Apprenticeship Standards Lead Maintenance Engineering Technician
About the role
Lead Maintenance Engineering Technicians (LMETs) assist in the delivery of complex and critical asset management programmes often to unique specifications involving complex maintenance and planning. They analyse technical information, plan schedules, co-ordinate, lead and deliver work on time, to the required quality, with an emphasis on product safety and personnel health and safety. This apprenticeship is designed as a 48 month programme.
In their daily work, an employee in this occupation interacts with operators, maintenance teams, shift leaders, senior engineers, senior test engineers, design engineers, quality engineers, procedure writers, procurement managers and resource allocation and colleagues. Externally they liaise with customers and suppliers at various operation and senior level, providing technical detailed engineering reports and feedback on asset maintenance. Depending on the industry, they may also interact with representatives from the appropriate regulator.
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Standard
On-programme
We provide a clear learning programme to take apprentices from entry through to the gateway for end-point assessment.
You can use our on-programme offer regardless of whether you are using Pearson as your end-point assessment organisation or not.
Qualifications
English & Maths
In order to meet the apprenticeship standards, apprentices will be required to hold or achieve:
- Minimum of Level 1 English and attempt Level 2 English
- Minimum of Level 1 maths and attempt Level 2 maths.
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.
There is an optional qualification available for this standard.
As both a vocational and academic awarding organisation, we can offer a wide range of English and maths qualifications in line with your standards’ requirements from Functional Skills through to GCSEs.
Learning resources
English and maths resources
We have a wide range of resources and useful tools to complement your programme, including assessment tools, podcasts and training events.
