Level 2 Highways Electrical Apprentice

Highways Electrical Apprenticeship - Ringway – Milton Keynes

RINGWAY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LIMITED

Closes in 27 days (Sunday 15 March 2026)

If you like outdoors and practical work see details. As part of a small team, carry out routine repairs and maintenance to the highways electrical works including cable installation and termination, lantern replacements, fault finding and repairs, general inspection, testing installations.

Wage: £15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Benefits:
Everyday discounts. Pension scheme with employer contribution.

We pay National Minimum Wage. If you are 18-20 year old your hourly rate is £10.85. If you are 21+ your hourly rate is £12.71.

Training course:
Highway electrical maintenance and installation operative (level
2)

Hours:

Monday to Friday, between start time, 8:00am and finish time 6:00pm (times may vary).

40 hours a week

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration: 1 year 6 months

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands‑on experience.

Maintain highways electrical equipment to a high standard.

Work safely in consideration of the environment, traffic, the general public, the task at hand and other team members in the work area.

Carry out non‑electrical works as required.

Bleak Hall
Milton Keynes
MK6 1LY

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

ELECTRICAL TESTING LIMITED

Highway electrical maintenance and installation operative (level
2)

• Understanding the employer’s health and safety and environmental requirements and procedures. Applying these requirements and procedures by hazard identification, site specific risk assessments and following safe systems of work and applying these to their own work in order to keep themselves, their colleagues, other workers, pedestrians and the travelling public safe.
• Understanding the employer’s requirements and identifying what work is required, what their responsibilities are and what plant, equipment, tools and materials are required. Applying this through the planning, preparation and organisation of their own works (e.g. by making sure the right materials are available) so that work can be carried out efficiently and without delay.
• Understanding the employer’s requirements. Being courteous and polite; getting on with others and communicating verbally or in writing effectively.
• Identification of the common types of highway electrical equipment and the underlying principles of how these are installed and maintained (e.g. street lights, traffic signals, traffic signs, safety cameras) – together with detailed specialised understanding on the chosen sub‑sector(s). Applying this in practice by ensuring component parts are correctly assembled and installed; and by carrying out replacement of defective parts so that the equipment is safe and functions correctly.
• Understanding of and applying the employer’s requirements and typical installation techniques and hazards on site (including identifying and managing typical hazards e.g. traffic, members of the public, underground and overhead services (e.g. electricity, water, gas);
  Installing infrastructure equipment and some components (e.g. excavating and using lorry mounted cranes to install lighting columns or traffic signal posts; using steps or mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs) to install street lighting lanterns or traffic signal heads) safely (including the use and operation of plant, equipment and tools; safe lifting and safe excavation and reinstatement).
• Understanding the practices of maintenance techniques both routine (e.g. regular inspections of internal wiring, structural inspection of the posts, changing lamps and cleaning streetlight bowls) and reactive (e.g. identifying typical faulty components such as lamps or fuses). Carrying these out in practice to ensure safe and efficient operations.
• Understanding the employer’s requirements and procedures covering emergency attendance and emergency work. Following…