Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship (Vehicle Mechanics)

Summary

As a Babcock Defence Support Group Technical Apprentice on our Heavy Vehicle Service & Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship, you’ll work on a wide range of Military Land Equipment, tackling challenging & varied tasks in an exciting environment. Your work will play a crucial role in ensuring the armed forces have equipment they can depend on.

Wage

£18,707 a year

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£18,707 (Year 1) increasing to £23,551 (Year 3)

Training course

Heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday, hours to be confirmed.

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

3 years

Positions available

2

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

No two days are the same as you provide vital services that assist critical military exercises and training. It's a chance to launch a career that makes a real difference to national security.
Apprentices will be trained to a Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician apprenticeship standard (Vehicle Mechanics) to achieve a fully accredited Level 3 qualification. The academic aspects of the apprenticeship will be delivered off-site. The rest of the time, you'll be working from your selected home location, with opportunities to work from alternate sites for brief periods to broaden your overall experience.

Where you’ll work

Bovington
Wareham
BH20 6JD

Training

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

College or training organisation

PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS 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

Your apprenticeship will follow the Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician standard to qualify with an Advanced Apprenticeship.

During your apprenticeship, in both an academic setting and through practical experience in the workplace, you will:

Develop practical skills and skills working with hand tooling.
Gain a full understanding of how machines work, including how to service, maintain, diagnose, and repair a wide range of military vehicles.
Understand technical information and diagrams.
Be able to write reports, describing the repairs and services you have carried out.
Understand and follow health and safety regulations.

Additionally, you will be given the opportunity to gain extra professional competencies.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4(C) and above)
Maths (grade 4(C) and 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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working

Other requirements

Many of our early careers roles are subject to Security Clearance and Trade Control restrictions which mean that your place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency you hold may impact which roles you are eligible for. You must be able to achieve BPSS (Baseline security) and many of them require you to be eligible for Security Clearance.

About this company

Babcock is an international defence, aerospace and security company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets with potential to become focus countries. We meet our customers’ key requirements of affordability, availability, and capability by delivering engineering, support and critical systems to defence and civil markets.

https://earlycareers.babcockinternational.com/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Fully funded qualification, personal development, training and opportunities, minimum 28 days holiday allowance including bank holidays, competitive pension scheme, employee share scheme, flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme.

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Upon completion of the programme, you’ll be prepared to take on the role of a Heavy Vehicle Technician at Babcock.

You may also have the opportunity to pursue higher-level qualifications to further your career within Babcock across a variety of roles and functions.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000312345.

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Closes in 6 days (Thursday 10 April 2025)

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