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Digital engineering technician (level 3)

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Support digital engineers and specialists in completing complex tasks using digital engineering techniques.

• Knowledge, skills and behaviours:
  View knowledge, skills and behaviours

  Knowledge

  • Aware of Health and Safety (H&S) industry regulations and moral, legal and financial implications of poor H&S performance. Know how to identify basic H&S outputs digitally
  • Understand the sustainability issues in projects across economic, social, legal and environmental aspects
  • Know how engineering principles, codes and standards work in the built environment and the purpose of them. Understand various management principles and the project management lifecycle “ specifications, methods and materials
  • Aware of principles of the commercial procedures and reporting on all stages of construction project and an appreciation of commercial risk. Aware of financial and legal obligations and constraints for all stakeholders in construction projects
  • Understanding of quantification and costing within a digital environment
  • Understand how proposals for design briefs, recommendations, programmes and detailed designs are prepared. Aware of the purpose of the digital environment and its role in design management
  • Understanding of different disciplines and their role in coordination of design
  • Aware of the appropriate application of technology and the human to technology interfaces. Understanding the impact of sensory networks and the internet of things
  • Understand the importance of project planning and resourcing and be able to analyse different digital engineering (DE) techniques, such as simulation of construction logistics and progress
  • Understand how to identify the level of quality required delivering a built asset throughout the lifecycle
  • Aware of the structure of the construction industry and its respective sectors. Understanding of the institutions and how the construction industry serves the economy as a whole
  • Awareness of DE objectives set by Clients and Employers
  • Aware of the information interdependencies of delivering information throughout a product / asset lifecycle. Understanding the purpose of information standards and regulation
  • Awareness of social networking and appropriate sources of information / knowledge sharing. Understanding basic research techniques to ensure integrity of knowledge discovery

  Skills

  • Able to identify risk activities and encourage all employees to demonstrate safety-conscious behaviours. Able to extract reports and images for tool-box talks and site- inductions using models and simulations
  • Assess, identify and record the environmental impact of project. Using models to demonstrate the reduction of waste to stakeholders
  • Assist in applying engineering principles by using established and emerging engineering technologies
  • Prepare simple commercial schedules and reports demonstrating digital workflows
  • Prepare initial design briefs, recommendations, programmes and detailed designs via a digital workflow considering design risks and responsibilities
  • Assist in the implementation of innovation, contributing to case studies that demonstrate value. Good general IT skills and their application
  • Create simple construction simulations and logistic planning using a digital workflow
  • Assess and report on quality standards of the projects via the digital environment
  • To identify where the current role ties in to the construction industry. Articulating the respective position in the construction sector and highlighting how it integrates with other sectors / disciplines
  • Support the development of stakeholder engagement and carry out a stakeholder presentation, demonstrating the appropriate presentation skills
  • Demonstrate the ability to move information from project delivery into commissioning and operation through involvement in the handover of digital assets

  Behaviours

  • Be able to work within own level of competence and know when to seek advice from others and work on own initiative
  • Work within rules and regulations of professional competence and conduct. Gain the trust of both team members and the management team
  • Identify own development needs and acts to meet those needs. Use own knowledge and expertise to help others when requested. Understands role in the team, constantly seek opportunities to improve own work and maximize efficiency
  • Understand the importance of equality and diversity and demonstrate these attributes so as to meet the requirements of fairness at work
  • Contribute to effective meetings and present information in a variety of ways including oral and written
  • Adaptable with the confidence to facilitate meetings with stakeholders
  • Work with others and demonstrating collaborative behaviours
  • Focus on areas for process improvement and learn from innovative solutions. Challenge current practice and be open minded about how to improve and implement a new way of working
  • Understand the existence of team dynamics and application of personal strengths and weaknesses in group situations. Awareness of collaborative frameworks and contract / organisational level of collaboration
  • Understand personal strengths and weaknesses and show development of personal effectiveness
• Apprenticeship category (sector): Construction and the built environment
• Qualification level: 3; Equal to A level
• Course duration: 36 months
• Maximum funding: £21,000 ; Maximum government funding for ; apprenticeship training and assessment costs.

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