Apprentice Autocare Technician
Kingston Garage
N SOMERSET, BS21 6XA
Closes on Monday 28 October
Posted on 24 May 2024
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Summary
Have you always had a passion for anything automotive? We are offering a fantastic opportunity for someone who has an interest for improving a range of vehicles. 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
- Training course
- Autocare technician (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 08:00 to 17:00, with 1 hour for lunch.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Tuesday 29 October
- Duration
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2 Years
- Positions available
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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.
Due to the UK skills shortage within the automotive sector, you will be the next generation of technicians with the ability to adapt and change. This is great role for someone who is willing to jump start their career!
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
KINGSTON GARAGE
1 BULLOCKS COTTAGES
BACK LANE KINGSTON SEYMOUR
N SOMERSET
BS21 6XA
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
Your training plan
S&B Automotive Academy is a specialist apprenticeship training provider located in Bedminster, Bristol. The apprenticeship training is delivered via weekly block releases at S&B throughout a year, learning will also take place in the workplace and a S&B Development Coach and Workplace Mentor are allocated to support and monitor your progress to help you reach your goals and manage your workload. Your employer will pay you when you are attending weekly training blocks at S&B.
To be considered for this apprenticeship you must have GCSEs, Functional Skills or Key Skills at grade C/4 or above in English and maths (or equivalent), If your grades are below this, we will discuss your options for taking functional skills in Maths and/or English. As well as this, predicated grades are accepted, and work experience or knowledge is beneficial but not essential.
As a result you will receive the following:
- Level 2 Autocare Technician standard qualification
- Level 2 Functional skills in Maths and English (If not already exempt)
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
- Initiative
Other requirements
Closing, interview and possible start date for this vacancy are subject to change. Interviews could commence at any time. S&B will send all applications to the employer, from this the employer will look at your details and evaluate the current candidates so you will be awaiting a response from either the employer or S&B if the employer would like to discuss further. Should you wish to retract your application at any point, we kindly request that you inform us at your earliest convenience.
About this company
Kingston Garage was established by Paul in 1990 and has run as a family business ever since. We believe in good quality service. Honesty is our policy and we are only to happy to explain with practical demonstration if that is useful exactly what you have had or need to have. It is important to us that you are happy in the knowledge that your car has had the best service or repair that the situation dictated. We have looked after many of our customer’s cars from the day we opened and now also look after their children’s cars with the same care and attention. We like to think a visit to Kingston Garage is how you would like it to be, you can speak to the person who worked on your car see the workshop and the discuss any concerns you may have.
https://www.kingstongarage.co.uk/index.html (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
- We are committed to providing you with all the support and training you need to gain your Apprenticeship Qualification and to develop your career further with us. As a company we love to help our employees by encouraging them, this could open up even more career opportunities.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
S & B AUTOMOTIVE ACADEMY LIMITED
Luke Morrison
lmorrison@sandbaa.com
07719 545586
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000253220.
Apply now
Closes on Monday 28 October
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