HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle) Technician Apprenticeship

Babcock International

Ruislip, Greater London (HA4 0QH)

Closes on Thursday 12 March 2026

Posted on 2 December 2025

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Summary

Join our 3-year HGV Technician Apprenticeship and play a vital role in maintaining the London Fire Brigade’s fleet of over 400 vehicles. You’ll be at the heart of the action, helping ensure these life-saving vehicles are always ready to respond.

• Wage:

  £16,640 a year

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  Year 1: £16,640.00 Year 2: £23,926.62 Year 3: £30,907.76, inclusive of 13% shift allowance

• Training course: Heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician (level 3)
• Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

  35 hours a week

• Start date:

  Tuesday 1 September 2026

• Duration:

  3 years

• Positions available:

  3

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

• When the sirens sound, London depends on its fire engines being fully operational. As an apprentice, you’ll learn to work safely and proactively to keep these critical vehicles on the road.
• You’ll be paired with a dedicated mentor who will support your development as you learn to service and repair HGVs and specialist fire vehicles. From day one, you’ll gain hands-on experience maintaining everything from 32m turntable ladders to cutting-edge electric fire engines.
• Working in our Ruislip workshop alongside experienced technicians, you’ll use state-of-the-art tools and equipment to master complex diagnostics, repairs, and servicing. It’s challenging work, but incredibly rewarding, knowing your efforts help protect Londoners every day.
• This is an exciting time to join the team. The Brigade is modernising its fleet with renewable fuels, decarbonisation initiatives, and advanced technologies. You’ll be part of a forward-thinking environment that supports cross-skilling and continuous learning. 

Where you'll work

Ruislip, Greater London
HA4 0QH

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

Heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Carry out the basic tasks with tools and equipment common to all procedures involving basic mechanical and electrical procedures related to HV
• The ability to keep updated with emerging new technologies within the HV industry.
• Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop and adhere to the company and legislative processes.
• Access specific and related HV technical information appropriately.
• The ability to service, inspect and maintain HVs and trailers to meet company, Driver and vehicle standards agency (DVSA) and manufacturers’ standards.
• Use a range of diagnostic and electrical measuring equipment to identify faults and underlying causes on HV’s.
• Successfully inspect and prepare vehicles and trailers to meet DVSA standards prescribed in the tester’s manual.
• Carry out final quality checks before handover to the customer without supervision.
• Apply advanced diagnostic principles and logical/problem solving techniques and regimes.
• Maintain records to company and operators’ licence obligations and regulation.
• To be able to communicate effectively in both oral and written mediums both internally and with customers on a range of topics that will support, HV inspection and diagnosing techniques.

Training schedule

Most of your time will be spent at the London Fire Brigade’s Ruislip workshop, where you’ll carry out all aspects of maintenance and repair on the fleet under the guidance of a senior trained technician. This hands-on experience will be complemented by theory segments delivered through our training partner. 
 
Every six weeks, you’ll attend a one-week block release at Remit Training in Derby. Through this partnership, you’ll work towards achieving an IMI (Institute of the Motor Industry) Level 3 qualification. 
 
By the third year of your apprenticeship, you’ll be ready to undertake your final assessment and qualify as a technician - fully competent in inspecting, maintaining, and repairing the London Fire Brigade fleet. 
 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4(C) and above)
• IT (grade 4(C) and above)
• Maths (grade 4(C) and 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
• Team working

Other requirements

Many of our apprenticeship programmes are subject to security clearance and trade control restrictions, which means that your place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency you hold or have held may impact which programmes you are eligible for. For this programme, you must be able to achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) clearance. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels

About this employer

Babcock is an international defence company providing support and product solutions to enhance our customers’ defence capabilities and critical assets. We provide through-life technical and engineering support for our customers’ assets, delivering improvements in performance, availability and programme cost. Our c27,700 employees deliver these critical services to defence and civil customers, including engineering support to naval, land, air and nuclear operations, frontline support, specialist training and asset management. We also design and manufacture a range of defence and civil specialist equipment, from naval ship and weapons handling systems to liquid gas handling systems. We also provide integrated, technology-enabled solutions to our defence customers in areas such as secure communications, electronic warfare and air defence.

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Company benefits

• Fully funded qualification • Personal development training and opportunities • Minimum 28 days holiday allowance including bank holidays • Competitive pension scheme • Employee share scheme • Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

By the end of your apprenticeship, you'll have the skills and confidence to perform services and repairs on HGVs and specialist fire vehicles.  
 
You may also have the opportunity to undertake higher-level qualifications and expand your skills into other areas, such as light goods vehicles and electric vehicles. Additionally, you could develop your expertise in servicing and repairing specialist equipment, such as our 32m and 64m turntable ladders, Command Support Units, and Electric Zero Emissions pumping appliances. 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

REMIT GROUP LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002195.

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Closes on Thursday 12 March 2026

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