Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Craftsperson Apprenticeship

Our Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Craftsperson Apprenticeship at Sellafield is a unique opportunity to start your engineering career in one of the UK’s most specialist and safety‑critical environments. You’ll play a vital part in maintaining the technology that helps detect and monitor radioactive contamination.

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

• This apprenticeship places you right at the heart of our Radiological Protection Instrument Services team at Sellafield, a highly specialist group responsible for maintaining the vital instruments that monitor radioactive contamination across the site.
• It is a department unlike any other. With over 2,000 instruments in use, many in active or hazardous areas, we even build our own test rigs to make sure everything operates exactly as it should.
• From your first weeks, you’ll be working with a wide range of equipment, including Personnel Contamination Monitors, Gamma and Air Activity Monitors, and the portable devices used by Health Physics teams. Some days you’ll carry out repairs onsite. Other times, you’ll be based in the workshop, stripping equipment down to the component level for detailed diagnostics and calibration.
• Along the way, you’ll develop practical skills in electronics and fault finding, while building a strong understanding of how radiation is detected and measured. You will also be trained to handle radioactive materials, which allows for highly accurate calibration using real alpha, beta and gamma sources.
• It is a fascinating place to learn and a meaningful way to support safety on one of the UK’s most complex nuclear sites.