Calling all Bright Sparks!
Join the Ausgrid Bright Spark Apprentice Program for an opportunity to light up your career!
Join the Ausgrid Bright Spark Apprentice Program for an opportunity to light up your career!
Ausgrid's ‘Bright Spark’ apprenticeship program will prepare you for a lively, hands-on career where you’re a valued team member. If you’re a fan of the great outdoors, have a real maths mind, good at solving problems and enjoy hands on work that offers variety you’ll thrive with us.
We develop apprentices to excel in a field career through a structured program combining on and off the job training, a series of rotations and additional learning and development opportunities.
Those who are selected represent a diverse group including female and mature-age apprentices, breaking down barriers and addressing historical underrepresentation in trade apprenticeships.
The program includes:
If you’re active, love the outdoors and will enjoy working at treetop level then this is for you. You’ll learn how to build, improve and maintain the poles and wires that deliver electricity to our high and low voltage customers. You’ll gain various licences and become skilled in the operation of plant and equipment associated with the trade.
If you’re after work that’s outdoors, hands on and internationally recognised, this apprenticeship is for you. Working in small teams, you’ll look after the underground cables that are an integral part of our electricity network. You’ll learn to join and terminate high and low voltage cables. You’ll gain various licences and become skilled in the operation of plant and equipment associated with the trade.
This apprenticeship is for anyone who is good at solving problems and using their mathematical mind. Our electricians mainly work on the electrical equipment in our substations as well as light, power and data circuits, You’ll learn to install, test and fix electrical equipment to help maintain our electrical distribution network. You will also pick up new skills and become a licensed electrician.
To deliver the best possible service to our customers, we strive towards a workforce that reflects the diverse community that we serve. Ausgrid is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce.
We strive for gender balance in our apprentice intakes. We encourage applications from people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, people from the LGBTQIA+ community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Find out more about Inclusion and Diversity at Ausgrid.