CNFE - Cellular network field engineer (level 4)
Develop, maintain and optimise the UK’s cellular network and its infrastructure.
- Qualification level
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4
Equivalent to higher national certificate (HNC). - Typical duration
- 36 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Construction and the built environment
- Maximum funding
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£27,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Cellular network field engineer
- Field engineer
- Field supervisor
- Lead field engineer
- Senior field engineer
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Compile and verify a construction phase plan (CPP)
- Conduct, produce and write a risk assessment and method statement at site level
- Recognise, record and monitor risks, escalating to relevant personnel
- Comply with health and safety regulations
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Comply with electrical regulations
- Delegate and assign tasks according to scope of works and specific skillset and Health and safety
- Conduct site surveys to meet client’s installation criteria
- Review and compile information to produce handover pack
- Select, implement and evaluate control measures
- Install electrical systems
- Inspect and test electrical systems
- Isolate electrical circuits
- Maintain cell site apparatus
- Find faults and repair cell site apparatus
- Decommission cell site apparatus
- Commission and conduct integration testing on Base Station Sub-System (BSS)
- Select and use work restraint, work positioning, and fall arrest equipment
- Climb site towers
- Use lifting and lowering techniques using slings, knots and attachments
- Select and use tools and equipment when working at ground level and at height
- Conduct tower rescue and casualty management
- Apply sustainable principles and low carbon processes to implement site environmental solutions and disposal of waste
- Apply equity, diversity and inclusion principles
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology through written or verbal means
- Interpret design drawings
- Use Radio Frequency (RF) monitor
- Conduct site inspections
Full information on CNFE - Cellular network field engineer (level 4) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
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