Property Maintenance Operative Apprentice

CLASSIC LODGES LIMITED

Harrogate (HG1 2SR)

Closes on Tuesday 31 March 2026

Posted on 21 January 2026

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Summary

Apprentice to join our small maintenance team at the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate. The role entails maintaining the beautiful building from changing light bulbs to patching up holes in the wall. Each day is varied depending on the guests/hotel needs.

• Wage:

  £16,640 a year

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  • You will be paid monthly 25th of each month.

• Training course: Property maintenance operative (level 2)
• Hours: Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 4.30pm. 30 mins unpaid lunch break.

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Wednesday 1 April 2026

• Duration:

  2 years

• Positions available:

  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

• The role teaches you good basic knowledge of all things maintenance
• Basic rewire of a plug, change a fuse to changing smashed plug sockets
• Basic Plumbing, unblock sinks/toilets, change a sink, changing split pipes. Tracking leaks
• Decorating skills, sanding and prepping areas, painting woodwork and walls
• Reading door locks and investigating data, changing door lock batteries. Overriding room locks to allow guests entry
• Fixing broken items (furniture/bed wheels, trolleys)
• Plus lots more! (external works too)
• Most of all we will teach you how to be safe! We will introduce you to risk assessments, work permits, you will go through our H&S training e-learning portal and complete modules
• We use a H&S portal in which we use daily to monitor all areas, we have daily check lists that we need to complete. (fire alarms, ladder safety check, tool checks etc)
• Some jobs we employee external contractors for like roof work or big plumbing, electrical jobs
• You will have the chance to observe these works and ask questions
• Each day is varied and we track our jobs using apps, the staff all have access to post a job in which you will be alerted to the waiting jobs you will need to complete in a timely manner

Where you'll work

Swan Road
Harrogate
HG1 2SR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

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

• You will attend Harrogate college alternate Mondays
• The address for the college is Hornbeam Park, Harrogate HG28QT
• You will work the rest of the week at The Old Swan Hotel

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4)
• Maths (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
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Team working
• Well Presented
• Polite
• Basic H&S knowledge

About this employer

• You will work within a team of 2, the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate employs 90+ staff, you must be able to communicate well with the full team and guests. You will interact with guests frequently you must be well presented and polite.

Company benefits

• Uniform and lunch will be provided
•  You will have access to Staff discounted stays within the group hotels
• Staff celebrations
• Share of staff gratuities

After this apprenticeship

• Potential to gain full time employment, after the apprenticeship has finished, within the hotel

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000009710.

Apply now

Closes on Tuesday 31 March 2026