Motor Vehicle Apprentice
1STOP MOTORS CHESHIRE LTD
MACCLESFIELD (SK10 2NZ)
Closes in 18 days (Tuesday 26 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 6 August 2025
Contents
Summary
1 Stop Motors are looking for a dedicated motor vehicle apprentice technician to work towards a Level 3 Motor Vehicle and Maintenance Technician Standard. You will be involved with general servicing and repairs, along with many other duties.
- 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, 07:00 - 17:30 Saturday, 07:00 - 13:00
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- 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
Duties will include but will not be limited to:
- Assisting with MOT work
- General repairs
- House keeping
- Brushing up
- Cleaning tools
- Ensure that admin and customer service duties are completed including updating job cards and providing quotations and estimates
- You will shadow qualified technicians to learn first hand how to service, maintain and repair vehicles, as you progress and your confidence and experience grows you will start completing tasks on your own
Where you'll work
UNIT 1
SNAPE ROAD
MACCLESFIELD
SK10 2NZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MACCLESFIELD 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
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle
Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard - This apprenticeship is 1 day release to Macclesfield College
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C+)
- Maths (grade 4/C+)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
About our garage: Since we were originally established in 2012, we have worked tirelessly to build a strong reputation for our local Macclesfield garage. We have expert technical and mechanical knowledge as well as excellence in customer service. 1 Stop Motors (Cheshire) Ltd offer a first class, efficient and friendly service. What’s more, we are always willing to go the extra mile. Our team will take the time to discuss your requirements in detail. In addition to this, we pledge to always be upfront about prices. This is so that you can avoid nasty surprises when you come to collect your car.
After this apprenticeship
- There may be a fulltime position available upon the successful completion of this apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MACCLESFIELD COLLEGE
Maxim Business Training
apprenticeshiprecruitment@macclesfield.ac.uk
01625410022
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335838.
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Closes in 18 days (Tuesday 26 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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