Maintenance Technician Apprentice
GENERAL ALL PURPOSE PLASTICS LIMITED
Lancashire (BB1 2QP)
Closes in 19 days (Monday 1 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 August 2025
Contents
Summary
GAP are looking for an enthusiastic Maintenance Technician Apprentice to join them at their site in Blackburn. GAP manufacturing and distributing high-quality PVC-U building products through our extensive network of 100 depots across the UK.
- 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
- Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, shift pattern to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- Positions available
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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
Job Role:
· To repair and maintain site machinery and plant to a high standard
· To work with a “safety first” approach to ensure both personal safety, along with safety of colleagues and the environment
· Possess a strong understanding of electrical and mechanical systems
· Identify and implement improvements to machinery and processes to increase reliability, reduce downtime and enhance safety.
· Work with other teams in the business, such as Production, H&S and R&D to facilitate process improvements ensure smooth integration of new processes, products and equipment.
· To maintain documentation to provide a database of machinery service records.
· Undertake planned and preventative maintenance and develop planned maintenance activities to increase machine reliability
· Identify spares requirements to facilitate accurate parts ordering
Role and Responsibilities:
· Understanding machinery and facility operation to allow a rapid fault diagnosis and repair
· Understand and use logical fault-finding techniques.
· Safe and correct use of hand-tools and equipment.
· Correctly follow any Safe Working Procedures to ensure safe outcomes
· Update machine records with detailed descriptions of problems and resolutions to assist colleagues
· Involvement in creating specifications for acquiring new machinery and equipment to ensure it is fit for purpose.
· Provide technical support on processes and equipment for other teams.
· Undertake specific training to enhance skills and knowledge
· Work alongside the Health and Safety team to ensure all work is delivered safely and to continually strive to reduce any risks.
· Be aware of new technologies to support the manufacturing processes such as automation, cameras, sensors etc.
Where you'll work
Partnership Way
Shadsworth Business Park
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1 2QP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BURNLEY COLLEGE
Training course
Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Use information technology, for example to create documentation, communication and information management.
- Obtain, read and interpret task related documentation, such as work instructions, quality control documents, drawings, operation manuals, specifications and service manuals.
- Record information for example job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Conduct initial assessment of equipment that requires maintenance.
- Formulate plans setting out the methodology of the maintenance activity including timescales and resources.
- Select, prepare and use material, consumables, tools and equipment.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and organisational requirements applicable in the workplace. For example, COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, PPE and applying safe systems of work.
- Apply dynamic risk assessment, hazard identification and risk mitigation principles and techniques.
- Apply isolation principles and techniques to equipment undergoing maintenance, including dissipation of stored energies as required.
- Manufacture, repair and refurbish components using hand and machine tools.
- Restore the workplace on completion of the maintenance activity. Handover resources, consumables and equipment to process owner.
- Apply the techniques and processes used in reactive maintenance and repair activities on complex engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Produce, maintain, update, record and store documentation including electronic items such as PLC and robot programmes.
- Apply techniques and processes used in planned and preventative maintenance activities on engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Apply functional testing and checking techniques and processes after maintenance interventions, and handover to the operational team.
- Apply techniques and processes used in condition monitoring, non-destructive or sensory testing. Record findings and take necessary actions.
- Apply calculation techniques such as, feeds, speeds, tolerances, electrical calculations using Ohms law, power calculations and cable sizing calculations.
- Select, use and confirm calibration of electrical and mechanical testing and measuring equipment.
- Produce sketches or drawings to support maintenance activities.
- Communicate in writing. Prepare communications, documents and reports on technical matters.
- Segregate, separate and dispose of waste streams and by-products.
- Apply 4S or 5S principles of housekeeping to the work environment.
- Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve operational performance.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Communicate with others verbally. Negotiate with colleagues or stakeholders. For example, to access equipment or arrange access to equipment.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply fault finding techniques used in reactive maintenance on complex integrated systems including half split, input output, six point technique, function or performance testing, unit or component substitution and equipment diagnostics.
- Use information technology, for example to create documentation, communication and information management.
- Obtain, read and interpret task related documentation, such as work instructions, quality control documents, drawings, operation manuals, specifications and service manuals.
- Record information for example job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Conduct initial assessment of equipment that requires maintenance.
- Formulate plans setting out the methodology of the maintenance activity including timescales and resources.
- Select, prepare and use material, consumables, tools and equipment.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and organisational requirements applicable in the workplace. For example, COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, PPE and applying safe systems of work.
- Apply dynamic risk assessment, hazard identification and risk mitigation principles and techniques.
- Apply isolation principles and techniques to equipment undergoing maintenance, including dissipation of stored energies as required.
- Manufacture, repair and refurbish components using hand and machine tools.
- Restore the workplace on completion of the maintenance activity. Handover resources, consumables and equipment to process owner.
- Apply the techniques and processes used in reactive maintenance and repair activities on complex engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Produce, maintain, update, record and store documentation including electronic items such as PLC and robot programmes.
- Apply techniques and processes used in planned and preventative maintenance activities on engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Apply functional testing and checking techniques and processes after maintenance interventions, and handover to the operational team.
- Apply techniques and processes used in condition monitoring, non-destructive or sensory testing. Record findings and take necessary actions.
- Apply calculation techniques such as, feeds, speeds, tolerances, electrical calculations using Ohms law, power calculations and cable sizing calculations.
- Select, use and confirm calibration of electrical and mechanical testing and measuring equipment.
- Produce sketches or drawings to support maintenance activities.
- Communicate in writing. Prepare communications, documents and reports on technical matters.
- Segregate, separate and dispose of waste streams and by-products.
- Apply 4S or 5S principles of housekeeping to the work environment.
- Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve operational performance.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Communicate with others verbally. Negotiate with colleagues or stakeholders. For example, to access equipment or arrange access to equipment.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply fault finding techniques used in reactive maintenance on complex integrated systems including half split, input output, six point technique, function or performance testing, unit or component substitution and equipment diagnostics.
Training schedule
The successful applicant will be enrolled on to the Level 3 Mechatronics Maintenance Technician apprenticeship with Burnley 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
- Attention to detail
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
Other requirements
1. Personal Development Ensure a personal understanding of the GAP appraisal system and its benefits, and demonstrate a willingness to participate in its use, including accepting constructive feedback. To take opportunities to learn about own performance and demonstrate the GAP Values: • People • Customer Service • Quality • Innovation 2. Health and Safety To participate in the promotion of a safe working culture on site, ensuring that the safety of yourself and others on site is always maintained, by adhering to all health and safety systems as outlined in the GAP Health and Safety Policy. • To ensure a safe standard of working in your area • To demonstrate safe working practices and always behave in an appropriate manner • Ensuring that suitable and sufficient Personal Protective Clothing is being worn correctly, and at all times and is also relevant to the area you are working in. • Be accountable for the reporting of all accidents, incidents, dangerous occurrences and near misses to your manager. • To achieve and improve upon departmental and individual health and safety objectives and KPI’s.
About this employer
Established in Lancashire in 1993, GAP has flourished year after year, becoming a trusted trade supplier of low-maintenance PVC-U & Aluminium building products to both residential and commercial markets across the country. Our growth and success are due to our valued trade customers and our dedicated team here at GAP, whose commitment and expertise are the cornerstone of our operations.
After this apprenticeship
Potential for full-time employment on successful completion of the apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BURNLEY COLLEGE
Themis
themis@burnley.ac.uk
01282733005
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335215.
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Closes in 19 days (Monday 1 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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