Offshore Wind Turbine Technician Apprenticeship

Galloper Offshore Wind Farm is a 353MW site located 30km off the Suffolk coast near Greater Gabbard. Its 56 turbines generate enough green electricity to power over 444,000 UK homes annually. A 60-person team operates the site from a modern O&M facility at Harwich International Port, which includes a 24/7 control room, pontoon, warehouse, offices and a gym, staffed by technicians, engineers and marine coordinators.

Greater Gabbard is a 504MW offshore wind farm operating since 2012, generating renewable energy for over 400,000 UK homes each year. It is a venture between SSE Renewables (50%) and RWE Renewables (50%). The Lowestoft O&M base, established in 2009, created 100 jobs, and all 140 turbines have been producing power since 2012.

Operational since 2015, the Humber Gateway Wind Farm consists of 73 wind turbines, producing 219MW of energy. This is enough to supply 199,000 homes, equivalent to over 1.5 times the number of households in nearby Hull. The operations & maintenance facility on Grimsby Fish Dock’s north quay supports a 30-person team and provides office space, equipment storage and vessel mooring needed to operate and maintain the site. 

Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, operational since 2018, has 116 turbines across 70 km² off the Sussex coast, generating 400MW, enough to power around 409,000 UK homes. A 65-person team operates the site from a purpose-built O&M facility on the East Quay at Newhaven Port, including technicians, engineers, marine staff and apprentices. Rampion has trained 10 apprentices so far, with a goal of 25% apprentice-trained technicians.

Since entering operation in 2009, the 90MW Rhyl Flats Wind Farm has been providing enough green energy to power over 70,000 homes. The site is located 8km off the North Wales coast, towards the east end of the Constable Bank. A team fo 25, including apprentices, technicians, engineers, managers and other support staff run the site from an operations & maintenance facility located in the Port Of Mostyn. The site consistes of 25 wind turbines, each generating 3.6MW.

Located in the Solway Firth, Robin Rigg East and Robin Rigg West were the first commercial offshore wind farms in Scottish waters (together known as Robin Rigg). These wind farms began full generation in April 2010 and combined provide 174MW, enough electricity to power around 137,000 homes and offset around 230,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions each year. A 30+strong team operate & maintain the site from its base at the Port of Workington.

Located 2.5 km offshore Great Yarmouth on the coast of East Anglia, Scroby Sands was one of the first offshore wind farms to be developed in the UK. With 30 2MW wind turbines producing a total of 60MW, Scrobdy Sands produces enough to power 48,000 homes in the area. The operations & maintenance team is made up of approximately 20 staff, working from a facility located in Great Yarmouth.

The 1.4 gigawatt (GW) Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, sited on the shallow central area of the North Sea known as Dogger Bank, is the largest offshore wind project in RWE's current portfolio.

Now under construction, the project is located 195 km from the nearest point on the UK’s North East coast on a site of 593 square kilometres. A total of 100 Siemens Gamesa 14MW turbines will be installed, each standing 252 meters tall, that’s just 60 metres less than the UK’s tallest building, The Shard.

Triton Knoll is an 857MW offshore wind farm off England’s east coast, located 20 miles from Lincolnshire and 28 miles from north Norfolk. Operated from a purpose-built facility on Grimsby’s Royal Dock, it features 9.5MW turbines among the world’s most powerful. Each turbine stands 187m tall with a swept area larger than the London Eye and can power a UK home for over 29 hours with a single blade turn.