Domestic Electrician (Level 3 Standard)

This occupation is found in the domestic dwelling construction, engineering and social housing installation and maintenance electrician industries.  Domestic electricians work in domestic properties such as homes, dwellings, or individual units in e.g. care homes, apartment buildings and student accommodation, rather than in their communal areas, or on commercial or industrial building sites. Industrial and Commercial Electrician work is not undertaken by a Domestic Electrician.

Domestic electricians may work for small independent businesses or for providers of homes and residential services such as local authorities and housing associations, housing construction companies, care homes, electric utility companies and other companies providing electrotechnical services to the residential market. Once qualified, some domestic electricians may choose to become self-employed contractors.

The broad purpose of the occupation is to install and maintain electrical services within a domestic setting.

Working in a residential (new construction, installation or existing) setting, the domestic electrician will focus on the installation of new, the upgrade or repair of existing cables and equipment to enable safe and reliable distributed electricity within the premises.

The scope of a domestic electrician will include design, installation and testing of systems which provide traditional heating, power, and lighting plus the installation of new and emerging technologies. The new technologies will include enhanced connectivity for domestic use and comfort and convenience technologies. Domestic electricians will help make homes highly efficient and near-zero-carbon, in cooperation with other trades. Domestic electricians may be required to provide out of hours emergency repairs and services. A driving licence may be a requirement for some employers.

In their daily work, a worker in this occupation interacts with:

• Their customers who are usually the end user of the services.

• the team leader or area manager as well as personnel responsible for materials storage and supply if they work in an organisation.

• building materials suppliers, merchants, small business support, accountants, and others if they are self-employed.

• A domestic electrician will sometimes work within a team or may often be accompanied an apprentice.

Applicants must have gained a minimum of GCSEs (grades 9-4) or equivalent in English, maths and ideally a science. Relevant work-based experience would also be considered. Individual employers may also set their own selection criteria for this Apprenticeship.

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This Domestic Electrician Apprenticeship is taught at our London Road campus on a day release basis each week. In addition, you will be visited at your workplace regularly by your assessor, to assess your practical skills and knowledge as well as review your progress with your employer.  You will be required to sit an End Point Assessment, towards the final stages of your programme, to ensure you have obtained the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to do your job effectively.

Typically, this Apprenticeship will take 36 months to complete.

To be a Domestic Electrician apprentice you will need an employer who can offer you relevant work and release you for your training. Once you have an employer in place, you can apply online. If after reading this fact sheet, you are still undecided about the course most suitable for you, please drop in to one of our Advice Events, ring the Apprenticeship Team on 01743 653 460 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.