Property Maintenance Operative Apprenticeship

Summary

Supporting the trades with their daily work, including assisting with the installation of materials, Undertaking and learning building skills at a property, the vacancies are not working on a building site, they are in domestic properties mainly.

Wage

£16,900 a year

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Training course

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday - 8am – 5pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 11 August 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

2

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

Supporting the trades with their daily work, including assisting with the installation of materials,

Undertaking and learning building skills at a property, the vacancies are not working on a building site, they are in domestic properties mainly.

Assisting with;

Carpentry
Installing doors,
Frames,
Skirtings,
Floors,
Kitchens, timber floor finishes, general carpentry works, plus will learn other trades whilst working, so as to get a general knowledge of most building works.
Bricklaying, both walls, pointing, general bricklaying duties, plus will be shown general building works as well, to gain knowledge.

Property Maintenance – you will be shown general building works including

Decorations
Plastering,
Boarding walls and ceiings, tiling works, crack repairs.
General building works

Where you'll work

Unit 18, The Beechwood Centre
40 Lower Gravel Road
Bromley
BR2 8GP

Training

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

College or training organisation

LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES

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

Level 2 Property Maintenance Operative apprenticeship standard, including Functional Skills in English and maths if required.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade A*-C / 9-4)

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
Customer care skills
Team working
Initiative
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

There will be a certain amount of lifting materials, and holding materials in position, work will be both indoors and outdoors, depending on weather conditions.

About this company

We are long established Building Contractors, specialising in all subsidence, repair works and building renovations. We cover a wide area of the South of England, working closely with the Insurance industry, Loss Adjusters, Surveyors, Architects, Engineers and individuals. Our customer support is one of our strengths and we have excellent communication skills which enables us to build up a good rapport with our clients. We are always on hand to offer guidance and advice to Policy Holders during what is quite often a traumatic time for them and endeavour to support them from commencement to completion of their claim.

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After this apprenticeship

To continue working with our company and progress further, we like to keep our teams working with us for many years.

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