Apprentice Property Maintenance Operative

The Little Haven Hotel

ENGLAND, NE33 1LH

Closes in 14 days (Monday 30 September at 11:59pm)

Posted on 3 September 2024

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Summary

An opportunity has arisen to join our estates team. We will support you to gain your property maintenance operative apprenticeship, giving you the skills to enable you to carry out repairs and maintenance to the hotel and its grounds.

Annual wage
£9,984 a year

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Training course
Property maintenance operative (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am and 5.00pm, on a rota basis. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required.

30 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 1 October

Duration

2 Years

Positions available

2

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 a Property Maintenance Operative Apprentice you will learn to:

  • Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements
  • Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations
  • Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance
  • Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems
  • Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems
  • Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs
  • Perform repairs to plastered surface
  • Use painting and decorating skills
  • Perform tiling repairs
  • Perform flooring repairs
  • Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings

Where you’ll work

RIVER DRIVE

SOUTH SHIELDS

ENGLAND

NE33 1LH

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

RESOURCES (N E) LIMITED

Your training course

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
  • Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
  • Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
  • Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
  • Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
  • Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
  • Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
  • Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
  • Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
  • Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
  • Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
  • Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
  • Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
  • Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
  • Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
  • Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
  • Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
  • Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
  • Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
  • Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
  • Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
  • Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
  • Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
  • Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
  • Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
  • Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
  • Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
  • Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
  • Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
  • Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
  • Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
  • Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
  • Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
  • Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
  • Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
  • Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
  • Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
  • Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
  • Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
  • Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
  • Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
  • Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
  • Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
  • Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
  • Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
  • Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
  • Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
  • Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.

    • Your training plan

    Property Maintenance Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:

    • You will work alongside experienced professionals whilst you develop your skills
    • You will attend the training provider 1 day per week (Resources NE Ltd, 57 Aiden Court, Jarrow, NE32 3EF)

    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 4 (C) or above)
    • Maths (grade 4 (C) or above)

    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
    • Customer care skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Team working

    About this company

    Listed as one of the best sea-side hotels in the country, with the Certificate of Excellence & Traveller's Choice Award from TripAdvisor, you can rest easy, your comfort is our profession Situated in South Shields at the River Tyne's gateway, our hotel offers breath-taking views of the bustling Tyne and Little Haven beach!

    https://www.littlehavenhotel.com/ (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    • An employee in this occupation will be responsible for performing planned maintenance and responsive repairs to properties, maintaining a high level of quality to the works they complete, providing maximum satisfaction to customers, clients, staff or residents within those properties

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    RESOURCES (N E) LIMITED

    Stephen Briganti

    stephen.briganti@resourcesdev.co.uk

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000274536.

    Apply now

    Closes in 14 days (Monday 30 September at 11:59pm)

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