Apprentice Autocare Technician

Summary

Are you interested in anything automotive? S&B Automotive Academy are recruiting! This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to enhance their skills. An Autocare Technician carries out services and repairs to a range of vehicles. If you are keen on problem solving, this will be a great role for you!

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Autocare technician (level 2)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.30pm and Lunch 30 mins.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Thursday 10 October
Duration: 2 Years
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

As an apprentice you will learn all the skills to become a top Autocare Technician with a fantastic range of future career options ahead of you. You will use a range of tools, measuring and diagnostic equipment to identify & repair simple system faults.

Duties include:

Find and diagnose faults using hand tools or a computer
Advise customers on what repairs are needed
Estimate time and costs for jobs
Road test vehicles to check repairs
Tyre fitting
Repairs to exhausts, batteries, brakes, and servicing

Where you’ll work

THE GARAGE

HIGH STREET

WRINGTON

NORTH SOMERSET

BS40 5NA

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

S & B AUTOMOTIVE ACADEMY LIMITED

Your training course

Autocare technician (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

S1: Contribute to maintaining a healthy and safe workplace, including the maintenance of key equipment and carrying out general housekeeping

S2: Carry out stock procedures including dealing with routine stock deliveries, placing stock into storage, carrying out stock rotation duties and ordering parts for customers following company procedures

S3: Carry out vehicle safety inspections and routine maintenance in line with manufactures specifications or approved schedules, company procedures and complete approved documentation.

S4: Make recommendations to customers based on the results of inspections, ensuring that sales recommendations are accurate and fully costed, are ethical and in the best interests of the customer at all times, using language that is transparent and avoids jargon.

S5: Carry out replacement/repair and balancing of a range of light vehicle tyres, including ultra-low profile, directional, asymmetric and run-flat tyres fitted to a range of wheel sizes and types

S6: Carry out the replacement of components on a specific range of vehicle systems including Steering & Suspension, Braking systems, Battery & Charging systems, exhaust systems and Air-Conditioning systems

S7: Carry out 4-wheel Geometry operations including adjustments on a range of vehicles with different suspension and steering systems

S8: Use a range of specialist tools & equipment, mechanical & electrical measuring tools and diagnostic equipment to support fault identification and repair.

S9: Identify & procure correct parts to meet specific customer requirements

S10: Access vehicle technical data to inform inspections and make judgements on wear and serviceability.

S11: Deal with and resolve low-level customer complaints

S12: Communicate effectively with customers, suppliers and colleagues

S13: Use specific company IT systems within the workplace, including Point-of-sale systems and hand-held devices.

Your training plan

Training is delivered in the workplace and via seven weekly college training blocks per year at S&B's specialist Automotive Academy in Bristol
The apprentice will be assigned a workplace mentor and a S&B development coach who will offer support, advice, and guidance by monitoring progress via S&B’s purposely developed eLogbook that all parties can access any time
Apprentices take a Gateway Assessment at the end of every year to progress until the completion of the End Point Assessment
If an apprentice faces a daily commute to S&B’s Academy that is not viable whilst on a weekly training block, the apprentice can arrange with the employer to stay in hotel accommodation at the Hilton Garden Inn. All costs for accommodation including breakfast and a two-course evening meal are met by the employer and there will be no cost to you

As a result, you will receive the following qualification:

Level 2 Autocare Technician Apprenticeship Standard
Functional Skills in maths and English if required

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 4/C)
Maths (grade 4/C)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Team working

Other requirements

The competition for apprenticeship placements is strong so please ensure your application is tailored to the type of apprenticeship you are applying for, pay attention to presentation, spelling and grammar and include any relevant experience, hobbies/interests or qualifications.

About this company

Wrington Motors Ltd was originally set up in the 1920s by S.O. Kingcott Ltd and has been providing a service to the local community ever since. The current owner Melvyn Freeman started working for Kingcotts in 1983 and, apart from a year as Service Manager of a Jaguar dealership, has been working here ever since, taking over the garage in 1992 when the owners retired. All of our mechanics started with us as apprentices and between them have many years of experience. The reception is staffed by experienced technicians who can advise you on all aspects of your vehicle needs.

https://wringtonmotors.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

As a company we are committed to providing development and training opportunities to our employees
An apprenticeship is the grounding for your future development and there are lots of opportunities to develop your career

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

S & B AUTOMOTIVE ACADEMY LIMITED

David Watts

dwatts@sandbaa.com

07852344136

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000252768.

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Closes in 17 days (Wednesday 9 October at 11:59pm)

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