Motor technician apprentice

WESTWOOD MOT LIMITED

OLDHAM (OL9 6HR)

Closes on Friday 19 September 2025

Posted on 21 July 2025


Summary

Inspecting and servicing vehicles, maintaining health and saftey requirements, diagnosing faults, carrying out repairs and more. 24 hours per week depending on the individual and their ambitiousness.

Wage

£9,422.40 to £15,238.08, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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All reflected on the performance and attitude of the apprentice

Training course
Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
Hours
24 hours flexible pre planned with apprentice

24 hours a week

Start date

Monday 29 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

Shadow other technicians until they can show passion and can be trusted and have developed the required skills for the role.

Where you'll work

UNIT 1&2
KELSALL STREET
OLDHAM
OL9 6HR

Training

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

Training provider

MANTRA LEARNING LIMITED

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.

Training schedule

College and 'on hand training' within our workshop where necessary 

More training information

  • Online 
  • Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

All (grade Normal)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted 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
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness
  • Honesty & trust

Other requirements

Health and safety to always be adhered to

About this employer

Mot test station since 17 years , long good reputation and great customer track record for honesty and reliability and we want to keep it this way and improve any areas possible to make it the best day by day

After this apprenticeship

  • Full on mechanic 

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WESTWOOD MOT LIMITED

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The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332704.

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Closes on Friday 19 September 2025

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