Do you want to take a certificate as an energy fitter in Norway's largest grid company?
Hamar, Norge
Type of Employment Part-time
Job position Apprentice energy fitter
Work model On location
Application due date 28 January 2026
Are you the one?

Can you imagine a life without electricity? Neither can we. In Elvia, you are helping to ensure the power supply to over two million people every day. We have a strong sense of ownership that electricity should be ON. Now we hope you will take part in our social mission.

As an apprentice at Elvia, you get a safe and quality-assured apprenticeship together with skilled energy installers. We focus on your development by seeing you for who you are. With us, you will get to try your hand at the entire breadth of the energy installation profession.

Did you know that as an apprentice at Elvia, you will be trained in troubleshooting and maintenance of power lines that have a total length of one and a half circles around the globe? Talk about variety and a wide range of assignments that we want you to get really good at. In addition, you'll gain experience in building and operating power grids, as well as troubleshooting cables and transformers. With us, you'll find that you're ready for the professional exam by being part of an inclusive and competent professional environment.

You can apply to several local locations such as Gjøvik, Hamar, Heradsbygd and Trysil. In addition, you can apply to RN station, which is the executing department responsible for the regional network. As an apprentice in RN station, you will be based in Nydal, Heradsbygd or Gjøvik, and you will assist on assignments in substations in our network area, both outdoors and indoors, from steel structures to control systems. Regardless of your location, our goal is for you to gain experience in how the grid is built, operated and maintained.

Do you want to be part of the team that makes a meaningful difference for two million people every day? Then we hope you'll read on!

Tasks as an apprentice at Elvia:

  • You'll be part of a team that solves various assignments, including building, operating and maintaining power grids, correcting faults on lines, cables and transformers.

Who are you?

At Elvia, we're curious about who you are and what you want to learn in the power engineering profession. We will be there for you and your development, and we believe that you can become a really skilled energy fitter with a good dose of curiosity for the profession. You take responsibility for your own learning and development, and you thrive in a working environment that focuses on collaboration, clear communication and improvement work. In addition, it is natural for you to contribute to a working environment that prioritizes health, safety and the environment every day.

Qualifications:

  • You must have passed an exam on VG2 electrical energy, no later than June 2026

  • Through our social mission, we handle critical infrastructure. Our routines therefore require that we conduct a background check when hiring for this position

  • You have a class B driver's license, or that you take this as soon as you turn 18 years old

Why should you become an apprentice at Elvia?

If you have read through the entire ad, we hope you are left with the feeling that it is important for us that you thrive with us, both professionally and socially. As an apprentice at Elvia, you will be part of an inclusive community where we see people as the most important driver of our meaningful social mission.

  • We will give you a safe and quality-assured apprenticeship with varied work tasks across the entire breadth of the energy fitter profession

  • You will be part of an inclusive and competent environment that looks forward to taking part in your development journey towards becoming a skilled energy fitter

  • Ordinary salary, working and insurance conditions

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  • Training takes place in close cooperation with Opplæringskontoret Elkraft

  • A professional certificate that will strengthen you in the labor market and give you opportunities for further education

Read more about what it is like to be an apprentice in Elvia here: https://www.elvia.no/hva-er-elvia/jobb-i-elvia/laerling-i-elvia/

We're excited about who you are and can't wait to tell you more about why it's rewarding to work at Elvia. That's why we hope you'll give us a good insight into your motivation and curiosity for the energy installation profession in the application form. A letter of application is not necessary, but you must upload your CV and copies of certificates of competence/transcripts of grades. If you are on VG2 this year, attach your term grades for the first half of the year. The certificate of competence for VG2 must then be forwarded when you have received this.

Please feel free to contact managers in execution; Per Sigurd Westgaard (RN Station, tel. 959 81 774), Kay Ronny Brobakken (Gjøvik, tel. 992 90 542), Martine Klock (Hamar/Nydal, tel. 958 91 137), Per-Arne Davidson (Heradsbygd, tel. 979 78 404) and Martin Lutnæs (Trysil, tel. 959 81 826).

We are responsible for ensuring light in the lamp for two million people and with that comes some requirements. If you join the team, we need to make sure that you are who you say you are, which we do with a background check after receiving consent from you.

Become a driving force for the development of infrastructure and services for the benefit of society, people and climate together with us in Elvia - we look forward to hearing from you!