Hyundai Parts Advisor Apprenticeship

ANCASTER GROUP LIMITED

Croydon (CR0 4XG)

Closes in 24 days (Thursday 12 March 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 12 February 2026


Summary

At Hyundai, you’ll be working within a fast-paced, challenging, environment, where you’ll be encouraged to push boundaries and challenge convention. As a global automotive manufacturer, and one of the fastest growing, you’ll have the opportunity to work within an international business environment and grow with the company.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.00am- 5.00pm with a 30-min lunch.

40 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 19 March 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

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 Ancaster Hyundai Apprenticeship Programme is designed to train and develop you in a way that enables you to learn the core elements of your job role using advancing technology as well as fostering an exceptional level of customer service.

This is an exciting role with first-class training and outstanding long-term career prospects. The comprehensive programme provides you with an exciting and challenging opportunity to achieve formal qualifications through extensive product training as well as building up confidence and gaining valuable work experience whilst undertaking the role.

Duties will include:

  • Working with customers to meet their requirements and giving advice on additional parts and services
  • Matching orders against stock items and sourcing parts, while offering competitive prices
  • Working as a team and independently to reach set goals and KPIs
  • Delivering fantastic customer service while remaining efficient and focused on your tasks
  • Incoming and outgoing call handling, face-to-face transactions, and IT-based communications
  • Managing goods in and out
  • Working with suppliers, placing orders or returns and processing paperwork accurately
  • Always working to a high level of customer service and remain courteous and police to customers

Where you'll work

Unit 5
218 Purley Way
Croydon
CR0 4XG

Training

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

Training provider

NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE

Training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.

Training schedule

Candidates will work towards achieving Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard.

They will also be required to study towards achieving Level 2 maths and English functional skills if they do not already hold equivalent qualifications.

https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/customer-service-practitioner-v1-1

Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner apprenticeship standard.

Standard Training will include:

  • Nationally recognised qualifications
  • IMI level 2 Certificate in Customer Service for the Automotive Industry
  • ATA Accreditation Customer Service Advisor
  • Bespoke Hyundai certified training
  • Regular in dealer review and assessment visits
  • Functional skills if needed

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths And English (grade 4)

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

Automotive (grade Level 2)

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
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

The candidate must be available to start as soon as possible and be able to travel to the workplace according to the working hours. The candidate must be able to attend the block release training weeks in Nottingham. The current National Minimum Wage (NMW) rate for apprentices is £5.28 per hour. This applies to 16-18-year-old apprentices and those aged over 18 in the first year of their apprenticeship. For all other apprentices the National Minimum wage appropriate to their age applies. The Minimum Wage for Apprentices applies to time spent on the job plus time spent training. * Please note that anyone under the age of 18 will only work a maximum of 40 hours per week. Any role which exceeds these hours on advert will be amended accordingly to fall in line with the legislation. * Please note that if the successful applicant is found prior to the closing date the vacancy maybe withdrawn early.

About this employer

In 2010, Ancaster Hyundai was established as a small 8-car showroom tucked away in a quiet road in South Croydon, South

London. Today, Ancaster Hyundai Croydon sits proudly on Purley Way, Croydon as the largest Hyundai showroom in the UK.

https://www.ancaster.co.uk/hyundai/locations/1205/ancaster-hyundai-croydon/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • 28 days inclusive of bank holidays

After this apprenticeship

  • Possible permanent position on the completion of the apprenticeship
  • Further opportunities to develop career to become a fully qualified master technician and MOT tester
  • On completion of the apprenticeship the average salary of a light vehicle technician is anywhere between 24k-27k. While most experienced technicians may earn up to £33k per year

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000015342.

Apply now

Closes in 24 days (Thursday 12 March 2026 at 11:59pm)