Land-Based Service Engineer apprentice

Summary

Cornwall Farm Machinery Ltd are offering an exciting opportunity to join their dynamic team as a Land-Based Engineer apprentice! Gain the knowledge, skills and behaviours to kickstart your career in the agricultural engineering sector.

Wage: £15,704 a year
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Training course: Land-based service engineer (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday. 8am to 5pm.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 2 years
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

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Repairs and PDI on all types of agricultural machinery
Repairs and PDI on all types of ground care machinery
Repairs and PDI of Ifor Williams trailers
Discussions with other members of the team to aid learning
Logging jobs and times using a workshop app

Where you’ll work

DEER PARK
TREWATERS FARM
TRISPEN
TRURO
TR4 9BE

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

CORNWALL COLLEGE

Your training course

Land-based service engineer (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Prepare and reinstate the work area for land-based engineering activities.
Clean land-based machinery and equipment.
Select and use PPE, tools and equipment required to undertake land-based engineering activities.
Prepare land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment for service, maintenance and repair activities.
Prepare parts, components and sub-assemblies prior to reassembly, including inspecting, cleaning, refurbishing, sharpening, resealing, straightening, and balancing.
Refit and re-assemble parts, components and sub-assemblies, ensuring their compatibility and relationship including timing and alignment.
Select the appropriate lifting, supporting and securing equipment.
Apply thermal bonding and separation methods to join, fabricate and repair materials and components.
Complete organisational documentation and reports.
Carry out work in compliance with legislative and organisational requirements.
Lift, support and secure loads, land-based machinery, equipment and assemblies.
Setup land-based prime movers, machinery and equipment to meet customer requirements.
Connect, attach and fit land-based machinery equipment to prime movers.
Service and maintain land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment to manufacturer’s recommendations.
Adopt safe working practices that ensure personal safety and the safety of others and the environment.
Conduct static and basic operational inspections and check compliance with legislative safety requirements and system tests to establish actions to be taken.
Interrogate control systems to view error codes, reset indicators and verify software updates.
Carry out checks and tests to ensure prime-movers, machinery and equipment meet manufacturers specifications before and after repair.
Identify and follow technical documentation and perform hydraulic or electrical repair activities on land-based machinery.
Perform transmission or engine repair activities on land-based machinery.
Record and interpret technical information relating to land-based service, maintenance and repair operations.
Apply the principles of customer care when dealing with internal and external customers relevant to own role.
Maintain service and warranty records, record data and report findings to stakeholders.
Carry out pre delivery inspections and conduct assembly as required on land-based equipment and prime movers.
Check settings and make adjustments on land-based equipment to meet customer requirements.
Carry out land-based machinery inspections.
Prepare and reinstate the work area for land-based engineering activities.
Clean land-based machinery and equipment.
Select and use PPE, tools and equipment required to undertake land-based engineering activities.
Prepare land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment for service, maintenance and repair activities.
Prepare parts, components and sub-assemblies prior to reassembly, including inspecting, cleaning, refurbishing, sharpening, resealing, straightening, and balancing.
Refit and re-assemble parts, components and sub-assemblies, ensuring their compatibility and relationship including timing and alignment.
Select the appropriate lifting, supporting and securing equipment.
Apply thermal bonding and separation methods to join, fabricate and repair materials and components.
Complete organisational documentation and reports.
Carry out work in compliance with legislative and organisational requirements.
Lift, support and secure loads, land-based machinery, equipment and assemblies.
Setup land-based prime movers, machinery and equipment to meet customer requirements.
Connect, attach and fit land-based machinery equipment to prime movers.
Service and maintain land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment to manufacturer’s recommendations.
Adopt safe working practices that ensure personal safety and the safety of others and the environment.
Conduct static and basic operational inspections and check compliance with legislative safety requirements and system tests to establish actions to be taken.
Interrogate control systems to view error codes, reset indicators and verify software updates.
Carry out checks and tests to ensure prime-movers, machinery and equipment meet manufacturers specifications before and after repair.
Identify and follow technical documentation and perform hydraulic or electrical repair activities on land-based machinery.
Perform transmission or engine repair activities on land-based machinery.
Record and interpret technical information relating to land-based service, maintenance and repair operations.
Apply the principles of customer care when dealing with internal and external customers relevant to own role.
Maintain service and warranty records, record data and report findings to stakeholders.
Carry out pre delivery inspections and conduct assembly as required on land-based equipment and prime movers.
Check settings and make adjustments on land-based equipment to meet customer requirements.
Carry out land-based machinery inspections.

Your training plan

You will be working towards a Level 2 Land Based Service Engineer Apprenticeship Standard
You will receive on and off-the-job training and support from an assessor and an Apprenticeship advisor
You will be required to attend Bicton College for block weeks as part of the apprenticeship training

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

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

Other in:

Any (grade 3/D)

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
Customer care skills
Team working
Initiative
Patience

Other requirements

Own transport would be an advantage.

About this company

Cornwall Farm Machinery provide high levels of customer care ensuring that the customer receives the best level of service from us. We are main dealers for Case IH, Amazone, Krone, Ifor Williams, Stihl as well as other manufactures. We cover the whole of Cornwall from our state of the art premises just off the A30 at Carland Cross.

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

After this apprenticeship

There may be the opportunity for full-time employment following the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CORNWALL FARM MACHINERY LTD

Tom Curnow

service.manager@cornwallfarmmachinery.co.uk

0330 123 4785

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000304387.

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Closes on Wednesday 30 April 2025

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