Mechanical apprenticeship at a hospital.

[Benbay001]

I got home today to an email from a training provider (with whom i am awaiting the interview results for an oil and gas apprenticeship) offering me an interview next week for a similar engineering apprenticeship with a local large hospital.
I knew the training provider had sent me details off to other employers, but didnt know who.
The two disciplines are electrical (which i can kind of envisage) but i cannot fathom what a mechanical apprentice would do at a hospital.

Any ideas?

[elster]

I would imagine it would be along the lines of these main 3 things

• Building Maintenance
• Gas systems
• HVAC & other heating systems

[oilslick]

I read the thread title as medical apprenticeship, it left me wondering if we were really short on doctors

[Maxwell90]

Benbay001 said:

I got home today to an email from a training provider (with whom i am awaiting the interview results for an oil and gas apprenticeship) offering me an interview next week for a similar engineering apprenticeship with a local large hospital.
I knew the training provider had sent me details off to other employers, but didnt know who.
The two disciplines are electrical (which i can kind of envisage) but i cannot fathom what a mechanical apprentice would do at a hospital.

Any ideas?

How did you get on with Opito? Is that the oil and gas apprenticeship your waiting to hear about? I got as far as the reserve list which was a bit disappointing but, I could have done better in the interview.

I think I've applied for over 20 apprenticeships this year and had around 10 interviews altogether. It's so hard to get an apprenticeship these days! I managed to get the job I wanted in the end though .

Best of luck mate.

[anonymous-user]

Three words for you: Hospital, Gas, Money!
Anything that gets you trained and certified in medical gas installation is worth a small fortune. Stay with the hospital, get your ticket, get some experience then move to the private sector. If you like getting your hands dirty then stay as an installer / tester, if you like wearing a shirt and filling out spreadsheets then start designing systems. It's a huge market and there are only a handful of people that can fill the roles. Best of luck.

Not what I do, but I sometimes work with guys who do this and boy do they know how to stack an invoice.

[mfmman]

As per YorkshireWhiskey

Normal mechanical things (boilers, ventilation, plumbing etc) plus specialist (medical gases, compressed air, steam, biomass boilers etc)

Go for it, become a mechanical AP, then an AE and earn loads telling other people what to do

[Benbay001]

Had the interview for the apprenticeship today.
Went well, considering i had very little time to revise.

Maxwell90 said:

How did you get on with Opito? Is that the oil and gas apprenticeship your waiting to hear about? I got as far as the reserve list which was a bit disappointing but, I could have done better in the interview.

I think I've applied for over 20 apprenticeships this year and had around 10 interviews altogether. It's so hard to get an apprenticeship these days! I managed to get the job I wanted in the end though .

Best of luck mate.

I didnt get far with the Opito one.

The one i am awaiting a reply from is for an on shore role at Europes largest onshore oil field. (Some light googling will reveal the company)

Did you apply for any others?