Nathan didn’t know what an apprenticeship was when he left school. Three years on, he’s qualified to a level most electricians never reach in a lifetime. This is the version of an apprenticeship nobody talked to him about at sixteen — and what an AMP Renewables apprenticeship actually looks like, day to day.
10 May 2026 · AMP Renewables
From Classroom to 11kV: A Week with Nathan, Year-Three Apprentice
A domestic consumer unit on Monday. An EV charger on Tuesday. A 5am call-out at Arriva's Tyne Yard depot by the end of the week. We followed Nathan Sheridan and asked him what an apprenticeship at AMP Renewables actually feels like — plus a short film of him on the tools.
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