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Gas Engineer Level 3 Apprenticeship

Housewarmers · Housewarmers, 34 Windsor Terrace, Sunderland, SR2 9QF

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Salary
£16,640 a year
Level
Advanced
Course
Gas engineering operative (level 3)
Closing date
4 Sept 2026
Start date
2 Oct 2026
Duration
1 Year 6 Months
Hours per week
40 hours
Working week
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm.
Positions
1

About the role

Join Housewarmers as an Apprentice Gas Engineer and learn domestic gas, heating and plumbing work with our experienced engineers. You’ll attend Ignite Training one day a week, gain hands on experience in customers’ homes, and build the skills for a long term trade career.

Skills required

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness
  • Reliability and Punctuality
  • Comfortable receiving feedback

Qualifications

  • GCSE · English · Grade 4/C or equivalent · Essential
  • GCSE · Mathematics · Grade 4/C or equivalent · Essential

Benefits

You’ll be part of a small, family-run team, working alongside experienced engineers on real domestic plumbing, heating and gas jobs. As your skills develop, there may also be opportunities to gain practical experience in other areas we work in, such as solid fuel, air conditioning and bathroom fitting.

Things to consider

Applicants must be comfortable working in customers’ homes and speaking politely with customers. The role involves practical site work, including working at height, working in confined or awkward spaces, lifting and carrying materials, kneeling, using tools and wearing PPE. Applicants must be able to get to our Sunderland shop for the start of the working day and to the training centre on their training day.

About Housewarmers

Housewarmers is a family run plumbing, heating and bathroom company based at our showroom in Sunderland. We work in customers’ homes across Sunderland, South Shields, Durham and the surrounding areas, carrying out boiler, gas, heating, plumbing, bathroom, stove and fireplace work. We are a small, practical team with a focus on reliable service, good workmanship and helping customers feel comfortable in their homes.

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Training provider

IGNITE TRAINING LTD · Construction and the built environment · Level 3

Vacancy reference: 2000048182 · Posted 13 Aug 2026