Apprentice HGV Technician

WARRINGTON VEHICLE CENTRE LTD

WARRINGTON (WA1 4RF)

Closes in 29 days (Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 28 April 2025

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Summary

Warrington Vehicle Centre LTD are looking for a new HGV technician to join their busy workshop. WVC have been specialising in Isuzu Trucks, Isuzu D-Max 4x4 and commercial vehicles for over 30 years. Duties include routine servicing, safety checks and fault finding on vehicles. If you are interested, click apply!

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Thursday 8.00am to 5.00pm Friday 8.00am to 4.30pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

3 years

Positions available

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

  • Inspection, maintenance, and repair of LGV fleet to VOSA standards.
  • Completion of related paperwork.
  • Prepare vehicles and trailers for MOT.
  • Conduct routine servicing, safety checks and fault finding on all fleet vehicles.
  •  Carry out ad-hoc repairs as and when required.
  • Ensure health and safety and company procedures are adhered to.
  • Undertake any other duties that may be necessary, that are appropriate to the level/grade of the role.

Where you’ll work

2 HARDWICK GRANGE
WOOLSTON
WARRINGTON
WA1 4RF

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

ST HELENS COLLEGE

Your training course

Heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents
  • Carry out the basic tasks with tools and equipment common to all procedures involving basic mechanical and electrical procedures related to HV
  • The ability to keep updated with emerging new technologies within the HV industry.
  • Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop and adhere to the company and legislative processes.
  • Access specific and related HV technical information appropriately.
  • The ability to service, inspect and maintain HVs and trailers to meet company, Driver and vehicle standards agency (DVSA) and manufacturers’ standards.
  • Use a range of diagnostic and electrical measuring equipment to identify faults and underlying causes on HV’s.
  • Successfully inspect and prepare vehicles and trailers to meet DVSA standards prescribed in the tester’s manual.
  • Carry out final quality checks before handover to the customer without supervision.
  • Apply advanced diagnostic principles and logical/problem solving techniques and regimes.
  • Maintain records to company and operators’ licence obligations and regulation.
  • To be able to communicate effectively in both oral and written mediums both internally and with customers on a range of topics that will support, HV inspection and diagnosing techniques.

Your training plan

  • Heavy Vehicle Service & Maintenance Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship.
  • Training will require attending college one day per week (during term time) or 6 hours a week at your place of work during non-term times.

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

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience

About this company

Warrington Isuzu, your local Isuzu dealer, has traded for over 30 years; well established as an Award-Winning Isuzu D-Max & Isuzu Truck Main Dealership providing trustworthy support and reliable vehicles to our loyal and much-valued customers. We are proud to be a long-standing partner to a global manufacturer of the size and success of Isuzu, as the longest serving and most successful Isuzu dealerships in the UK, we supply new and used Isuzu trucks & Isuzu pickups backed by our award-winning customer service & technical abilities. A family business with an experienced, enthusiastic and proud team; many of our customers have been with us on our journey from the start; local businesses, municipal authorities or national fleet operators alike, they all have peace of mind knowing we provide reliable & hardworking vehicles in the safest of hands. Whilst we are based in Warrington, Cheshire, we can serve across the whole of the United Kingdom and ship parts nationally, so contact Warrington Isuzu and benefit from our excellent customer service.

https://www.warringtonvehiclecentre.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Qualification Heavy Vehicle Service & Maintenance Technician Level 3
  • Possibility of employment as a HGV Technician.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ST HELENS COLLEGE

Carolyn Mason

appenquiry@sthelens.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317318.

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Closes in 29 days (Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

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