Property Maintenance Apprentice

Summary

Are you looking for an apprenticeship in Property Maintenance? Ivel Valley School and College in Biggleswade are looking for an apprentice to work with the site team to maintain the school sites and ensure they are complying with all legislation relating to health and safety in a building.

Wage

£15,875 a year

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Training course

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Hours

Monday - Friday (variable working hours to be agreed).

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

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

Ivel Valley School and College in Biggleswade are an innovative and inclusive school, where the pupils are at the heart of everything they do. Their pupils are educated alongside their peers in classes that are arranged by pupils’ age, not separated by the nature of their special educational needs and disabilities.

YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

You will receive full training, and you will be working with the site team to gain experience and knowledge in the following areas:

Facilities & Property Management:

Ensure the security of the school including, depending on hours worked, helping with the unlocking and locking up of the school.

Daily gate duty – managing traffic on and off site and loading/unloading pupils from vehicles.

Provide additional site support as required to the cleaners and provide cover for annual leave and absence of the other site managers/agents, being responsible for contractors whilst on the school site and ensure works are carried out and completed safely and to the required standard.

(If you have a driving licence) Ad hoc driving of minibuses, e.g. for vehicle servicing, collecting items, filling up with fuel etc. including assisting other school staff as required.

Monitor, order and take delivery of stores, goods and equipment and arrange their safe storage and distribution as appropriate.

Maintenance Services:

Ensure key operational systems such as heating, electrics, plumbing, sewage, drainage and lighting are safe and effective, and undertake minor repairs and maintenance in all these areas.

Undertaking other repairs and maintenance around the site, e.g. fencing, gates, locks, furniture, equipment, ceiling tiles.

Undertake remedial painting and decorating and basic plaster repair or wall repairs.

Improving the site and buildings for staff and pupils, e.g. putting up hooks, shelves, pictures or noticeboards, building furniture, moving items around, filling sandpits.

Contribute to the safety and maintenance of school vehicles.

General porterage duties include movement of furniture, equipment and deliveries within the school and undertaking emergency or ad hoc cleaning duties/activities, e.g. spillages and maintaining a safe, clean and orderly learning and working environment.

Ensure that cleaning and maintenance equipment is properly maintained and in good working order.

Carry out rubbish removal as necessary and ensure bins are kept clean and tidy. And undertake light gardening duties and ensure school buildings, entrance areas and playgrounds are free from rubbish/leaves and there are no broken/ overhanging branches that could pose a safety risk.

Statutory Checks, Tests & Inspections:

To maintain a robust inspection, monitoring and record-keeping system, consistent across the school, relating to compliance with relevant health & safety legislation.

General:

Ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times in respect of school-related matters and to prevent disclosure of confidential and sensitive information.

To undertake any professional duties, reasonably delegated by the Senior Leadership Team and comply with all Ivel Valley School policies.

Some of the work will be physically demanding (heavy lifting, working at height, use of power tools or heavy equipment). Some of the work may need to be done outside, such as repairs and health and safety checks in wet weather. You will need to be able to drive for this role.

The employer would like to carry out interviews on the 22nd July 2025.
Due to the nature of the role, applicants must be aged 18+ by the start date.

Where you'll work

Hitchmead Road
SG18 0NL

Training

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

College or training organisation

BEDFORD COLLEGE

Your training course

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.

Your training plan

You will gain the following qualifications:

Level 2 Property Maintenance Operative Apprenticeship
Functional Skills in English and maths (if required)

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 3)
maths (grade 3)

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
Reliable
Attention to detail
Physical fitness
Team working

Other requirements

Working hours may vary so that the apprentice gets to see all aspects of property maintenance, e.g. unlocking and locking the site, working on jobs that can only be done when pupils are not on site. Candidates must carry out an initial interview with a member of the Bedford College Apprenticeship Recruitment Team. Please be aware that the closing date is subject to change without prior notice. Please ensure you are able to commute to both the workplace and college. Due to the nature of the role, applicants must be aged 18+ by the start date.

About this company

Ivel Valley is a special school for pupils aged 4 - 19 years old based on 2 sites in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. We are an inclusive community where pupils are happy and engaged and where staff are dedicated to preparing our pupils for adulthood.

After this apprenticeship

Working in building maintenance in a range of settings or moving on to specialise in one particular area, e.g. plumbing, electrics, bricklaying, plastering on completion of your apprenticeship.

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