Trainee Vehicle Maintenance Operative - Apprenticeship
Rugby Borough Council
Warwickshire (CV21 2RR)
Closes in 13 days (Monday 18 August 2025)
Posted on 4 August 2025
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Summary
As our Trainee Vehicle Maintenance Operative at our Work Services Unit, you’ll benefit from a structured training programme from a 36-month Level 3 Apprenticeship in light vehicle service & maintenance.
- Wage
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£29,822 a year
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This is a career-graded role through with movement through the grades being dependent on satisfactory progression whilst undertaking relevant training.
- Training course
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
- Hours
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44.5 hours a week
Shifts to be confirmed
44 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 22 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years 10 months
- Positions available
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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
You’ll also get hands on practical experience and training in the workplace working with our vehicles, helping you towards the goal of becoming an experienced vehicle mechanic.
You’ll gain the skills and experience to let you service, maintain and repair a range of vehicles, plant and machinery to a high standard.
This is a career-graded role through with movement through the grades being dependent on satisfactory progression whilst undertaking relevant training.
This position is a fixed term contract with a 36-month duration.
Where you'll work
Town Hall
Evreux Way
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2RR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WARWICKSHIRE 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
You’ll benefit from a structured training programme from a 36-month Level 3 Apprenticeship in Light Vehicle Service & Maintenance.
You’ll also get hands on practical experience and training in the workplace working with our vehicles, helping you towards the goal of becoming an experienced vehicle mechanic.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Mechanical
- Electrical
- Vehicle
Other requirements
You’ll have a keen, demonstrable interest in vehicle mechanics, ideally with some practical experience through hobbies, work or other activities that will give you some skills and knowledge that we can then help you build upon.
About this employer
Rugby Borough Council is dedicated to both Community and Colleague growth. With a focus on wellbeing and personal development, we offer a range of career opportunities where you can take pride in the positive changes you help create. Join an organisation committed to the success of one of the Country’s fastest-growing boroughs and the people who make it thrive.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Further Vehicle Maintenance related roles
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Rugby Borough Council
Michael Hoppitt
michael.hoppitt@rugby.gov.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335491.
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