Plumbing & Domestic Heating Apprentice

About The Role

An exciting opportunity to join Housing Solutions as a Plumbing & Domestic Heating Apprentice, under a fixed term 48 month contract while completing a Plumbing and Domestic Heating Technical qualification. While completing your apprentice you will be working in our friendly and professional DLO team and supporting the provision and delivery of an efficient repairs and maintenance services to the residents of around 7,500 homes in Maidenhead and the surrounding area via our own in-house repairs team.

This apprenticeship is ideal for individuals who are technically minded, safety-aware, and committed to developing specialist skills in plumbing and domestic heating systems. It provides hands‑on experience in planning, installing, maintaining, and decommissioning a wide range of systems including cold and hot water, rainwater, natural gas, solar thermal, and air source heat pumps. Learners gain expertise in fault diagnosis, electrical control systems, and safe working practices, while also developing professional behaviours such as ethical conduct, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

The programme prepares individuals to meet customer needs, comply with industry standards, and contribute confidently to sustainable and efficient building services.

Alongside the technical skills, you’ll learn how to communicate effectively with colleagues and customers, record information accurately, and work in a sustainable and professional way. By the end of the programme, you’ll be confident in fixing basic faults and understanding how your work contributes to the wider organisation.

You’ll enjoy this apprenticeship if you’re practical, safety conscious, and keen to learn a wide range of maintenance skills. You should be someone who takes pride in doing a job well, communicates clearly, and is committed to developing both your technical abilities and your professional behaviours. A positive attitude, willingness to learn, and an interest in how buildings function will help you thrive.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to build a long term career in property maintenance and is ready to take the first step. We are actively working to increase gender diversity in our trade roles and would particularly welcome applications from women, who are currently under represented in this area.

The successful applicant will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate which is considered satisfactory to Housing Solutions.

Housing Solutions is a not for profit Housing Association, rooted in the local community providing quality, affordable homes to rent and buy across the local area. Our mission is to make our residents proud of where they live and our colleagues proud of where they work. Our services are driven by our strategic goals of safe, satisfied and sustainable, underpinned by our company values of ownership, innovation, teamwork and inclusion.

Established in 1995 we provide quality, affordable homes to rent and buy across the South East of England. We are rooted in the local community and we offer a wide range of housing services and housing options, including affordable homes to rent, properties to buy under shared ownership; market rent properties, and specialist accommodation for older people and people who need care and support to live within the community.

We pride ourselves on putting our residents at the heart of everything we do. We are invested in our local community and can see the difference we make in the area we live and work. Our employees are passionate and driven to achieve the best results for our residents and are rewarded for their hard work and commitment.

Our substantial benefits package includes a generous company pension contribution and a strong focus on employee wellbeing, including generous annual leave and our ‘Healthy Lives, Healthy Minds’ programme.

Our commitment to Learning and Development can be seen across the organisation and aims to bring our future leaders to the fore, whilst helping our employees reach their career aspirations by offering a broad development fund and in house development…