Building, maintaining and repairing the country’s gas network infrastructure to provide a reliable supply of gas to domestic, commercial and industrial users.
Occupational Profile
Note: This apprenticeship is no longer on the UK website, though you can still access the full standard via the link at the bottom of this page.
The main role of a Gas Network Distribution Team Leader is to safely build, maintain and repair the UK’s gas network infrastructure to provide a reliable supply of gas to domestic, commercial and industrial users. There are two job roles within this occupation: ‘team leader service laying’ and ‘team leading main laying’. The roles require work in all weather conditions at many sites across each company’s network, using a range of tools and equipment to install new mains or services and repair the existing asset infrastructure. Team Leaders are trained to develop a disciplined approach to work safely on a wide range of gas related equipment and to decide on the approach to be taken to complete work, within given instructions, by the team. The team for operational safety reasons is usually made up of two or, on occasion, three people. In addition to the high level of specialist skills required each Team Leader will need to demonstrate industry specific knowledge, including relevant legislation, safety procedures and protection of the environment. The apprenticeship is graded at Pass and Distinction and the final grade will be dependent on performance at the end of programme assessment. For both roles included in this apprenticeship, the duration is expected to be between 12 and 18 months.
Summary of standard
[no longer active] https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/gas-network-team-leader/
Full standard
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/media/1105/gas_network_team_leader.pdf
