Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician Apprentice

ALBURY REPAIR WORKS LIMITED

WALTHAM CROSS (EN8 8NS)

Closes in 21 days (Friday 15 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 July 2025

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Summary

Servicing and repairing light vehicles such as cars and vans, working on all systems found in the vehicle.

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 - Thursday, 8.00am - 6.00pm and Friday - college day.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 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

  • Work independently but also operate as an effective team member
  • Ordering and managing delivery of parts
  • Replacing simple parts
  • Solving complex faults with the use of diagnostic methods and equipment
  • Test the function of repaired and fitted components
  • Maintenance of tools and the workshop

Where you'll work

9 ALBURY GROVE ROAD
CHESHUNT
WALTHAM CROSS
EN8 8NS

Training

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

Training provider

HERTFORD REGIONAL COLLEGE

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

  • Working towards completing Level 3 Motor Vehicle Service and maintenance Technician Apprenticeship Standard
  • Work based learning with attendance at Hertford Regional College one day per week

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4-9)
  • Maths (grade 4-9)

Other in:

Motor Vehicle (grade Pass)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working
  • Patience
  • Adaptability
  • Motivated
  • Enthusiastic
  • Punctual

Other requirements

Early starts. Possibly helping others with workload to maintain a healthy flow of progress in workshop. Good standard of reading and writing to complete service sheets and job cards.

About this employer

Servicing, repairs, MOT’s & diagnostics of vehicles. We are a modest sized mechanics with a relatively small number of staff. We are located in the centre of Cheshunt with easy travel access. We are a family run business with regular and local customers.

http://www.alburyrepairworks.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • There will be opportunities for progression and a possible permanent position subject to performance

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HERTFORD REGIONAL COLLEGE

The Apprenticeship Team

apprenticeship@hrc.ac.uk

01992411572

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333318.

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Closes in 21 days (Friday 15 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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