AV Technician Apprentice
We are the driving force behind dynamic services like Video, Sound, Lighting, and Software Programming. We support the thrilling Motorsport industry. We’re on the lookout for individuals with the ambition & motivation to help propel themselves and the business to pole position. You will learn how to deliver installations in commercial properties.
Role
Your duties will include:
- Steer your way around a variety of projects both onsite and in the pre-production phase, working to deliver all projects to the highest standards
- Develop your communication skills to be the friendly point of contact for clients on site to keep them up to date on the progress of each project
- Become a technical ninja by installing, testing, fault finding and servicing audio visual systems and ensuring jobs are on track to be completed to the agreed timescales
- Learn how to control those budgets and costs with razor sharp precision
- Deliver top notch first and second fix installation in commercial properties
- Showcase your organisation and communication skills by attending site surveys to check in with clients and site managers.
- You’ll become a wizard at rack building, AV installation and configuration and the master of terminating Cat5 & 6, XLR, 232 cntrl, Speakon, BNC, EDAC
- Fail to prepare, prepare to fail will become your motto for each project
- Read an AV schematic or construction drawing like its a children's book
- Become the guru of health and safety regulations and their application to the installation process
- Just like Yoda, you’ll learn the skills to be calm and focussed when the going gets tough
- Juggle multiple projects and targets without dropping the ball
Training
- You will complete the Level 5 Audio Visual Technician Apprenticeship Standard
- All training will be completed on site at Employer's premises
- Opportunities to progress with Live Wire Productions once apprenticeship has been successfully completed
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Audiovisual technician (level 5)
- Training Provider
- BLUE LION TRAINING ACADEMY LIMITED
- Working Week
- Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.30pm. You may need to work weekends or evenings depending on workload.
- Expected Duration
- 2 Years
- Positions Available
- 2
- Closing Date
- Monday, 25th August 2025
- Start Date
- Monday, 1st September 2025
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Qualifications
- English GCSE, grade 4/C or Above (Essential)
- Mathematics GCSE, grade 4/C or Above (Essential)
About the Employer
LIVE WIRE EVENT SOLUTIONS LTD
Welcome to the heart of Banbury, Oxfordshire, where Live Wire is igniting the scene as a rapidly growing global technical production company. We are the driving force behind dynamic services like Video, Sound, Lighting, and Software Programming, shaping experiences across diverse sectors. Hold tight, because much of our magic unfolds in the thrilling Motorsport industry, powering top teams in Formula 1, Formula E, W Series, and Extreme E.
- Company
- LIVE WIRE EVENT SOLUTIONS LTD
- Location
- 3 Mead Court, Thorpe Way, Banbury, England
- Employment Type
- Higher Apprenticeship
- Salary
- £15,704 to £25,396.80 a year
- Posted
- Company
- LIVE WIRE EVENT SOLUTIONS LTD
- Location
- 3 Mead Court, Thorpe Way, Banbury, England
- Employment Type
- Higher Apprenticeship
- Salary
- £15,704 to £25,396.80 a year
- Posted