Apprentice Motor Vehicle Technician

Summary

We are looking for an Apprentice Motor Vehicle Technician to join our team to provide high quality maintenance and repairs to our customers.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday with exact shifts to be confirmed. Some weekend work may also be required.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Saturday 2 November
Duration: 3 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 a motor mechanic, you'll:

Talk to customers about their vehicle's problems
Advise customers on what repairs are needed
Find and diagnose faults using hand tools or a computer
Estimate time and costs for jobs
Repair and replace faulty parts
Road test vehicles to check repairs
Carry out scheduled servicing and maintenance
Fit accessories like stereos and alarms
Check stock levels and parts
Update vehicle service records

Where you’ll work

49

Brasenose Road

Liverpool

L20 8HL

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 CITY OF LIVERPOOL COLLEGE

Your training course

Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop. Segregate waste for disposal or recycling. Comply with industry environmental legislation.

Demonstrate due regard for own safety and that of others in the workshop and minimise risk of injury and vehicle damage.

Carry out fundamental tasks associated with removal and replacement procedures on a vehicle.

Obtain diagnostic and repair information.

Interpret diagnostic information and use electrical wiring diagrams to determine system serviceability.

Use a range of diagnostic equipment.

Follow recognised diagnostic procedures, logical diagnostic sequence and apply advanced diagnostic principles and problem-solving techniques to establish faults.

Report faults using company procedures and recommend suitable further actions.

Follow recognised repair procedures to complete a wide range of repairs including those which involve complex procedures, or in depth knowledge.

Test the function of repaired and fitted components.

Adhere to business processes and complete documentation following workplace procedures.

Use ICT to create emails, word-process documents and carry out web based searches.

Complete a range of services and inspect and prepare a vehicle to the required quality standard for handover to the customer.

Your training plan

Apprentices will undertake a Level 3 Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician (light vehicle) apprenticeship by attending The City of Liverpool College on a day release programme. They will attend the Vauxhall Road campus.
Apprentices without Level 2 Maths and English will work towards Level 2 Functional Skills alongside their apprenticeship programme.

Requirements

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
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

About this company

Shawbrook Ltd is a local, family run business . They specialise in Servicing, Diagnostic Specialists, MOT, Repairs, Garage, , Recovery, Tyres and Accident Repair.

After this apprenticeship

Successful completion of this apprenticeship may lead to a full time position with Shawbrook Ltd

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