Land Based Service Engineering Apprentice

Summary

Kingsbridge Hire & Garden Machinery are offering an exciting opportunity to join their dynamic team as a Land Based Service Engineer Apprentice! Gain the knowledge, skills and behaviours to kickstart your career as a Land Based Engineer.

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 15 September
Duration: 1 year 6 months
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

Duties to include but are not limited to:

Working within our fully equipped workshop alongside the workshop manager and other members of staff
Assessing & diagnosing faults on a range of petrol, diesel and battery machines
Carrying out repairs & servicing to manufactures guidelines
Communicating directly with manufactures technical departments to help diagnose issues with machines
Assisting in the installation, repairs and servicing of robotic mowers
Assisting with off-site breakdown and repairs
Ordering and checking in parts to the workshop department
Answering phone calls and e-mails when required

Where you’ll work

Unit 4-7, Torr Trade Park

East Allington

Totnes

TQ9 7FA

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 D/3)
Maths (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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Patience

Other requirements

Rural Location with on-site car parking. There are limited transport links to our depot.

About this company

We sell garden machinery from the leading manufactures such as Stihl, Husqvarna & Stiga. We also hire plant equipment and tools from our main depot to contractors and DIYers in the surrounding area. We have our own onsite workshop servicing and repairing garden machinery, from chainsaws to ride on garden tractors, along with repairs to hire equipment. Alongside this we sell, install, service and repair auto mowers. This involves visiting customers gardens, assessing the area for suitability then working with the customer to find the right machine. Following this we will take the customer through the app to operate the robot and carry out follow up visits to check the machine is working for the customer. We pride ourselves on being a long-standing local business with friendly, knowledgeable staff to help and advise our customers. We are a well know business in the area and have a large customer base who return to us over and over because of the level of service we provide. We are the only authorised dealer in the area who stock the best brands, such as Stihl & Husqvarna.

http://www.kingsbridgehire.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

On successful completion of the Level 2 Land Based Service Engineer apprenticeship, apprentices may wish to progress to Level 3 Land Based Service Engineer apprenticeship.

There may also be opportunity to progress with the company.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CORNWALL COLLEGE

Ceri

01209616103

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000303389.

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Closes on Sunday 27 April 2025

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