Pass the EIAT and get on the apprenticeship list
One hundred questions on paper, no calculator, and 70% to qualify. Miss it and you wait for your local to recruit again. Practise the real format until nothing on the day is a surprise.
What's on the EIAT
NEIEP sets one paper of 100 multiple-choice questions. No calculator is allowed, and the pass mark is 70%.
Reading comprehension
Passages with words missing, where you choose the word that fits from four options.
Mechanical comprehension
Levers, pulleys, gears and hydraulics, judged from a diagram rather than calculated.
Mathematics
Decimals, fractions and mixed numbers, order of operations and basic algebra — in your head and on paper.
A short tool assessment follows the EIAT. It does not count towards your EIAT score, but it does feed your interview score — and the interview is what sets your place on the hiring list.
Practise section by section
Try a free sample of each, then unlock the full banks and unlimited mocks.
Reading comprehension
Passages with words missing — choose the word that fits the sense of the sentence.
Mathematics
Decimals, fractions and mixed numbers, order of operations and basic algebra — by hand.
Mechanical comprehension
Levers, pulleys, gears and hydraulics — judged from the diagram, not calculated.
Tools & measuring
Read a tape measure to a sixteenth, name the tool, and pick the right one for the job.
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- ✓Read a tape to a sixteenth — Timed practice on the instrument itself, not a list of fractions
- ✓Mechanical comprehension — Levers, pulleys, gears and hydraulics, drawn and explained
- ✓Maths without a calculator — Decimals, mixed numbers and order of operations at speed
- ✓Full timed mock — The whole paper end to end, sections timed separately
Why practise first?
You may not get another go soon
Locals recruit when their list runs out or expires, often around every two years. A near miss can cost you a long wait.
It is a ranked queue
Passing gets you an interview. Where you finish decides how long you wait for a call, and whether one comes at all.
No calculator, on paper
Most people have not done long division by hand in years. That is a practice problem, not an ability problem.