Light Vehicle technician apprenticeship
GUARDS AUTOMOTIVE LTD
GODALMING, Guildford
Closes in 14 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 August 2025
Contents
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic apprentice for a fantastic opportunity of working alongside experienced technicians. You will learn everything from fitting a light bulb to changing an engine. You will start with easy jobs and progress to more to complex tasks.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 5.30pm.
42 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 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
- Routine servicing and inspection procedures
- Use a range of diagnostic equipment
- Contribute to problem solving discussions and enjoy finding solutions to own and other people’s problems
- 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
- Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop
- Demonstrate due regard for your own safety and that of others in the workshop and minimise risk of injury and vehicle damage
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:
- CHARTERHOUSE ROAD, GODALMING, GU7 2AH
- Chinthurst Farm House, Chinthurst Lane, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0DR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BROOKLANDS 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
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Math (grade 4)
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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
We’re a well-respected, local automotive garage operating across three busy sites—two customer-facing garages and one behind-the-scenes workshop. Known for our high standards and strong community ties, we take pride in the quality of our work and the trust we’ve built with our customers.
After this apprenticeship
We would hope for them to complete their apprenticeship with us then to stay as a full-time employee with a goal to progress within the company.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BROOKLANDS COLLEGE
Sian Lee
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337483.
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Closes in 14 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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