Applicants for a Plumbing Apprenticeship have to be good at Maths and English. We can only recruit young people who pass a Plumbing Entrance Test or who have already got GCSEs (grade C or higher) in Maths and English Language.

If you apply to us before you have got your GCSEs you will have to sit the Plumbing Entrance Test, but if you have already got the required GCSE grades you will not have to take the test as well. The test covers applied maths and use of English. More details of this test can be found in the “How to Apply” section of this website.

You must do well in this test to be considered for an Apprenticeship, as it will show us whether you have the ability to cope with the training, especially the off-the-job training at college.

Having passed the test (or provided proof of GCSE grades), applicants will be invited for an interview at On Site Bristol. The interview is designed to ensure that you have the right attitude to become an Apprentice, assessing your interpersonal skills, motivation and commitment to training. The interview will be with two members of On Site Bristol staff, and will use a standard set of questions to ensure equality between all applicants.

This interview will give you an opportunity to tell us about yourself and why you want to work in construction. On Site Bristol staff will want to know about your school attendance and behaviour record, if you have done particularly well at anything in school and what interests you have outside of school.

Any work experience of any sort, spare time activities, work you may have done in your house or garden and teams or clubs you are a member of, are also of great interest to us and will be taken into account during interview.