Motor Vehicle Apprenticeship

Summary

A Motor Vehicle Technician is a highly skilled worker. During your apprenticeship, you will be taught about all areas of vehicle service, repair and maintenance. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to earn a salary and gain a Level 2 qualification.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Autocare technician (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday - times to be confirmed (TBC) - Possible weekend work.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 1 October
Duration: 2 Years 6 Months
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

Servicing vehicles - Working on manufacturer servicing guidelines to ensure the vehicle is running at optimum performance
Maintenance - Replacing parts and components before they fail
Repair - Repairing problems that cause vehicle failure

Where you’ll work

ALFREDS WAY

BARKING

IG11 0AT

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

NORTH LONDON GARAGES GTA

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

Level 2 Autocare Technician Apprenticeship Standard

Successful candidates will have full-time employment with training in a garage and day release at one of our training centres or other approved college. Attend training at our centre in Enfield, Ponders End for one day a week.

They will work towards achieving Level 2 qualification (over 18 months).

You will shadow qualified technicians at work so that you are able to learn first-hand how to service, maintain and repair vehicles.

As you progress through the course and your confidence and experience grow, you will be able to start completing tasks on your own.

One of our assessors will visit you in your workplace to mentor you and assess your competence regularly. This is part of our close support network NLG provides to ensure that apprentices are both enjoying and succeeding in their course.

North London Garages have rolling college courses that start approximately every 3 months. To apply, you must be able to travel to college once a week.

On completion of this Standard, the Auto-care Technician will be eligible to apply for IMI membership as a Registered Young Professional or if they wish as an Associate Member. They would also gain entry into the IMI Professional Register.

Functional Skills maths and English (if needed).

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths and English (grade 4)

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

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

The specific hours and days that you will be required to work and attend college will be discussed in more detail at the employer interview and by North London Garages once you have been accepted on to the apprenticeship programme. The successful candidate will be willing and able to travel to their place of work for 4 days and attend training at our centre in Enfield, Ponders End for one day a week. This may involve commuting.

About this company

M1 247 has been operating in the Barking area for a number of years. They welcome any work in fixing and servicing light vehicles. They are also an approved MOT testing station.

After this apprenticeship

Following the completion of your Intermediate Apprenticeship (18- months), we recommend that you continue on an advanced apprenticeship (12 months) to become a fully qualified Light Vehicle Technician.

There are then a number of opportunities for progression within the Motor Industry including (but not limited to): MOT Tester, Senior Technician and/or Workshop Manager.

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