Motor Vehicle Technician Apprentice

Clarke & Evans Car Accident Repair Bodyshop & Service Centre Perry Barr

Birmingham (B42 2LB)

Closes in 23 days (Monday 28 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 4 July 2025


Summary

Clarke & Evans Accident Repair is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Motor Vehicle Technician Apprentice to join their skilled team. This hands-on apprenticeship offers the opportunity to gain practical experience in a professional accident repair environment while working towards a nationally recognised qualification.

Wage

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

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Training course
Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday (hours to be discussed). 40 hours a week.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 4 August 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

  • Develop a deep technical and diagnostic competence in response to the increasing complexity of vehicle technologies
  • Establish sophisticated customer service behaviours
  • Maintain the motivation and ability to contribute to the commercial success of their company
  • Health and safety
  • Vehicle inspection
  • Routine vehicle maintenance
  • Engine components, lubrication and cooling systems (engine timing)
  • Fuel, air, ignition and exhaust
  • Vehicle chassis systems inc brakes, suspension, steering (4-wheel geometry/alignment)
  • Wheels and tyres
  • Intermediate diagnostics
  • Advanced diagnostics
  • Customer service

Where you'll work

40 Church Road
Perry Barr
Birmingham
B42 2LB

Training

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

College or training organisation

SANDWELL COLLEGE

Your training course

Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)

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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

  • 4 days a week at Clarke & Evans Service Centre 40 Church Rd, Perry Barr, Birmingham B42 2LB
  • 1 day per week at Sandwell College
  • Apprentices must have passed maths & English GCSE/Level 2 Functional Skills before applying for this position

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 4)

Other in:

Maths and English (grade Level 2)

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
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

About this company

Clarke & Evans is an independent, family run accident repair & service centre based in Perry Barr, North Birmingham, who have been looking after vehicles since 1991. We work alongside the UK’s leading manufacturers, insurers, claims management companies, as well as private vehicle owners, offering a range of expert car body repair, servicing, and repair maintenance services across Birmingham, West Bromwich, Sutton Coldfield & the West Midlands.

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After this apprenticeship

  • To progress within the business as a full-time employee Motor Vehicle Technician 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SANDWELL COLLEGE

Gemma Taylor

apprentice@sandwell.ac.uk

01216675018

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000329757.

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Closes in 23 days (Monday 28 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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