Taylors Oxford are looking for a Maintenance Apprentice to work across their 7 shops in Oxford.

Summary

Rate of pay: £6.40 per hour. Hours : 40 hours per week, including 1 day at college. Benefits: 65% off food when on shift, 50% discount when not working. An excellent opportunity to work with our experienced and knowledgeable Maintenance Manager learning a variety of skill whilst helping to maintain our shops.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Property maintenance operative (level 2)
Hours: 5 days, this includes 1 day a week in college. Monday - ACE Training 8.30 to 4.30 Tuesday - Friday, 9.00 to 5.30. Flexibility required for working hours as some work needs to be completed out of hours weekends.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 6 January
Duration: 1 year 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

Duties of this role are outlined as follows and training will be provided:

Painting and decorating
Basic plumbing
Putting up fixtures and fittings
Water blasting and general building maintenance
Basic electrics, changing light fittings, blubs, sockets etc
Maintaining and repairing equipment
Maintaining an asset register of plant and equipment
Liaising with 3rd parties on repair costs, annual contracts and project management
Coordinating CCTV repairs and maintenance across the company
Liaising with our IT support company on basic troubleshooting
Able to work at heights of up to 3m (working height)

Where you’ll work

31 St. Giles

Oxford

OX1 3LD

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

ACE TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY 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

The qualifications you will be working towards while on your Apprenticeship are:

NVQ level 2 in Property Maintenance, this will be achieved through assessments completed while you are completing work.
Attend ACE Training on Mondays to work towards the Diploma level 2 in Maintenance Operations which will enable you to achieve the End Point Assessment required to complete your Apprenticeship. Each week you will learn and complete tasks to develop the skills you need on site and to sucessfully pass your EPA.
Functional Skills in maths and English, if required.
ACE Training - 15a Station Field Ind Est, Kidlington, Oxford. OX5 1JD.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 4 or above)
Maths (grade 4 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

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

This is a hands-on role across our 7 shops in Oxford, 5 city centre based, 1 in Summertown and 1 in Botley. You will need to be a confident cyclist and be willing to cycle between all shops on a regular basis. A bike will be provided to travel between locations.

About this company

We are one of Oxford's largest independent businesses and have been trading since 1991.

http://taylorsoxford.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Taylors is a local growing business, and we are proud to be able to provide excellent opportunities for career progression.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ACE TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY LIMITED

Lyndsey Fitzpatrick

lyndsey@acetraining.co.uk

07538713849

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000287482.

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