Apprentice Multi Trade - Basingstoke – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

Are you looking to start a career in building services? Want to earn whilst you learn? Ian Williams is one of the UK’s leading property services companies and our award-winning apprenticeship scheme could help you realise your ambitions. Join our team now working as an Apprentice Multi-Trade Operative.

Annual wage: £16,021 a year
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Training course: Property maintenance operative (level 2)
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 8.00am - 4.30pm, Friday 8.00am - 3.30pm
39 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 21 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

Being an apprentice at Ian Williams means real “hands on” work on real jobs. You will combine a combination of college and practical learning to study your chosen trade. You will get the opportunity to put your new skills into practice, while supported by the expert guidance of our experienced tradespeople - your own mentor.

What will I be doing?

The broad purpose of a Multi-Trade Operative is to conduct the general day-to-day maintenance to keep a range of properties in a good state of repair. You can expect to conduct routine maintenance tasks, and minor planned and responsive repair works, using a broad range of fundamental trade skills including carpentry, joinery, plumbing, plastering, brick and block work, external works and associated finishing trades including tiling, painting, and decorating. This is not the role for you if you are looking to specialise in one trade.

The specific type of work will vary contract to contract, most contracts will be based in social housing.

The types of tasks we cover include:

Maintenance range of domestic properties
Ripping out and preparing empty properties for new tenants
Planned and responsive repair work
You will gain an overview and basic understanding of multiple trades including carpentry, electrical, plastering and plumbing
Work both inside and outside in all weather, whether it’s boiling hot or freezing cold!

Where you’ll work

Basingstoke

RG21 7UG

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

THE GROWTH COMPANY 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.