Estates Maintenance Technician Apprentice

Summary

Delt Shared Services is searching for a driven, enthusiastic, and reliable apprentice to join its highly experienced and productive Estates Maintenance Team based in Plymouth. Working in a variety of Special Educational Needs settings this exciting opportunity will include working alongside a skilled maintenance workforce.

Wage

£14,565.31 a year

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£14,565.31

Training course

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday, shifts TBC.

37 hours a week

Start date

Sunday 1 June 2025

Duration

1 year

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

Learning and developing a variety of practical property maintenance skills, including

Carpentry
Plumbing
Painting
Electrical and grounds maintenance.

Additional responsibilities will include gaining experience and knowledge to competently carry out a variety of building compliance checks incorporating emergency light and fire alarm testing, legionella monitoring, fire door inspections and fire extinguisher checks to ensure are client’s estate remains safe and fit for purpose. A basic level of IT skills will be required as all our compliance results are recorded on our asset management software.

Where you’ll work

Courtlands School
Widey Lane
Plymouth
PL6 5JS

Training

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

College or training organisation

CTSW SKILLS LTD

Your training course

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.

Your training plan

Our chosen training provider is Skills Group who will deliver a variety of theory and practical units listed within the level 2 Property Maintenance apprenticeship course. Attendance is required at Skills Group training centre based at Western Wood Way, Plympton for one day a week. All other aspects of the qualification will be delivered on site where you will receive regular visits by your designated course assessor.

Grades A*/9 - C/4 in English and Maths GCSEs are desired but not essential as core functional skills at level 1 and 2 English and maths will be provided by Skills Group.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this post. This is an excellent opportunity for you to make a real difference, significantly contributing to the quality education provision that we support our customers to deliver.

The successful candidate needs to be focused, committed, organised and highly driven to achieve. You must be hard-working and have attention to detail and take pride in your work. You must have excellent time keeping, show a keen interest to progress in this trade and be able to work well within a team and by yourself.

In return for your hard work and dedication, we will support you to learn and develop in the role, enabling you to achieve your career aspirations. This role is an outstanding opportunity to develop site skills, knowledge and additionally contribute to the strategic element of Estates Management.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade C - 4)
Mathematics (grade C - 4)

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
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Team working
Physical fitness

Other requirements

There will be some working outdoors and lifting at times.

About this company

Delt exists to help our partners and clients do amazing things. Sounds simple? This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to work within our busy Payroll Team supporting our customers including NHS, Teachers, and Local Government and third sector organisations, paying circa 7500 as part of our Payroll Bureau. “WE HELP PEOPLE DO AMAZING THINGS.” Over 300 jobs, that would have otherwise left the region, are now supported through our services. We support more than 200 service areas across 300 locations.

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After this apprenticeship

There may be further opportunities within Delt.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CTSW SKILLS LTD

recruitment@deltservices.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000313391.

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Closes in 4 days (Wednesday 30 April 2025)

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Company’s application instructions

To apply for this vacancy please submit a CV and Cover Letter via e-mail: Recruitment@deltservices.co.uk

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