Property Maintenance Apprentice - Surrey
Rydon Maintenance Ltd
Epsom, KT19 9DL
Closes on Monday 11 November
Posted on 1 October 2024
Summary
At Rydon we are proud to support Apprenticeships and we are currently seeking to recruit a Property Maintenance Trainee in Surrey. Rydon’s apprentice scheme allows for you to earn whilst you learn - it's a great scheme to pick up new practical skills whilst developing a formal, recognised qualification. Rydon will also pay your college fees.
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Training course
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Property maintenance operative (level 2)
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Hours
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Working hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. There is an hour for lunch. One of these days you will be attending College.
40 hours a week
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Possible start date
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Monday 18 November
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
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As an Apprentice Property Maintenance Operative you will learn all about what it takes to make sure properties are maintained to a high and safe standard.
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You will be assigned a mentor, who will work with you to develop your on the job experience. You will work directly within one of our teams, learning Rydon's approach to property maintenance.
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You will learn a wide range of trade skills such as Carpentry, Plumbing, Plastering, Tiling, Decorating, minor Electrical work and appropriate health and safety training. Along the way you will develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours you will need to carry out general maintenance, provide excellent customer service, to working with external contractors and providing first response to fault finding.
Where you’ll work
Longmead Depot
Blenheim Road
Epsom
KT19 9DL
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
EAST SURREY COLLEGE
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
- You will learn directly within one of our teams and at the same time, you will study part time. This is on day release to college.
- The College is located in Redhill, Surrey
Requirements
Essential qualifications
Other in:
- Driving (grade -able to drive manual vehicles)
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 (previously grade C))
- Maths (grade 4 (previously grade 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
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Please note as there is travel involved a full UK driving licence is required.
We have an office in Epsom but you will not be office based and will be learning on the job with a member of the team, this will involve travelling from site to site.
About this company
Rydon Maintenance successfully provides responsive day to day repairs, property refurbishment, and electrical and gas servicing to a variety of clients, predominantly within the healthcare sector . We currently provide maintenance services to over 300 buildings for 20 Trusts.
Join Rydon Maintenance as an Apprentice and you will be joining a well-established property maintenance business. We recognise that it’s our people who make Rydon the success it is today and we understand the importance of career development and training. We’re continuously investing in our people and this is what makes us one of the leading employers in our industry.
Company benefits
25 days paid holiday
Company Pension
Flexible benefit schemes (includes a variety of benefits from dental insurance to holiday purchase)
Free Flu Vaccinations
After this apprenticeship
- After you have completed your apprenticeship you will be a qualified property maintenance operative.
- You may then also have the opportunity to continue your learning and specialise in a further relevant trade qualification.
- You will continue to learn and develop within the team and there are also opportunities to progress your career into Supervisory or Maintenance Management.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Rydon Maintenance Ltd
Sue Wanstall
swanstall@rydon.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is
VAC1000279561.
Apply now
Closes on Monday 11 November
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Company’s application instructions
Our application process is very straight forward allowing you to apply with a CV (from your Computer of Dropbox), LinkedIn, Facebook or Google+ and should take no more than a few short minutes.