Site Apprentice
The Garibaldi School
Mansfield (NG19 0JX)
Closes in 14 days (Friday 14 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 October 2025
Contents
Summary
The Property Maintenance Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship is a comprehensive training programme that prepares individuals for a career in property maintenance. This apprenticeship covers a range of topics, including health and safety, carpentry, plumbing, electrical systems, painting and decorating, and building maintenance.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, exact times to be confirmed on offer.
Occasional weekend and evening availability.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 13 December 2025
- Duration
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1 year 2 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
- Assist with the day-to-day maintenance, cleaning and security of the school site and buildings
- Support with routine and ad hoc repairs, basic plumbing, painting, decorating and maintenance tasks – both reactive and preventative
- Contribute to ensuring that the school premises comply with health and safety legislation and site regulations
- Help with the setting up of rooms for school events, exams and meetings as required
- Assist the site team with regular safety checks, including fire alarms and emergency lighting
- Respond to site-related queries and requests from staff, pupils and visitors in a professional manner
- Support the management of contractors and external visitors on site
- Complete training and work assignments as part of the apprenticeship programme
- Undertake other duties as reasonably directed by the Site Manager or Senior Leadership Team
- Work in line with School and Trust Policy and within the scope of Health & Safety risk assessments to ensure safe working practices for yourself, contractors, and others who may be affected by site activities
- Ensure supplies and/or hazardous materials maintained on site are correctly stored and used in line with H&S requirements
- Assist with call-outs, site opening and closing, and routine maintenance checks
- Follow the policies and procedures of the School and wider Trust and undertake regular training as required
- Flexibility in hours is required – there may be times when you will be required to work early mornings or late evenings on an ad-hoc basis in line with the needs of the school or to support with private
lettings
Where you'll work
Garibaldi Road
Forest Town
Mansfield
NG19 0JX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
GLP TRAINING LTD
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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A-C)
- Maths (grade A-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
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
• Previous experience in property maintenance or working in a similar environment • Previous experience of working with children / young people
About this employer
We’re proud to offer an exciting, dynamic and collegiate place to work. Our colleagues are dedicated to having an impact and they make a lasting difference to the lives of our children and young people. We nurture a culture within our trust where everyone feels respected, valued, safe, trusted and ultimately have a sense they belong. We feel, it’s that sense which enables people to be their best selves, to grow and succeed as highly competent professionals and add transformational value.
Company benefits
• Bike scheme • Technology scheme • Motorsave • Lifestyle benefits • Instant discounts • Savings club • Workplace ISAs • Financial planning • Financial education resource module • Car salary sacrifice • Health cash plan • Gym scheme
After this apprenticeship
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain their Level 2 (Property Maintenance Operative), Level 3, and Level 5 qualifications as part of a development pathway agreed with GLP Training, our Apprenticeships Partner.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
GLP TRAINING LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348674.
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Closes in 14 days (Friday 14 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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