Light Vehicle Apprentice
MAD AUTOCARE LTD
HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 0RX
Closes in 17 days (Monday 27 January at 11:59pm)
Posted on 10 January 2025
Contents
Summary
The role will involve working on a range of vehicles. Carrying out various minor and major repairs on light vehicles such as cars and vans. Replacement of tyres, fault finding, inspection, vehicle diagnostics, servicing and MOT preparation.
- Annual wage
- £11,315.20 a year
- Training course
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
- Hours
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4 Days per week on site (Weekdays)
1 Day per week with training provider
34 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 10 February
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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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
You will undertake tasks such as:
· Servicing and repairs
· MOT preparation
· Tyre and exhaust fitting
· Electrical fault finding
· Brake servicing
· Suspension repairs
· Diagnosing faults
· Wiring
Where you’ll work
UNIT 9
CALDER TRADING ESTATE
LOWER QUARRY ROAD
HUDDERSFIELD
HD5 0RX
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
KIRKLEES 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.
- 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
This will be a day release at college once a week
More training information
Knowledge
K1: How vehicle service and repair is impacted by legislative, regulatory and ethical requirements, including health and safety law and environmental procedures.
K2: The structure of the industry and how the business works from an operational perspective, business targets, the systems and processes that make up the efficient running of a business.
K3: How to develop positive working relationships and communicate effectively and how to carry out self-evaluation and improve own performance.
K4: The procedures for the maintenance of tools and the workshop.
K5: Routine servicing and inspection procedures.
K6: Steering and suspension geometries; electrical circuit requirements and calculations.
K7: Construction and operation of vehicle components and systems.
K8: Common fault types, causes and effects of different types of faults.
K9: The implications and legal requirements of fitting accessories and carrying out vehicle modifications.
K10: How to diagnose faults using suitable fault finding strategies.
K11: Construction and operation of advanced electrical, braking and suspension systems, engine and transmission systems and engine and gear calculations.
K12: Vehicle emissions and legal requirements. Zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate 2035.
K13: Alternative fuels and hybrid and electric systems.
Skills
S1: Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop. Segregate waste for disposal or recycling. Comply with industry environmental legislation.
S2: Demonstrate due regard for own safety and that of others in the workshop and minimise risk of injury and vehicle damage.
S3: Carry out fundamental tasks associated with removal and replacement procedures on a vehicle.
S4: Obtain diagnostic and repair information.
S5: Interpret diagnostic information and use electrical wiring diagrams to determine system serviceability.
S6: Use a range of diagnostic equipment.
S7: Follow recognised diagnostic procedures, logical diagnostic sequence and apply advanced diagnostic principles and problem-solving techniques to establish faults.
S8: Report faults using company procedures and recommend suitable further actions.
S9: Follow recognised repair procedures to complete a wide range of repairs including those which involve complex procedures, or in depth knowledge.
S10: Test the function of repaired and fitted components.
S11: Adhere to business processes and complete documentation following workplace procedures.
S12: Use ICT to create emails, word-process documents and carry out web based searches.
S13: Complete a range of services and inspect and prepare a vehicle to the required quality standard for handover to the customer.
Behaviours
B1: Take responsibility when required and be honest and accountable when things don’t go as planned.
B2: Operate as an effective team member.
B3: Behave in accordance with the values of the company and treat colleagues and customers with respect and courtesy.
B4: Build effective relationships with colleagues and customers.
B5: Gain trust and pay attention to colleagues and customers concerns and needs.
B6: Communicate effectively on a range of topics and with all sorts of different people.
B7: Deliver excellent results and achieve challenging goals.
B8: Contribute to problem solving discussions and enjoy finding solutions to own and other people’s problems.
B9: Suggest ways to make the business more efficient and contribute to its commercial growth.
B10: Constantly learn in order to improve own performance and that of the business.
B11: Share knowledge and skills.
B12: Demonstrate a passion for engineering.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C or above)
- Mathematics (grade 4/C 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
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Enthusiastic
- Hard working
- Motivated
- Good time keeping
About this company
We are a family run business that have been trading since 2010. We have a wide client base throughout West Yorkshire. Most of our work comes from recommendations, repeat business and word of mouth.
After this apprenticeship
A full time, permanent position maybe available for the right candidate once the qualification has been achieved.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KIRKLEES COLLEGE
Eve Cunningham
ecunningham@kirkleescollege.ac.uk
07356121468
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295622.
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Closes in 17 days (Monday 27 January at 11:59pm)
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