Motor Vehicle Maintenance / Technician Apprenticeship
FOUR U (4U) CARS LTD
WINDSOR (SL4 2SE)
Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025
Posted on 7 May 2025
Contents
Summary
An apprentice role within an Independent Garage that offers training on all aspects of Vehicle Maintenance. This is a rewarding and varied role ranging from simple repairs jobs through to complex diagnostics.
- Wage
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£16,000 a year
- Training course
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am to 5.30pm.
One day per week to be at college.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- 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
- Carry out car servicing and repairs (when trained)
- Change Tyres / Puncture Repairs
- 4 Wheel Alignment
- Perform safety checks on brakes / tyres
- Shadow technicians to learn on the job – replacing parts through to complex diagnostics
- Order parts from suppliers when required
- Communicate with customers regarding work required or performed
- Ensure work premises are clean and safe
- Adhere to company Health and Safety policy
Where you'll work
101 STRAIGHT ROAD
OLD WINDSOR
WINDSOR
SL4 2SE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
THE WINDSOR FOREST COLLEGES GROUP
Your training course
Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
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
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Good time keeping
About this company
4U Cars is a busy, family run independent MOT and Service Garage. We have a small team of technicians who are friendly and happy to help a keen young technician learn the trade. We carry out all aspects of car maintenance on all makes and models. The work is very varied, ranging from general servicing and brakes to full engine replacements. We pride ourselves on delivering the best customer experience possible. We have previously trained apprentices and understand the process to help the apprentice through their journey.
After this apprenticeship
Vehicle Technician / MOT tester / Garage Manager
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE WINDSOR FOREST COLLEGES GROUP
Gareth Emery
01753867730
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319091.
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Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025
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