Apprentice Property Maintenance Operative
The Pilgrim School
Lincoln, LN6 0DE
Closes on Monday 2 December
Posted on 8 October 2024
Summary
The Pilgrim School has an exciting opportunity for someone who is interested in working to support with Facilities Management in a busy specialist school with a supportive team. The Pilgrim School has an established and highly effective team of permanent members of staff.
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Training course
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Property maintenance operative (level 2)
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Hours
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Monday - Friday, 08:30 - 16:30 (can be flexible).
52 weeks per year.
37 hours a week
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Possible start date
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Thursday 2 January
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
The Pilgrim School is a school that provides education to young people in Lincolnshire who are unable to attend mainstream school for a medical reason. The apprentice will work alongside our Facilities Manager to support with the maintenance and compliance across the 3 small sites. The school offers training and a supportive environment to all its staff.
Duties include:
- Completing weekly compliance checks e.g. checking fire systems
- Minor maintenance tasks e.g. setting heating controls
- Working with external contractors e.g. alarm engineers
- Supporting with extra-curricular activities e.g. Duke of Edinburgh
- Additional projects undertaken during school holidays
- To provide transport options for the school e.g. drive school minibus on trips
Where you’ll work
The Pilgrim School
Carrington Drive
Lincoln
LN6 0DE
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 PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES
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
- Training will be undertaken within the paid working week, with a day a week spent with the training provider, at workshops
- Level 2 Property Maintenance Operative apprenticeship standard
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or C and above)
- Maths (grade 4 or C and 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
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
The school has 3 sites and there will be an expectation that the apprentice will operate across all sites
Other sites:
Baumber, Nr Horncastle, LN9 5ND
Amber Hill, Sutterton Drove, PE20 3RQ
About this company
The Pilgrim School has an exciting opportunity for someone who is interested in working to support with Facilities Management in a busy specialist school with a supportive team. The Pilgrim School has an established and highly effective team of permanent members of staff. The successful candidate will be supported and provided with a range of CPD opportunities.
The Pilgrim School provides lessons in both pupils’ homes and three main bases throughout Lincolnshire. Pupils who receive education support are diagnosed as medically unfit to return to school or have social/communication or mental health difficulties which make school attendance difficult.
https://www.pilgrim.lincs.sch.uk/vacancies (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
- Opportunity to apply for caretaker roles within schools
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES
The reference code for this apprenticeship is
VAC1000280957.
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Closes on Monday 2 December
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