Motor Vehicle Apprentice

P BASKEYFIELD J BASKEYFIELD A BASKEYFIELD O BASKEYFIELD

MACCLESFIELD, SK10 5HT

Closes in 5 days (Tuesday 27 August at 11:59pm)

Posted on 25 June 2024

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Summary

Wellington Road Garage are looking for a dedicated motor vehicle apprentice technician to work towards a Level 3 Motor Vehicle and Maintenance Technician Standard. You will be involved with general servicing and repairs, along with many other duties.

Annual wage
£12,313.60 a year

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Training course
Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Thursday, 8.00am - 4.00pm and Friday, 8.00am - 2.00pm with 1 hour for lunch.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 2 September

Duration

3 Years

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

  • Assisting with MOT work
  • General repairs
  • House keeping
  • Brushing up
  • Cleaning tools
  • Ensure that admin and customer service duties are completed including updating job cards and providing quotations and estimates
  • You will shadow qualified technicians to learn first hand how to service, maintain and repair vehicles, as you progress and your confidence and experience grows you will start completing tasks on your own

Where you’ll work

WELLINGTON ROAD

BOLLINGTON

MACCLESFIELD

SK10 5HT

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

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.

    • Your training plan

    • Level 3 Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician - Light Vehicle Apprenticeship Qualification

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent 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

    • Attention to detail
    • Problem solving skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Patience

    About this company

    Wellington Road Garage are based in Bollington, Macclesfield, SK10 5HT.

    After this apprenticeship

    • There may be a fulltime position available upon the successful completion of this apprenticeship

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    MACCLESFIELD COLLEGE

    Maxim Business Training

    apprenticeshiprecruitment@macclesfield.ac.uk

    01625410022

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000260550.

    Apply now

    Closes in 5 days (Tuesday 27 August at 11:59pm)

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