Does Installing, configuring, calibrating, and troubleshooting a range of electrically connected Digital Home Technologies sound good to you? If so, read on to find out how the Level 3 smart home technician apprenticeship could help start a new career. On the other hand, it could help you specialise or change roles within your current organisation and complete the apprenticeship training.
Level 3 Smart Home Technician Apprenticeship Details
- Job Role: Level 3 Smart Home Technician Apprentice
- Duration: 18 months
- Maximum Funding: £9000
- Apprenticeship Level: Level 3
Job and entry criteria for the Level 3 Smart Home Technician Apprenticeship
The smart home technician apprenticeship provides opportunities for an apprentice to learn the skills required to deal with a range of electrically connected digital home technologies. The skills gained here could lead to a variety of roles such as: Smart home installation technician, Residential Network or Audio/Video installer. The average smart home technician salary in the UK is £36k, this is above the UK average wage which shows this is a worthwhile career choice. It’s not all about though, as this is an exciting career path which can build a wide variety of knowledge bases and transferable skills.
If this sounds good to you then what’s next? As this is an entry level apprenticeship the entry requirements will be set by the employer. All we ask of you is that if you have not yet got level 2 Maths & English that this is achieved prior to taking the end-point assessment.
Key responsibilities of a Smart Home Technician apprentice
The primary role of today’s Smart Home Technician is to install, configure and maintain the home technology ecosystem. Smart Home Technician’s objective is to deliver simple, secure, reliable and sustainable user experience according to industry best practise and within project timelines and scope. They work with a variety of senior colleagues such as Smart Home Designer, Networking Specialist or Senior Smart Home Technician to create an integrated ecosystem using a diverse selection of equipment and services.
The Smart Home Technician will need to have a good working knowledge of common hardware, software, IP networking, audio/visual distribution, RF systems and user interfaces. In addition to these hard skills, soft skills are just as important in the Smart Home Technician role to deal with homeowners and colleagues.
Level 3 Smart Home Technician Core Competencies
As part of your job role, you will need to be able to demonstrate a number of competencies. Some examples are:
- Reading and following installation, architectural and project documentation
- Following electrical and constructional health and safety procedures and policies for human safety and accident prevention.
- Installing and testing typical control hardware
- Troubleshooting basic systems to rectify simple faults
The occupational brief and standard with the assessment plan for the Smart Home Technician apprenticeship will help you build on these competencies and more! Have a good read of these documents to help you prepare for your end-point assessment
Smart Home Technician knowledge modules and vendor exams
As a Smart Home Technician, you will need a wide array of knowledge to work in this new technological landscape. The knowledge modules and vendor exams will provide a framework for you to better understand:
- Installation, Architectural & Project documentation
- Health and Safety in a professional environment
- Digital Entertainment, Broadcast Reception & Communication systems
- Automation & Control
- System verification and testing
- Environmental & Energy systems
To demonstrate your understanding of the knowledge covered within the level 3 Smart Home Technician apprenticeship, you will need to complete knowledge or vendor exams. There will be 3 assessment methods: Firstly a Practical Test, Secondly a Professional Discussion and Finally a Knowledge Test. An apprentice must receive a passing grade or above for each of these areas to receive their level 3 Smart Home Technician qualification.
Conclusion
As you can see, the level 3 Smart Home Technician apprenticeship is a great way to earn while you learn in an exciting new career. In addition, the knowledge and skills gained in this apprenticeship will open a lot of doors for other potential roles within the construction and digital industries. With an ever-increasing technological landscape, the variety of systems used as Smart Home Technician provide a perfect framework to explore many opportunities in the future.
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