Apprentice Maintenance Technician
HORIZON PLATFORMS LTD
NORMANTON (WF6 1ZB)
Closes in 30 days (Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 29 April 2025
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Summary
As an Apprentice Maintenance Technician, you will work safely alongside the Service Engineering team to develop the skills and experience to support you in your apprenticeship, ultimately equipping you to progress onto a L3 Engineering Apprenticeship and into the role of Maintenance Technician.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Engineering operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday -Friday, times to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 July 2025
- Duration
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2 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
Teamwork:
- Observe the Engineers at work to learn about the mechanical workings of access platforms
- Carry out day-to-day maintenance and repairs to Horizon’s access platforms as instructed by the relevant team members or supervisors
- Work closely with all members of the team to ensure an efficient and professional service
- Communicate effectively with colleagues to keep them updated on job progress
- Work flexibly, helping with reasonable ad-hoc duties as required to support the efficient and effective running of the Service department
Positivity:
- Demonstrate the Company Values in everything you do
- Respect all colleagues and customers, be polite and courteous at all times
Ownership:
- Carry out a range of urgent and minor repairs to Horizon’s access platforms
- Carry out routine maintenance and cleaning, ensuring all repair work is recorded
- Ensure all communal areas within the facility are kept clean and tidy
- Carry out garden and landscape maintenance
- Keep all yard areas well-swept and free of debris
- Wash machines to Horizon standard, in readiness for pre-delivery inspections (PDIs)
- Support the PDI team with carrying out machine inspections (once fully trained to do so), providing additional PDI resources during peak times
- Disassemble and re-build machines, ahead of and following in-house refurbishment
- Support machine servicing by changing fuel and oil proactively
- Support the productive use of the battery regeneration bay to ensure consistent throughput
- Work to detailed instructions to carry out repairs under close supervision
- Consistently update own technical knowledge
- Ensure that company tools, equipment and consumables are kept safe, clean, serviceable, accounted for and returned to their designated location
Safety:
- Consider the risks to yourself and others before acting
- Ensure compliance with company procedures in all areas of your work
Where you’ll work
UNIT G1
ROSIE ROAD
NORMANTON
WF6 1ZB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
HEART OF YORKSHIRE EDUCATION GROUP
Your training course
Engineering operative (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Your training plan
Attend college one day per week over two years alongside on-site assessor visits.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade C/4)
- Maths (grade C/4)
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
Other requirements
Please ensure you can travel to the location of this employer.
About this company
At Horizon Platforms we are proud to be a leading provider of Rental Solutions, Powered Access equipment sales and training. Our customers work indoors at height, and require a fast, flexible, and safe service solution. Established in 2008, Horizon has a passion for providing outstanding customer service and plans to significantly grow the business. We genuinely value our people, so much so that in 2021 we took the decision to transition to employee ownership. So today, Horizon doesn't just have employees, it has co-owners! We are a down-to-earth organisation with an unwavering commitment towards being able to “Just Say Yes” to our customers’ requests.
After this apprenticeship
Progression onto L3 Engineering Apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HEART OF YORKSHIRE EDUCATION GROUP
apprenticeships@heartofyorkshire.ac.uk
01924 789469
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317589.
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Closes in 30 days (Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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