Scania Heavy Vehicle Technician Apprenticeship - Clone Record – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

This apprenticeship is the Level 3 Heavy Vehicle Service & Maintenance Technician standard programme with Keltruck Scania in Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2JZ. The right candidate will work alongside Scania’s qualified Technicians to receive extensive training in maintaining HGVs.

Annual wage: £17,784 a year
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Training course: Heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 08:00 - 16:30 (Shifts may vary)
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 5 May
Duration: 2 years 8 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

For more than 125 years Scania has been at the forefront of the automotive industry and today is one of the world’s most recognised and respected commercial vehicle brands, Keltruck Ltd is the largest independent Scania dealer in Europe with 18 depots across the Midlands and South Wales.

Working for Keltruck is not just about the job. Keltruck go the extra mile to provide an excellent employment package for every member of staff. Some of the benefits include;

• 25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays (increases with service)
• Pension scheme
• Life insurance
• Help@hand access for health and wellbeing support (access to a Doctor (can be an online video call) and personal medical help)
• Access to YourFix, Keltruck’s rewards, benefits and communication platform which includes high street savings and various employee support tools from Keltruck
• Length of service awards starting at year 1 and then every 5 years (increases to holiday entitlement, pension, salary, high value watch of your choice and factory tour to Sweden)
• Scania tool box and tool kit for all Technical Apprentices for free
• Access to Costco membership
• Free warm drinks
• Free parking
• Free uniform
• Refer a friend scheme of up to £2,500 per person
• Continued learning once in a qualified role

Whilst at college, Keltruck provide your travel, food and accommodation costs as part of the apprenticeship.
As part of the Scania Apprenticeship Programme, you will have the opportunity to gain new skills and knowledge whilst carrying out maintenance and repairs on Scania heavy vehicles in your workplace, this will include mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical vehicle systems. You will also receive excellent training at Scania’s state-of-the-art training academy to further develop your new skills and knowledge to the next level.

Roles and Responsibilities – You will:

• Work alongside a qualified Technician to learn how to carry out repairs according to Scania procedures in a safe and responsible manner
• Be trained on how to service, maintain and repair Scania vehicles which have the latest technology
• Learn the fundamentals of heavy vehicle technologies – heavy vehicle chassis, engine, fuels, transmissions, hydraulic and air braking, electrical systems, and testing
• Be taught how to setup accessories and specific equipment on the vehicles
• Ensure appropriate work logs are kept for all vehicles, and all job cards and service sheets are completed in a timely manner
• Keep high levels of morale and focus to ensure the highest possible levels of productive efficiency, quality of workmanship, and production finish in order to sustain growth in customer confidence in the service provided
• Represent Keltruck in a professional and courteous manner when dealing with customers and the general public
• Communicate effectively with other departments in the business
• Adhere to Keltruck’s Core Values of Caring, Integrity, Professional and Dependable

If this sounds like the role for you, apply now!

Where you’ll work

Keltruck Sutton in Ashfield

Unit 2, Fulwood Road South

NG17 2JZ

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

REMIT GROUP LIMITED

Your training course

Heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Carry out the basic tasks with tools and equipment common to all procedures involving basic mechanical and electrical procedures related to HV
The ability to keep updated with emerging new technologies within the HV industry.
Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop and adhere to the company and legislative processes.
Access specific and related HV technical information appropriately.
The ability to service, inspect and maintain HVs and trailers to meet company, Driver and vehicle standards agency (DVSA) and manufacturers’ standards.
Use a range of diagnostic and electrical measuring equipment to identify faults and underlying causes on HV’s.
Successfully inspect and prepare vehicles and trailers to meet DVSA standards prescribed in the tester’s manual.
Carry out final quality checks before handover to the customer without supervision.
Apply advanced diagnostic principles and logical/problem solving techniques and regimes.
Maintain records to company and operators’ licence obligations and regulation.
To be able to communicate effectively in both oral and written mediums both internally and with customers on a range of topics that will support, HV inspection and diagnosing techniques.

Your training plan

During your heavy vehicle apprenticeship programme, you will be required to attend Scania’s state-of-the-art training academy, the biggest automotive training facility in the UK.

You will visit the training academy for 16 separate weeks (Mon – Fri) over the duration of the 32 month programme. All travel expenses to and from the academy, together with the costs of the hotel accommodation, are paid for by the employer.

As Scania’s dedicated training partner, Remit will deliver comprehensive training to all apprentices periodically throughout the programme. During these training sessions, your Development Coach will review your progress, set SMART targets, and identify any additional support that you may require.

As a result, you will achieve:

• IMI Level 3 Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician
• IRTEC Accreditation

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths (grade 4/C)
English (grade 4/C)

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
Enthusiasm to learn
Mechanically minded

Other requirements

Closing Dates: Please submit your application along with your CV as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive enough applications.

About this company

Established in 1983, Keltruck Ltd is the largest independent Scania dealer in Europe with 18 depots across the Midlands and South Wales. The company, founded by Chris Kelly, is today managed by an experienced team of executive directors with several decades worth of experience within the road transport industry and the Scania U.K. network between them.

After this apprenticeship

Keltruck invest considerably in staff development and training and you can expect to receive comprehensive training to provide opportunities for career progression.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

REMIT GROUP LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000292175.

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Closes in 29 days (Monday 20 January)

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