Motor Technician Apprentice

Summary

Mercedes-Benz of Poole are offering the opportunity to join the team from 08 September 2025 to train towards a full qualification as a motor vehicle Technician. As an Apprentice Technician, you will receive training and development in all areas and accountabilities of the Technicians role.

Wage: £15,955 a year
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Training course: Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 08.30 - 17.30 (with one hour unpaid break)
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 3 years
Positions available: 2

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

Apprentice work:

• Carrying out maintenance services in accordance with schedule

• Performing mechanical repairs and maintenance such as replacing worn brake or suspension components

• Learning diagnostic and repair techniques under supervision of Technician

• Tyre fitting

• Valeting of customer vehicles

• Observing, learning and undertaking a wide range of tasks while under instruction

• Demonstrating learned skills and process as training progresses

• Demonstrating an understanding of workshop systems, diagnostic equipment and special tools

• Maintaining workshop cleanliness

• Demonstrating an understanding of safe working practices • Maintain workshop equipment reporting damage or wear.

Where you’ll work

Holes Bay Road

Poole

BH15 2BD

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

BOURNEMOUTH AND POOLE COLLEGE, THE

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

College attendance will be day release (1 day per week) and candidates will be expected to travel to attend College.

More training information

L3 Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Essential 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

Analytical skills
Attention to detail
Communication skills
Initiative
Logical
Organisation skills
Patience
Problem solving skills
Team working

Other requirements

You will also need to apply to the Bournemouth and Poole College for an academic interview. For course detail: https://www.thecollege.co.uk/courses/automotive-apprenticeship-level-3 You will be working in a workshop environment, with some lifting of heavy objects.

About this company

The Sandown Group began as a separate Company in the UK in 2007. Investments in the retail of the Mercedes-Benz Passenger cars, smart & AMG brands. The Company has grown to 9 retail sites plus support sites There are 500 members of the Sandown team, focusing on our customers, the brand and our people.

After this apprenticeship

Progression to Full Time employment

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