Hyundai Parts Advisor Apprentice - Braleys St Albans

BRAYLEYS CARS LTD

St Albans (AL4 0QU)

Closes on Saturday 30 August 2025

Posted on 16 July 2025


Summary

At Hyundai, you’ll be working within a fast-paced, challenging environment, where you’ll be encouraged to push boundaries and challenge convention. As a global automotive manufacturer, and one of the fastest growing, you’ll have the opportunity to work within an international business environment, and grow with the company.

Wage

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

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm with a 30 min lunch

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 15 September 2025

Duration

1 year

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

The Hyundai Apprenticeship Programme is designed to train and develop you in a way that enables you to learn the core elements of your job role using advancing technology as well as fostering an exceptional level of customer service.

Duties will include: 
Working with customers to meet their requirements and giving advice on additional parts and services 
Matching orders against stock items and sourcing parts, while offering competitive prices 
Working as a team and independently to reach set goals and KPIs 
Delivering fantastic customer service while remaining efficient and focused on your tasks 
Incoming and outgoing call handling, face-to-face transactions, and IT-based communications 
Managing goods in and out 
Working with suppliers, placing orders or returns and processing paperwork accurately 
Working to a high level of customer service at all times and remain courteous and police to customers 

Where you'll work

Lyon Way Hatfield Road
St Albans
AL4 0QU

Training

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

College or training organisation

NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE

Your training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.

Your training plan

Candidates will work towards achieving Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner apprenticeship stanard. They will also be required to study towards achieving level 2 maths and English functional skills if they do not already hold equivalent qualifications. https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/customer-service-practitioner-v1-1  
 
Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner apprenticeship standard, 
 
Standard Training will include: 
Nationally recognised qualifications 
IMI level 2 Certificate in Customer Service for the Automotive Industry 
ATA Accreditation Customer Service Advisor 
Bespoke Hyundai certified training 
Regular in dealer review and assessment visits 
Functional skills if needed 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths And English (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
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

The candidate must be available to start as soon as possible and be able to travel to the workplace according to the working hours. The current National Minimum Wage (NMW) rate for apprentices is £7.55 per hour. This applies to 16-to-18 year old apprentices and those aged over 18 in the first year of their Apprenticeship. For all other apprentices the National Minimum wage appropriate to their age applies. The Minimum Wage for Apprentices applies to time spent on the job plus time spent training. * Please note that anyone under the age of 18 will only work a maximum of 40 hours per week. Any role which exceeds these hours on advert will be amended accordingly to fall in line with the legislation * Please note that if the successful applicant is found prior to the closing date the vacancy maybe withdrawn early

About this company

At Brayleys, we pride ourselves on offering exceptional service across every aspect of the automotive journey. Founded in 2003, our company has grown from its roots as a family-run business to become a trusted name in the automotive sector, representing 9 leading manufacturers: Nissan, Kia, Mazda, Renault, Dacia, Hyundai, Honda, Suzuki, and Honda Bikes. With 30 locations across the North West, Midlands, and Greater London areas, we are well-positioned to meet the needs of our diverse customer base.

After this apprenticeship

Possible permanent position for the right candidate on the completion of the apprenticeship. 
 
On completion of the apprenticeship the average salary of a parts and service advisor is anywhere between 22k-28k.  

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332011.

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Closes on Saturday 30 August 2025

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