Land-based Service Engineer Apprentice
ARTEMIS TREE SERVICES LTD
RICKMANSWORTH (WD3 9XY)
Closes in 11 days (Monday 16 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 3 March 2026
Contents
Summary
Artemis Tree Services is an award‑winning, accredited tree care company seeking apprentices to join a skilled, friendly team delivering high‑quality arboricultural work across the UK.
- Wage
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£25,000 a year
- Training course
- Land-based service engineer (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 07:00 - 16:00
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 23 March 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- 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 servicing and repairing land-based machinery
- Help diagnose mechanical and electrical faults
- Clean, maintain, and organise workshop tools and equipment
- Carry out routine checks on engines, hydraulics, and transmissions
- Record work completed and update service logs
- Follow health and safety procedures around machinery and equipment
Where you'll work
WEST HYDE NURSERY
OLD UXBRIDGE ROAD
WEST HYDE
RICKMANSWORTH
WD3 9XY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE WINDSOR FOREST COLLEGES GROUP
Training course
Land-based service engineer (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Prepare and reinstate the work area for land-based engineering activities.
- Clean land-based machinery and equipment.
- Select and use PPE, tools and equipment required to undertake land-based engineering activities.
- Prepare land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment for service, maintenance and repair activities.
- Prepare parts, components and sub-assemblies prior to reassembly, including inspecting, cleaning, refurbishing, sharpening, resealing, straightening, and balancing.
- Refit and re-assemble parts, components and sub-assemblies, ensuring their compatibility and relationship including timing and alignment.
- Select the appropriate lifting, supporting and securing equipment.
- Apply thermal bonding and separation methods to join, fabricate and repair materials and components.
- Complete organisational documentation and reports.
- Carry out work in compliance with legislative and organisational requirements.
- Lift, support and secure loads, land-based machinery, equipment and assemblies.
- Setup land-based prime movers, machinery and equipment to meet customer requirements.
- Connect, attach and fit land-based machinery equipment to prime movers.
- Service and maintain land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment to manufacturer’s recommendations.
- Adopt safe working practices that ensure personal safety and the safety of others and the environment.
- Conduct static and basic operational inspections and check compliance with legislative safety requirements and system tests to establish actions to be taken.
- Interrogate control systems to view error codes, reset indicators and verify software updates.
- Carry out checks and tests to ensure prime-movers, machinery and equipment meet manufacturers specifications before and after repair.
- Identify and follow technical documentation and perform hydraulic or electrical repair activities on land-based machinery.
- Perform transmission or engine repair activities on land-based machinery.
- Record and interpret technical information relating to land-based service, maintenance and repair operations.
- Apply the principles of customer care when dealing with internal and external customers relevant to own role.
- Maintain service and warranty records, record data and report findings to stakeholders.
- Carry out pre delivery inspections and conduct assembly as required on land-based equipment and prime movers.
- Check settings and make adjustments on land-based equipment to meet customer requirements.
- Carry out land-based machinery inspections.
- Prepare and reinstate the work area for land-based engineering activities.
- Clean land-based machinery and equipment.
- Select and use PPE, tools and equipment required to undertake land-based engineering activities.
- Prepare land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment for service, maintenance and repair activities.
- Prepare parts, components and sub-assemblies prior to reassembly, including inspecting, cleaning, refurbishing, sharpening, resealing, straightening, and balancing.
- Refit and re-assemble parts, components and sub-assemblies, ensuring their compatibility and relationship including timing and alignment.
- Select the appropriate lifting, supporting and securing equipment.
- Apply thermal bonding and separation methods to join, fabricate and repair materials and components.
- Complete organisational documentation and reports.
- Carry out work in compliance with legislative and organisational requirements.
- Lift, support and secure loads, land-based machinery, equipment and assemblies.
- Setup land-based prime movers, machinery and equipment to meet customer requirements.
- Connect, attach and fit land-based machinery equipment to prime movers.
- Service and maintain land-based prime-movers, machinery and equipment to manufacturer’s recommendations.
- Adopt safe working practices that ensure personal safety and the safety of others and the environment.
- Conduct static and basic operational inspections and check compliance with legislative safety requirements and system tests to establish actions to be taken.
- Interrogate control systems to view error codes, reset indicators and verify software updates.
- Carry out checks and tests to ensure prime-movers, machinery and equipment meet manufacturers specifications before and after repair.
- Identify and follow technical documentation and perform hydraulic or electrical repair activities on land-based machinery.
- Perform transmission or engine repair activities on land-based machinery.
- Record and interpret technical information relating to land-based service, maintenance and repair operations.
- Apply the principles of customer care when dealing with internal and external customers relevant to own role.
- Maintain service and warranty records, record data and report findings to stakeholders.
- Carry out pre delivery inspections and conduct assembly as required on land-based equipment and prime movers.
- Check settings and make adjustments on land-based equipment to meet customer requirements.
- Carry out land-based machinery inspections.
Training schedule
Requirements
Desirable 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
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- Must be over 18 years old due to be health & safety
- Must hold full driving licence
About this employer
Artemis Tree Services is a trusted, award-winning arboricultural company based in Rickmansworth, providing expert tree care across London and the Home Counties. With over 25 years of experience, we specialise in all aspects of tree surgery, including pruning, crown reductions, tree removals, and comprehensive tree surveys. As an ARB-approved and CHAS accredited company, our skilled team of arborists is dedicated to delivering high-quality, professional services tailored to both residential and commercial clients. We work alongside many high-profile Commercial Construction clients and work closely with Local Councils, as well as many Schools and Estate Management Companies.
As an environmentally aware company we take our responsibilities seriously by removing and recycling 100% of all resulting wood waste as biofuel, firewood and compost. Artemis Tree Services is an Arboricultural Association approved contractor as well as a CHAS accredited Tree Surgery Company. The Arboricultural Association provides a recognised standard for Arboricultural contracting work throughout the UK, and requires a certain standard of qualifications and ethics which are assessed annually to retain accreditation. The CHAS accreditation recognises compliance in health and safety throughout the construction industry. These organisations both require a high level of health and safety compliance, which we adhere to (OHSAS 18001 & CHAS). We have a comprehensive environmental policy to ensure that our business is operated in the most productive and environmentally conscious way.
After this apprenticeship
- This vacancy offers full time employment following a 3-month probationary period and successful apprentiship completion
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE WINDSOR FOREST COLLEGES GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000014853.
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Closes in 11 days (Monday 16 March 2026 at 11:59pm)