Water Industry

This Apprenticeship covers a range of occupations within the water industry. Every day, the UK water industry collects, treats and supplies more than 16 billion litres of water to domestic and commercial customers. It’s a large and vital industry that deals with more than just networks of mains and sewers – it plays an important role in the environment too.

Thousands of people work to ensure water is drinkable and safe. Rain is collected and stored in reservoirs, then processed at treatment works and piped to homes and businesses. Once used, it’s released into waste systems, reprocessed and used again.

As an apprentice, you could help to manage the water network from an office or maintain pipes outside. In the mainlaying pathway, you could install and maintain the pipes that make up the network; as a servicelayer, you could look after the pipes that connect customers to the main. You could be a plant operator, supporting the processes at the treatment plant; or a distribution technician, operating the network.

On the Advanced Apprenticeship, you may take a more supervisory role. You'll learn how to work with chemicals, detect leaks, and diagnose faults.

Many current managers were once apprentices, so there is real scope for progression.