Level 3 Light Vehicle Technician Apprentice
BOLEYN RECOVERY AND FLEET SERVICES LTD
77 River Road (IG11 0DS)
Closes in 18 days (Monday 25 August 2025)
Posted on 7 August 2025
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Summary
Are you wanting to start your career in the Automotive Industry? Are you hands-on and passionate about Vehicles? Boleyn Recovery & Fleet Services looking for a Light Vehicle Technician to join their award-winning apprenticeship programme, you’ll develop new skills and work alongside experienced staff!
- Wage
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£15,704 a year
- Training course
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday with 1 hour break
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years 8 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
We are offering a hands-on apprenticeship opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join our busy fleet workshop team. This role provides the chance to develop the skills and knowledge required to become a fully qualified Light Vehicle Technician, working across a diverse fleet that includes emergency ambulances, vans, and passenger cars.
Key Responsibilities:
• Assist qualified technicians with routine servicing, diagnostics, and mechanical repairs.
• Learn to inspect, maintain, and repair a wide variety of vehicles, including frontline ambulances, light commercial vans, and passenger cars.
• Gain experience with modern diagnostic tools and equipment.
• Maintain accurate service and repair records.
• Support with workshop cleanliness, organisation, and tool control.
• Comply with all health & safety regulations and company procedures.
What You Will Learn:
• Servicing schedules and procedures for different vehicle types
• Diagnosis and repair of mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems
• Use of specialist diagnostic and repair equipment
• Vehicle safety standards, including those specific to emergency service vehicles
Where you'll work
77 River Road
IG11 0DS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
REMIT GROUP LIMITED
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
This is a Light Vehicle Technician Apprenticeship, delivered by Remit Group.
Training is delivered in the workplace and on block release at the Remit Academy in Derby. This means you will be required to stay in a hotel for 15 separate weeks (Mon – Fri) over the duration of the programme. All associated costs for training are met by the employer and there will be no cost to you.
You will also be assigned a dedicated Development Coach who will visit you every 4-6 weeks in the workplace and remotely, giving 1-2-1 information, advice and guidance.
As a result, you will receive the following qualification:
• Level 3 Motor Vehicle Service & Maintenance Technician (light vehicle)
• F Gas air conditioning qualification
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Maths (grade C or 4)
- English (grade C or 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Adaptability
- Communication skills
- Enthusiasm to learn
- Mechanically minded
- Passion for mechanics
- Practical hands-on ability
About this employer
Boleyn Recovery and Fleet Services: Trading for over half a century. Available 24-7-365 offering nationwide car and commercial breakdown recovery, roadside assistance, repairs and service. Still family owned and run with a vested interest in keeping our customers vehicles moving. We are not another call centre, we are fleet owners offering our services to fleet owners.
After this apprenticeship
What We Offer:
• Structured training programme leading to a recognised qualification
• Mentoring and guidance from experienced technicians
• Opportunity to work on high-profile vehicles, including ambulances and specialist fleet units
• Potential for full-time employment upon successful completion
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
REMIT GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336057.
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Closes in 18 days (Monday 25 August 2025)
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