Motor Vehicle Apprentice
Autopoint
KNUTSFORD (WA16 8DX)
Closes in 27 days (Tuesday 22 April at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 March 2025
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Summary
You will be completing tasks such as oil changes/services/tyre fitting, washing & final prep of cars before handover.. You will also be learning how to perform diagnostic investigations with various different pieces of diagnostic equipment and fault finding. You will study towards your Level 3 Motor Vehicle Apprenticeship Qualification.
- Wage
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£13,741 to £22,222.20 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
National Apprentice Wage for age bracket
- Training course
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm
35 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 28 April
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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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:
- Oil changes/services/tyre fitting, washing & final prep of cars before handover
- Shadowing/assisting of Techs on bigger jobs
- Learning how to perform diagnostic investigations with various different pieces of diagnostic equipment
- Fault finding
Where you’ll work
UNIT 4
HAIG ROAD
PARKGATE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
KNUTSFORD
WA16 8DX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
MACCLESFIELD COLLEGE
Your training course
Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
- Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop. Segregate waste for disposal or recycling. Comply with industry environmental legislation.
- Demonstrate due regard for own safety and that of others in the workshop and minimise risk of injury and vehicle damage.
- Carry out fundamental tasks associated with removal and replacement procedures on a vehicle.
- Obtain diagnostic and repair information.
- Interpret diagnostic information and use electrical wiring diagrams to determine system serviceability.
- Use a range of diagnostic equipment.
- Follow recognised diagnostic procedures, logical diagnostic sequence and apply advanced diagnostic principles and problem-solving techniques to establish faults.
- Report faults using company procedures and recommend suitable further actions.
- Follow recognised repair procedures to complete a wide range of repairs including those which involve complex procedures, or in depth knowledge.
- Test the function of repaired and fitted components.
- Adhere to business processes and complete documentation following workplace procedures.
- Use ICT to create emails, word-process documents and carry out web based searches.
- Complete a range of services and inspect and prepare a vehicle to the required quality standard for handover to the customer.
- Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop. Segregate waste for disposal or recycling. Comply with industry environmental legislation.
- Demonstrate due regard for own safety and that of others in the workshop and minimise risk of injury and vehicle damage.
- Carry out fundamental tasks associated with removal and replacement procedures on a vehicle.
- Obtain diagnostic and repair information.
- Interpret diagnostic information and use electrical wiring diagrams to determine system serviceability.
- Use a range of diagnostic equipment.
- Follow recognised diagnostic procedures, logical diagnostic sequence and apply advanced diagnostic principles and problem-solving techniques to establish faults.
- Report faults using company procedures and recommend suitable further actions.
- Follow recognised repair procedures to complete a wide range of repairs including those which involve complex procedures, or in depth knowledge.
- Test the function of repaired and fitted components.
- Adhere to business processes and complete documentation following workplace procedures.
- Use ICT to create emails, word-process documents and carry out web based searches.
- Complete a range of services and inspect and prepare a vehicle to the required quality standard for handover to the customer.
Your training plan
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle
Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard - This apprenticeship is 4 days a week in the workplace and 1 day per week day release at Macclesfield College
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C+)
- Maths (grade 4/C+)
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
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Good work ethic
- Willingness to learn
About this company
We offer full range of garage services to vehicle owners in and around Knutsford, Cheshire. Our professionals know how to handle a wide range of car services. Whether you drive a passenger car or medium sized truck or SUV, our mechanics strive to ensure that your vehicle will be performing at its best before leaving our car shop. Whether you drive a medium sized truck or passenger car or SUV, our mechanics strive to ensure.
After this apprenticeship
- After completion of your apprenticeship you will potentially have the opportunity to progress onto full time positions within the business
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MACCLESFIELD COLLEGE
Maxim Business Training
apprenticeshiprecruitment@macclesfield.ac.uk
01625410000
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000311027.
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Closes in 27 days (Tuesday 22 April at 11:59pm)
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