HGV Technician Apprentice
MULLER UK & IRELAND GROUP LLP
Worcestershire (WR9 0LW)
Closes on Friday 4 July 2025
Posted on 28 May 2025
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Summary
As an apprentice HGV Technician in Müller Milk & Ingredients Distribution, you will learn how to inspect and maintain our HGV fleet to comply with Legal & Company Standards. It is a hands on role where you will learn all aspects of being able to assist our workshop employees in looking after our HGV’s.
- Wage
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£19,800 a year
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Annual increases to the hourly rate throughout the duration of the programme.
- Training course
- Heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician (level 3)
- Hours
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You will work shifts Monday - Friday between the hours of 7.00am and 5.00pm, shifts to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 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
- Prepare vehicles for MOT testing and transport to Test Centres as required
- Record vehicle defects and keep accurate records of minor accident works carried out on each vehicle
- Assist our workshop employees in all aspects of looking after our HGV’s
- Learn about maintenance, a tidy workplace and Health and Safety processes and procedures to ensure you work safely within our workshops
Where you'll work
Droitwich
Pointon Way
Droitwich Spa
Worcestershire
WR9 0LW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
S & B AUTOMOTIVE ACADEMY LIMITED
Your training course
Heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
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
- Level 3 Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician qualification
- Your training will be split between block release at the provider's location and practical learning on-site
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4 or above)
- Maths (grade C/4 or above)
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
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Health & Safety focused
- Time Management
- Motivated
- Enthusiastic
Other requirements
Candidate must be able to travel to the Müller site, along with the provider's location in Bristol. Company travel policy will apply.
About this company
Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 24,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from more than 1,700 British farmers. The Müller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands, and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK.
After this apprenticeship
- At the end of the apprenticeship, candidates will be suitably trained with a possibility to continue their employment in a suitable role
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MULLER UK & IRELAND GROUP LLP
Lucianne Beddow
lucianne.beddow@muller.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322892.
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Closes on Friday 4 July 2025
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