Level 3 Apprentice Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician
PRESTIGE MOTORWORKS GROUP LTD
NORTH SHIELDS (NE29 8RD)
Closes in 13 days (Monday 11 August 2025)
Posted on 28 July 2025
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Summary
Are you passionate about cars and eager to learn from the best in the business? Prestige Motorworks is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Level 3 Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician Apprentice to join our expert team. An approved Mercedes-Benz Specialist with extensive experience.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 17:00 Occasional Saturday work when required.
30 mins lunch plus 2x 15-minute breaks.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 9 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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3
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
- Assist experienced mechanics in performing routine maintenance and repairs on various types of vehicles
- Learn to diagnose and troubleshoot mechanical issues using diagnostic tools and equipment
- Perform basic tasks such as oil changes, tire rotations, and brake inspections
- Maintain a clean and organised workspace
- Follow safety protocols and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
- Communicate effectively with team members and customers
Where you'll work
UNIT 1
CUMBERLAND HOUSE
CUMBERLAND ROAD
NORTH SHIELDS
NE29 8RD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NCG
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
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle
Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard - 4 days per week at Prestige Motorworks Group LTD
- 1 day per week at Newcastle College
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Reliability
- Physical Stamina
- Completed Auto Course
About this employer
n approved Mercedes-Benz Specialist with extensive experience and a team of highly qualified experts. Servicing and maintaining Mercedes-Benz to the highest standards.
After this apprenticeship
- Progress to full time employment with the garage on completion of apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NCG
Newcastle College
apprenticeships@ncl-coll.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334119.
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Closes in 13 days (Monday 11 August 2025)
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