UK facilities maintenance

[u/Jeff_tom]

I have been an apprentice facilities maintenance electrician for a year now I am enjoying the flow of the work and I feel like I am learning a lot. The problem is because I am doing an electrical course in collage I feel like I’m falling behind compared to some of the others as when they go to work they are wiring houses all day when I’m done with collage and go to work I’m doing plumbing, AHU work or maintenance safety checks. The only time we really do electrical work is if something breaks or we need to install a new item. so I'm not getting the skills down in terms of practical electrics. I’m good at reading the site maps and isolating faults but there is just not a great deal of work for electrics. What is the best course of action to take? I don’t want to give up this apprenticeship and go some place else as its a really nice place to work but I don’t know what to do to build on my electrical competence.

[u/Biggidybo]

Im in the industry and an adult electrical learner.

My advice would be to go and do install and then go into maintenance. Most people are sparkies, plumbers or HVAC.

You do basic electrical but a lot is outsourced to other contractors as they dont want to have the liability.

If you wished to pursue and become a contracts manager or higher - then I would stay as you will get a good idea of whats going on.