JCB Land Based Service Technician Apprenticeship
CHANDLERS (FARM EQUIPMENT) LIMITED
Bridgnorth, Cirencester, Market Drayton, Ross-On-Wye, Worcester
Closes on Monday 2 March 2026
Posted on 13 January 2026
Contents
Summary
Environmental, safe working and legal requirements. Use of specialist tools and equipment. Thermally and chemically joining metals and components. Advanced technical and engineering principles of land-based engineering machinery, plant and equipment. Service, maintenance and repair principles and practices for complex machinery & plant equipment.
- Wage
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£15,311.40 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Wages to be discussed at interview stage.
- Training course
- Land-based service engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday:
8.30am to 4.30pm
Shifts to be discussed at interview stage
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 July 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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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
- Complete planned engine servicing and repair work
- Provide breakdown assistance for industrial applications
- Complete overhauls of engines
- Install and commission new engine packages
- Assist senior engineers in sourcing and communicating technical support to customers
- Provide onsite diagnostics & fault finding of engines & control systems
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:
- The Livestock & Auction Centre, Wenlock Road, Bridgnorth, WV16 4QR
- Cirencester, GL7 1YG
- Green Bank Farm, Tern Hill, Market Drayton, TF9 3PX
- Unit 8-9, Alton Road Industrial Estate, Ross-On-Wye, HR9 5NB
- Berrow Green Road, Martley, Worcester, WR6 6PQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
REASEHEATH COLLEGE
Training course
Land-based service engineering technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Interpret technical data, documentation, schematic diagrams, wiring diagrams and technical specifications.
- Work in accordance with Safe Systems of Work and apply control measures such as Health and Safety at Work Act, lone working, working at height and risk assessments adopting mitigation measures to safeguard, bystanders, the public, property and livestock.
- Use digital equipment to interrogate land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover performance and extract data and communicate to stakeholders.
- Obtain information from colleagues and stakeholders employing a range of techniques.
- Establish the information required to perform an efficient and effective diagnosis.
- Communicate technical matters to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Perform repairs of technologically advanced land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers in accordance with manufacturer's guidelines and industry standards.
- Measure and assess wear tolerances and deformation in line with manufacturer instructions or guidance.
- Identify components that require either repair or replacement, including providing alternative solutions for repair or replacement as appropriate.
- Repair or replace component parts in accordance with manufacturer guidelines.
- Establish and replicate the circumstances and conditions that give rise to reported faults.
- Determine whether reported symptoms are a characteristic or a fault.
- Diagnose faults and reported underperformance of land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers using approved diagnostic procedures and equipment and logical problem-solving techniques.
- Maintain, interrogate, calibrate and repair electronic equipment and systems, including precision technology, electronic management systems, telemetry, autonomous and automated operations used in the land-based sector.
- Differentiate between the root cause and symptom of land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover failures.
- Identify crop, soil, climatic and environmental factors that impact on the performance of land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers.
- Identify the equipment settings appropriate to the working conditions giving due consideration to crop, soil types, conditions and environments, weather and climatic conditions.
- Perform verification tests to check performance against manufacturer specification land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover performance.
- Identify stakeholder requirements and provide tailored advice that informs their selection and operation of appropriate machinery, equipment and prime movers to meet the land based environment in which it will be operated.
- Applies supervision and mentoring techniques to support junior colleagues' development.
- Plan and prepare maintenance or repair work schedules for showing task allocation, sequencing, workflow and time management.
- Compile technical reports and statements.
- Provide technical input to facilitate the compilation of repair schedules, action plans, quotations and estimates.
- Identify the parts and services required to enable the reinstatement of land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers for the purposes of estimates and quotations.
- Perform installation and handover of machinery, equipment and prime movers, explaining their safe operation, the settings required for the environmental conditions and application, the maintenance and warranty requirements.
- Establish level of customer understanding of how to operate the machinery or equipment following installation and handover.
- Use predictive and preventative maintenance effectively to minimise land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover downtime.
- Identify toxic and hazardous substances and environments and apply suitable and sustainable control measures.
- Dispose of equipment, components and substances in accordance with environmental regulations, industry standards and company policy.
- Keep up to date with advances in environment land-based working practices and the land-based engineering technologies and share best practice.
- How contextual factors (including operational techniques, application, crop, soil types and conditions, environments, weather and climatic conditions) impact on machine performance and faults.
- Repair complex electrical and electronic systems in accordance with job requirements.
- Interpret technical data, documentation, schematic diagrams, wiring diagrams and technical specifications.
- Work in accordance with Safe Systems of Work and apply control measures such as Health and Safety at Work Act, lone working, working at height and risk assessments adopting mitigation measures to safeguard, bystanders, the public, property and livestock.
