Special Skills Vehicle Repair Apprenticeship
NISSAN MOTOR MANUFACTURING (UK) LIMITED
Tyne And Wear (SR5 3NS)
Closes in 4 days (Monday 16 February 2026)
Posted on 27 January 2026
Contents
Summary
Accelerate your career as a specialist vehicle repair manufacturing operative. If you have a real eye for detail, our Repair schemes are made for you. Here at Nissan, we’ve designed our 3-year apprenticeships for people just like you.
- Wage
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£17,400.58 a year
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Shift allowance may apply
- Training course
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, Shift work - pattern is dependent on department, and may vary but likely to include days and lates
Day release at college.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 14 September 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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7
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
- Split your time between college learning and practical work in our plant
- Work in either Quality Assurance or on the Final Line, identifying and carrying out vehicle repairs
- Learn industry-standard tools and techniques, including lean manufacturing principles and Kaizen methodology
- Gain hands-on experience with tooling, equipment, and machinery in a technically advanced environment
- Contribute to projects ranging from refinishing and repairs to quality checks and process improvements
Where you'll work
Washington Road
Sunderland
Tyne And Wear
SR5 3NS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE
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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade Grade A–D or 3+)
- Maths (grade Grade A–D or 3+)
- Two other subjects, one to be a science subject (grade Grade A–D or 3+)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Curiosity
Other requirements
- You’ll collaborate closely with experts in production, engineering, and maintenance, learning from their experience while making real contributions from day one. We treat our apprentices as equals, giving you the chance to develop practical skills and life experience that will shape your career
- It’s a challenging, rewarding scheme designed to help you grow as far as you want to go. While shift work is part of the role, we’ll support you with training and benefits that reflect your potential
About this employer
Nissan Sunderland (NMUK) is the beating heart of our UK manufacturing operations. More than 6,000 of our workforce are based here, across a 362,000m2 site of world-leading manufacturing excellence. The site is also home to its own solar and wind farms, vehicle test track and facilities like our Sports & Social complex and on-site medical centre. You’ll be working shoulder-to-shoulder with our experts in production, engineering, and maintenance, each ready to share their knowledge and support you as you grow. From the moment you step onto our shop floor, you’re treated as an equal- making real contributions to the manufacturing process and gaining life skills to take forward into your career.
Company benefits
Benefits include: private healthcare, pension scheme, employee discounts, monthly prize draws, and access to our discounted car scheme*
(*Eligible after 6 months’ employment)
After this apprenticeship
- Special Skills Vehicle Repair - Production Operator
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000010838.
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Closes in 4 days (Monday 16 February 2026)
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