Apprentice Service & Maintenance Technician - Steven Eagell Toyota - Chelmsford
STEVEN EAGELL LIMITED
Chelmsford (CM2 5PF)
Closes on Friday 31 October 2025
Posted on 15 September 2025
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Summary
As an Apprentice, you will work alongside an experienced Technician, maintaining and repairing customer’s vehicles to very high industry standards. This is an excellent opportunity for a smart, ambitious and self-motivated individual to join a friendly environment.
- 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, between the hours of 8.00am and 6.00pm, shifts to be confirmed. May include Saturdays on a rota basis.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 10 November 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
- Carrying out foundation tasks common to all service and repair procedures
- Contributing to a safe working environment
- Accessing information such as wiring diagrams and technical data
- Using complex diagnostic, mechanical and electrical measuring equipment
- Removing, repairing/replacing components to manufacturer’s specification
- Applying advanced diagnostic principles and logical problem-solving techniques
Where you'll work
Hedgerows Business Park
Colchester Road
Springfield
Chelmsford
CM2 5PF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
PROVQ 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
Level 3 Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician (light vehicle) apprenticeship standard:
Level 2 Functional skills in English & maths (if required)
Please note: Off the job training is on a residential basis. Travel and accommodation costs covered by the employer.
Requirements
Desirable 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
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
A qualified Technician has many transferable skills. This is a physically demanding role. Off-the-job training is on a residential basis.
About this employer
Established in Milton Keynes in 2002, we have subsequently grown to be an award-winning company and a leading Toyota dealer group in the UK, with branches in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk and the West Midlands. From day one, our foremost objective has been to offer complete customer satisfaction to all our customers. This has enabled us to build a large and loyal database of valued customers, supporting our rapid expansion to a number of dealerships covering an extensive area in the South East, East of England and the West Midlands.
After this apprenticeship
- Once qualified, there may be the chance for progression within the company
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PROVQ LIMITED
The Recruitment Team
recruitment@provq.com
01743 762044
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342073.
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Closes on Friday 31 October 2025
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