- Use digital equipment to interrogate land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover performance and extract data and communicate to stakeholders.
- Obtain information from colleagues and stakeholders employing a range of techniques.
- Establish the information required to perform an efficient and effective diagnosis.
- Communicate technical matters to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Perform repairs of technologically advanced land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers in accordance with manufacturer's guidelines and industry standards.
- Measure and assess wear tolerances and deformation in line with manufacturer instructions or guidance.
- Identify components that require either repair or replacement, including providing alternative solutions for repair or replacement as appropriate.
- Repair or replace component parts in accordance with manufacturer guidelines.
- Establish and replicate the circumstances and conditions that give rise to reported faults.
- Determine whether reported symptoms are a characteristic or a fault.
- Diagnose faults and reported underperformance of land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers using approved diagnostic procedures and equipment and logical problem-solving techniques.
- Maintain, interrogate, calibrate and repair electronic equipment and systems, including precision technology, electronic management systems, telemetry, autonomous and automated operations used in the land-based sector.
- Differentiate between the root cause and symptom of land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover failures.
- Identify crop, soil, climatic and environmental factors that impact on the performance of land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers.
- Identify the equipment settings appropriate to the working conditions giving due consideration to crop, soil types, conditions and environments, weather and climatic conditions.
- Perform verification tests to check performance against manufacturer specification land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover performance.
- Identify stakeholder requirements and provide tailored advice that informs their selection and operation of appropriate machinery, equipment and prime movers to meet the land based environment in which it will be operated.
- Applies supervision and mentoring techniques to support junior colleagues' development.
- Plan and prepare maintenance or repair work schedules for showing task allocation, sequencing, workflow and time management.
- Compile technical reports and statements.
- Provide technical input to facilitate the compilation of repair schedules, action plans, quotations and estimates.
- Identify the parts and services required to enable the reinstatement of land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers for the purposes of estimates and quotations.
- Perform installation and handover of machinery, equipment and prime movers, explaining their safe operation, the settings required for the environmental conditions and application, the maintenance and warranty requirements.
- Establish level of customer understanding of how to operate the machinery or equipment following installation and handover.
- Use predictive and preventative maintenance effectively to minimise land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover downtime.
- Identify toxic and hazardous substances and environments and apply suitable and sustainable control measures.
- Dispose of equipment, components and substances in accordance with environmental regulations, industry standards and company policy.
- Keep up to date with advances in environment land-based working practices and the land-based engineering technologies and share best practice.
- How contextual factors (including operational techniques, application, crop, soil types and conditions, environments, weather and climatic conditions) impact on machine performance and faults.
- Repair complex electrical and electronic systems in accordance with job requirements.
Training schedule
- Land-based Service Engineering Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- Apprentices without level 4 (GCSE or equivalent) English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End Point assessment.
The qualification the apprentice will achieve at the end is an advanced level 3 apprenticeship. Within this apprenticeship, you will be given the opportunity to build a solid foundation of technical knowledge and gain real life experience.
You’ll combine on-the-job training with practical lessons at college, where our specialist staff will teach you in our fully equipped workshops.
The apprenticeship will be at Reaseheath College and will last 3 years. This will be 9 weeks in college per year, delivered in 3 x 3 week block release courses, at Reaseheath College, Nantwich.
Successful completion of this apprenticeship will be accepted by the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE) as meeting the Engineering Councils requirements for Engineering Technician (EngTech) registration.
Requirements
Essential 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
Other requirements
Weekend work is required. The vacancy is based in a rural area and public transport links are minimal. You will need to ensure that you can access the employer and training provider in line with the hours of work If you are short listed for this vacancy you may need to attend more than one interview. The role will involve working indoors and outdoors/in all weathers/standing for long periods/heat/cold/heights/driving/using heavy equipment/lifting etc.
About this employer
Chandlers (Farm Equipment) Ltd. are proud to represent five of the biggest & best names in new agricultural equipment, Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Challenger, Valtra & JCB; along with leading manufacturers of high-quality implements from Maschio, HE-VA, Strautmann, Sky, OPICO, McConnel, Richard Western, Chafer & Mzuri along with many others for every on-farm requirement. Chandlers stock brand new Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Challenger, Valtra tractors and JCB telehandlers always, at our 16 depots, and run a large fleet of demonstration equipment, which is available for use by arrangement, Full History https://www.chandlers.co.uk/about-us
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After this apprenticeship
Our apprenticeship can take you all the way to an industry recognised level three qualification in Land based engineering, with no course fees for you to pay and a job as a Skilled technician on completion.
At Chandlers you get the best of both worlds, hands on in our workshop gaining practical skills from apprenticeship to master technician.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
REASEHEATH COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000008515.
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Closes on Monday 2 March 2026