required |
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Health, safety and environmental |
Understanding the requirements of their employer and industry as a whole to ensure the health and safety of employees and others affected by any work carried out and how to minimise harming the environment and to apply these before starting work and during the works both for themselves and those they are responsible for |
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Highway electrical equipment and systems |
Understanding and identifying the different types of equipment and systems used in the highway electrical sector, the principles of operation, and how they are installed and maintained; Understanding electrical principles and practices and applying these to highway electrical equipment and systems. |
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Planning, preparing and organising works |
Understanding the requirements of the employer and industry and applying these to safely and efficiently plan, prepare and organise works on site including obtaining the necessary plant, tools, materials and competent people; allocating resources; setting individual responsibilities and ensuring the scope of work is understood |
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Installation techniques |
Understanding how to install, and actually installing and connecting a range of highway electrical equipment and components (e.g. cables, fuses, distribution boards); understanding and dealing with varying site conditions; Understanding and carrying out the relevant electrical and functional tests for installed equipment and completing records (e.g. job sheets and electrical test certificates) |
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Maintenance techniques |
Understanding the principles and practices of routine (e.g. cleaning and bulk relamping) and reactive (e.g. responding to lights or signals that are out or out of timing) maintenance including the safety and technical implications, the diagnosis and correction of faults and the tests for equipment being maintained; applying these in practice |
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Inspection and testing principles and practices |
Understanding the principles, practices and requirements of electrical and where applicable structural inspection and testing of highway electrical equipment and systems; Understanding how to verify and record the results; Carrying out electrical and where applicable visual structural inspection and testing on highway electrical equipment, recording the results and verifying whether the system complies with the industry standards and is safe, and the actions to take if this is not the case. |
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Emergency attendance and emergency works |
Understanding the requirements and procedures of the employer and industry and applying these to emergencies such as a road traffic incident where a vehicle impacts a street light or traffic signal, to assess the site, determine what action is required, call for appropriate additional technical back up and ensure the site is left safe and relevant reports are completed |
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Effective communication |
Understanding of how to communicate effectively and how to develop and maintain effective working relationships and applying this understanding in practice so as to ensure productive working relationships; ensuring communication is clear, appropriate and understood; promoting a professional image |
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Effective supervisory techniques |
Understanding the responsibilities and requirements of supervisors; Understanding the principles of effective supervision; Allocating duties and responsibilities and coordinating activities to ensure work is carried out safely, cost-effectively and within the programme of work |
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Commissioning principles and practices |
Understanding the scope, purpose and procedures associated with commissioning inspection and tests, handover and recording of results; planning and carrying out the commissioning (e.g. for ensuring traffic signal installations are safe and the specification of equipment, the installation and the timings are in accordance with the customers’ requirements) |
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Behaviours |
What is required |
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Health, safety and environment |
Promoting a positive Health, Safety and Environmental culture through situational awareness and by personal example; taking appropriate actions if others are acting unsafely |
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Accepting responsibility |
Taking responsibility for own and others judgements, actions and standards of work. Being aware of the limits of their own competence and taking the initiative for ensuring that their competence is maintained, developed and up to date |
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Supervision |
Allocation of work tasks and monitoring performance to ensure appropriate standards of safety, workmanship and commercial performance and business needs are met and maintained |
The typical duration of this Apprenticeship is 24 months
Highways maintenance electrician, Highways maintenance engineer, Highways operatives and Street lighting electrician
Individual employers will set the entry requirements for this apprenticeship but typically candidates will have completed the Level 2 Highway Electrical maintenance and installation (HEMI) operative apprenticeship successfully and their Level 2 Certificate in Highway Electrical Work will be in date. Where the Level 2 HEMI has not been completed and the apprentice is following the Level 3 apprenticeship upskilling route, there is a requirement for the provider to carry out a training gap analysis to ensure that the required level of underpinning knowledge has been acquired before the programme start. The Provider will be required to review, plan and execute the required level of knowledge training in line with the Highway Electrical Vocationally Recognised Qualification Specification.
This is a Level 3 apprenticeship and will result at the end of the apprenticeship, in gaining a Level 3 Certificate and a Level 3 NVQ Diploma
Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment. For those with an education, health and care plan or a legacy statement, the apprenticeship’s English and maths minimum requirement is Entry Level 3. A British Sign Language (BSL) qualification is an alternative to the English qualification for those whose primary language is BSL
This apprenticeship standard should be reviewed no more than two years after approval of the standard
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