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Course overview
In today’s fast-paced industries, managing physical assets efficiently is critical for success. Asset management ensures that businesses can maximise the value and performance of their physical assets while minimising costs and risks. As the global demand for infrastructure grows, the role of asset management professionals is becoming increasingly important. This programme offers the essential skills needed to manage assets strategically, from planning and maintenance to risk management and sustainability, aligning asset systems with long-term business goals.
Who this apprenticeship is for?
This apprenticeship is ideal for professionals working in industries that manage physical assets such as energy, utilities, transport, manufacturing, and construction. Whether employed by asset-owning companies or outsourced services, apprentices develop skills to manage asset systems throughout their lifecycle, contributing to business growth and resilience.
Five reasons your business needs an asset management apprentice:
- 1. Optimise performance: train your team to assess and improve asset conditions, ensuring operational efficiency.
- 2. Minimise costs: develop strategies for cost-effective asset management, reducing financial risks.
- 3. Drive sustainability: integrate sustainable practices into asset systems, reducing environmental impact.
- 4. Enhance decision-making: use data-driven analysis to make informed asset investment decisions.
- 5. Meet regulatory standards: ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
Please note, we can only respond to enquiries from employers, or individuals with agreement from their employer to undertake an apprenticeship.
Course details
Course structure
Core modules
Asset Health and Life Cycle Enhancement
You study performance requirements of assets, monitoring their health and lifestyle activities and highlighting the importance of sustainable asset management.
You develop skills in identifying asset service and performance requirements, assessing asset condition and performance, and identifying asset system failures and risks.
This is a 20-credit module.
Introduction to Asset Management
You study the principles of asset management, including standards, impact of organisational context, different types of assets, legislation and sustainable development.
You develop skills in identifying constraints that affect asset management, classifying asset management systems and complying with relevant legislation standards.
This is a 20-credit module.
You study the management and planning of asset management projects, following standards, business ethics and data security. You explore resource management and different types of collaborative working techniques.
You use information technology systems and processes for effective planning of asset management projects.
This is a 20-credit module.
Strategic Asset Management and Decision-Making
You study the performance standards and measures, problem solving interventions for asset systems, asset costing and valuation, optioneering and cost-benefit analysis, and benchmarking for asset management.
You develop skills in identifying constraints that affect asset management, calculating life cycle costs, identifying inventories, using multi-criteria decision-making methods and decision support systems, continuous improvement techniques and interpreting and presenting data.
This is a 20-credit module.
You develop skills in addressing asset management risks, problems or issues that need solving using pre-acquired skills from previous modules.
You identify a project which has real business benefit and work to produce a case which you could implement.
Modules offered may vary.
How you learn
Modules are delivered in a block-week at the beginning, with weekly online tutorials.
The work-based project module is also delivered in a block-week at the beginning, introducing the module and the project supervisors, and providing guided support to develop the project plan. Weekly online supervision meetings support the apprentice throughout the semester.
Each module is delivered over one semester.
How you are assessed
The apprentice is assessed using written and computer-based exams, presentations, and coursework including reports, reflective statements and independent/group project work.
Completion of the apprenticeship is also by end-point assessment (EPA) which looks at the knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs) developed to determine if the requirements of the standard have been met.
Please refer to the Asset Manager apprenticeship standard for further information on the KSBs that are assessed by each method and details of the EPA.
Our Disability Services team provide an inclusive and empowering learning environment and have specialist staff to support disabled students access any additional tailored resources needed. If you have a specific learning difficulty, mental health condition, autism, sensory impairment, chronic health condition or any other disability please contact a Disability Services as early as possible.
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Entry requirements
Entry requirements
To be accepted on to a degree apprenticeship course you must have support from your employer and meet the course entry requirements.
The apprentice must have 64 points from any combination of acceptable Level 3 qualifications, and a Level 2 in English and maths.
To be accepted on to an apprenticeship course you must have support from your employer and meet the course entry requirements.
Expressions of interest should be submitted to SCEDTApprenticeships@tees.ac.uk
You can gain considerable knowledge from work, volunteering and life. Under recognition of prior learning (RPL) you may be awarded credit for this which can be credited towards the course you want to study.
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Employability
Career opportunities
The apprentice gains the skills and knowledge to work across a variety of manufacturing sectors including energy and utilities, manufacturing, mining, petrochemical, buildings and transport.
They gain technical knowledge and practical experience by combining on-the-job training with flexible study towards a higher education qualification.
The benefits for the apprentice and employer include:
- increasing future productivity
- keeping the business up-to-date with the latest knowledge and innovative practice
- tackling skills shortages by filling higher level skill gaps
- developing and retaining existing staff by offering support and a fresh perspective
- improving employees’ career prospects.
