Autocare Technician Apprenticeship
L & I EATON ARC LIMITED
Liverpool, L9 7AU
Closes in 10 days (Monday 10 February at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 January 2025
Contents
Summary
Motor Vehicle Apprenticeship training for L2. The successful candidate will learn how to service and repair all makes of motor vehicles, accident repair, vehicle service and repair -how it is impacted by legislative, regulatory and ethical requirements, including health and safety law and environmental procedures & diagnostics & ADAS.
- Wage
- £11,648 a year
- Training course
- Autocare technician (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.30pm, with 1 working day attending Hugh Baird College on day release.
35 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 17 February
- Duration
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2 years 6 months
- Positions available
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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
- Learn how to service and repair all makes & models of motor vehicles
- Learn how accident repair is impacted by legislative, regulatory and ethical requirements, including health and safety law and environmental procedures
- Select and use tools and equipment, mechanical and electrical measuring tools, and diagnostic equipment.
Where you’ll work
Units 11 -13, Graylaw Trading Estate
Aintree
Liverpool
L9 7AU
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
HUGH BAIRD COLLEGE
Your training course
Autocare technician (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety procedures in the workplace in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare the vehicle and working area before the work activity. For example, remove or mitigate slip and trip hazards.
- Maintain and restore the work area during and on completion of the activity.
- Store, maintain, including calibration checks, and return tools and equipment to storage.
- Access vehicle technical data to inform inspections and make judgements on wear and serviceability.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability procedures, regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Apply vehicle safety inspection and routine maintenance procedures using vehicle specific data on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle.
- Select and use tools and equipment, mechanical and electrical measuring tools, and diagnostic equipment.
- Remove and replace vehicle tyre and balance wheel assemblies on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle. For example, ultra-low profile, directional, asymmetric, run-flat tyres.
- Remove, repair and replace vehicle tyre and balance wheel assemblies on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle. For example, ultra-low profile, directional, asymmetric, run-flat tyres.
- Inspect, remove, and replace of parts or components in cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles for the following: steering systems and suspension systems, braking systems, emission systems, air conditioning systems, battery and charging systems, fluid and filtration systems.
- Apply state-of-health condition monitoring tests to high voltage batteries and chargers for electrified cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles.
- Apply four-wheel geometry checks and adjustments to cars, car derived vans, and light goods vehicles.
- Apply safe working practices and procedures to isolate electrified vehicles for maintenance.
- Record vehicle service maintenance, parts replacement, or repair.
- Apply customer service principles and organisational customer care practices. For example, identifying customer and vehicle needs, resolve low level customer complaints, make recommendations to customers based on results of inspection, maintenance, or repair of vehicles, customer payment transactions and organisational sales processes.
- Provide quotation of cost and order automotive parts, products, and consumables applicable to the vehicle.
- Apply procedures for stock and parts storage: ordering, checking and stock rotation.
- Apply organisational sales processes. For example, show and tell, features and benefits, consultative selling, mini closing and closing.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with equity, diversity, and inclusion guidance.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example customers, suppliers, and colleagues.
- Communicate in writing, for example with internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Use information and digital technology systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Complete and record learning and development activities.
- Apply procedures to check and replace fluids, and filtration parts.
- Comply with health and safety procedures in the workplace in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare the vehicle and working area before the work activity. For example, remove or mitigate slip and trip hazards.
- Maintain and restore the work area during and on completion of the activity.
- Store, maintain, including calibration checks, and return tools and equipment to storage.
- Access vehicle technical data to inform inspections and make judgements on wear and serviceability.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability procedures, regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Apply vehicle safety inspection and routine maintenance procedures using vehicle specific data on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle.
- Select and use tools and equipment, mechanical and electrical measuring tools, and diagnostic equipment.
- Remove and replace vehicle tyre and balance wheel assemblies on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle. For example, ultra-low profile, directional, asymmetric, run-flat tyres.
- Remove, repair and replace vehicle tyre and balance wheel assemblies on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle. For example, ultra-low profile, directional, asymmetric, run-flat tyres.
- Inspect, remove, and replace of parts or components in cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles for the following: steering systems and suspension systems, braking systems, emission systems, air conditioning systems, battery and charging systems, fluid and filtration systems.
- Apply state-of-health condition monitoring tests to high voltage batteries and chargers for electrified cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles.
- Apply four-wheel geometry checks and adjustments to cars, car derived vans, and light goods vehicles.
- Apply safe working practices and procedures to isolate electrified vehicles for maintenance.
- Record vehicle service maintenance, parts replacement, or repair.
- Apply customer service principles and organisational customer care practices. For example, identifying customer and vehicle needs, resolve low level customer complaints, make recommendations to customers based on results of inspection, maintenance, or repair of vehicles, customer payment transactions and organisational sales processes.
- Provide quotation of cost and order automotive parts, products, and consumables applicable to the vehicle.
- Apply procedures for stock and parts storage: ordering, checking and stock rotation.
- Apply organisational sales processes. For example, show and tell, features and benefits, consultative selling, mini closing and closing.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with equity, diversity, and inclusion guidance.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example customers, suppliers, and colleagues.
- Communicate in writing, for example with internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Use information and digital technology systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Complete and record learning and development activities.
- Apply procedures to check and replace fluids, and filtration parts.
Your training plan
Training and employment will take place on Graylaw Trading Estate, Aintree. Apprentice will attend the workplace 4 days per week and Hugh Baird College 1 day per week day release.
More training information
Hugh Baird College is graded Outstanding in the recent Ofsted inspection.
The employer will teach additional aspects of autocare that specialises in accident repair.
Requirements
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
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
Our Group consists of 12 Accident Repair Centre’s covering Scotland, Cumbria, North West England and East and West Midlands regions. All L&I Eaton Accident Repair Centre's are strategically located throughout the country. Our Group is approved by all Leading Insurance companies and Accident Management groups, and all repair centres have BS10125 and Kite Mark accreditation. We are also approved for Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroen, DS, Fiat, Chrysler and Alfa. Our Accident repair model includes large accident repairs , small cosmetic dents, Hybrid , Composite metals , Aluminium and Electric vehicle repairs. We have the Capacity and capability to repair using the latest equipment and technology. By maintaining vehicle manufacturer repair methods , we are able to repair your vehicle back to pre- accident condition.
After this apprenticeship
On successful completion, apprentices will be eligible for the following job roles or further studies.
- A Level 3 Apprenticeship in Light Vehicle (Progression Route)
- Contracted or permanent job within the industry
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HUGH BAIRD COLLEGE
Kate Neville
kate.neville@hughbaird.ac.uk
0151 353 4680
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000298201.
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Closes in 10 days (Monday 10 February at 11:59pm)
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