Property Maintenance Apprentice
GPLANET CONSTRUCTION LTD
London, LONDON
Closes in 24 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 7 August 2025
Contents
Summary
Assist with general repairs, maintenance, and safety checks across properties. Support trades, learn skills in plumbing, carpentry, electricals, and decorating while working toward a Level 2 Property Maintenance Operative qualification.
- 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
- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 8.00am to 5.00pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 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
- Assist with routine repairs and maintenance across building fabric, fixtures, and fittings (e.g., doors, windows, flooring, walls)
- Support plumbing, electrical, and decorating works under supervision
- Help with groundworks and external maintenance (e.g., guttering, drainage, fencing)
- Learn to diagnose basic maintenance issues and recommend solutions
- Follow health & safety guidelines and company policies on-site at all times
- Assist with record-keeping of completed tasks and materials used
- Maintain tools and equipment in good working condition
- Attend all necessary off-the-job training sessions as part of the apprenticeship programme
- Develop customer service skills through respectful, professional conduct on all sites
- Work as part of a team and report issues to the supervisor as required
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- 304 Shooters Hill Road, London, SE18 4LT
- 124-128 CITY ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 2NX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NEWHAM COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
Training course
Property maintenance operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
- Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
- Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
- Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
- Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
- Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
- Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
- Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
- Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
- Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
- Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
- Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
- Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
- Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
- Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
- Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
- Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
- Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
- Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
- Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
- Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
- Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
- Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
- Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
- Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
- Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
- Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
- Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
- Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
- Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
- Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
- Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
Training schedule
The apprenticeship is delivered as a weekly day release at our campus in Stratford, E15.
You will be required to attend college one day a week.
- Level 2 Property Maintenance Operative
- Behavious, Skills and Knowledge
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 / C or above)
- Maths (grade 4 / C or above)
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
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Physical Demands: The job often involves lifting, climbing ladders, working in tight spaces, or being on your feet for long periods. All-Weather Work: You may be required to work outdoors in all weather conditions, including rain, cold, or heat. Early Starts & Long Days: Start times can be early, and tasks may take longer than expected depending on the job or emergency repairs. Travel Requirements: You might be required to travel between properties or sites — own transport is often preferred or necessary if public transport is limited. Messy/Dirty Environments: Expect to work in dusty, damp, or unclean spaces during maintenance or repair tasks. Variety of Tasks: Jobs can range from minor repairs to more complex issues — it requires flexibility and a can-do attitude. While rewarding and full of learning, this apprenticeship is best suited for someone who’s practical, hands-on, and not afraid of getting stuck in, rain or shine.
About this employer
We are a building and construction company that specialises in residential, domestic, and commercial property development & management, new build, refurbishment, renovations, house extension, conversion, Internal & external finishes, plan & design, including estimation for our projects.
After this apprenticeship
- Progress to a supervisor or team leader role in property or facilities maintenance
- Specialise in a specific trade (e.g., plumbing, carpentry, electrical) with further qualifications
- Advance to Level 3 or Level 4 apprenticeships in construction or building services
- Move into facilities management, site management, or compliance roles
Gain additional certifications (e.g., Health & Safety, PAT Testing, Gas Safe, etc.).
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEWHAM COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335951.
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Closes in 24 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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