Land Based Engineering Apprentice

Summary

Eagle Plant 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

£13,741 a year

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Working week is 35 to 40 hours

Training course

Land-based service engineer (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday working between 8.30am to 5pm

35 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

1 year 9 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

Duties to include but are not limited to:

Learning and shadowing colleagues working on land-based machinery
Carrying out general repairs and servicing of agricultural machinery
Carrying out maintenance tasks to take care of machinery
Assisting with breakdowns of onsite machinery
Maintaining workshop and other working areas

Where you’ll work

Eagle Plant Beeching Close
Chard
Somerset
TA20 1BB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

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 3)
Maths (grade 3)

Other in:

Any (grade D/3)

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
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working

About this company

As a long established and well trusted Plant Hire company we offer a wide range of contractors’ equipment and portable buildings for use in the Building and Maintenance industries. We supply many of the well-known names within the Construction Industry, but our main activity is supplying equipment to the sub-contractor sectors. Eagle Plant also sells a wide range of machines, consumables, tooling and portable cabins to customers (both trade and private). We have 30 standalone branches throughout the UK, many of which are in the West Country. Other branches can be found in London, The West Midlands, South Wales and Greater Manchester. We are proud to be an Employee Owned business with over 250 Co-Owners.

https://www.eagleplant.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

There may be the opportunity for full-time employment following the apprenticeship
You could also consider progressing to Level 3 Land Based Engineering Apprenticeships

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CORNWALL COLLEGE

Ceri

01209616103

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000309927.

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Closes on Wednesday 30 April 2025

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