Apprentice Facilities Technician

TURBINE SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Nottingham (NG15 0DR)

Closes on Tuesday 30 June 2026

Posted on 10 March 2026

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Summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join TST as an Apprentice Facilities Technician, our dedicated Facilities Team are an integral part of the business that provides hands on specialist support to the factory. This would be ideal for a candidate who is interested in starting an exciting job with practical skills.

Wage

£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Property maintenance operative (level 2)
Hours
7.00am - 3.30pm, Monday - Friday.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 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

  • Diagnosing problems and fitting new parts to ensure that equipment is working correctly
  • Carrying out daily, weekly and monthly mandatory checks
  • Liaising with various operational departments as required to arrange procurement of fixtures, fittings or components
  • Adhering to Facilities strategies, procedures and methods
  • Understand the fundamentals of buildings infrastructure within the factory areas
  • Carrying out building fabric repairs such as joinery, plastering, painting, brickwork and general maintenance, including repairs to walls, doors, doorframes, skirting boards and similar structures
  • Assisting with plumbing and drainage maintenance such as repairing WC systems, fixing leaking taps, and supporting water testing or drain unblocking
  • Supporting basic electrical maintenance including replacing damaged sockets, plugs, lighting and fuses under supervision
  • Learning and applying correct use of hand tools and power tools used in carpentry, plumbing and general maintenance
  • Participating in planned preventative maintenance (PPM) across the site’s manufacturing facilities
  • Supporting maintenance of plant rooms, safety systems, building services and site infrastructure
  • Understanding how building systems support production operations within a manufacturing environment
  • Ensuring compliance with all Health, Safety and Environmental procedures, including safe working at height
  • Working with the Facilities Team to identify materials, tools or parts needed for repairs or maintenance
  • Maintaining a clean, safe and organised work area, including control of tools and equipment
  • To carry out any other duties that may be required by the company

Where you'll work

Unit 13a
Little Oak Drive
Nottingham
NG15 0DR

Training

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

Training provider

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

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

This programme is delivered via a day release delivery model which means that one day per week, your attendance is required at our Construction Campus. This attendance is required during term time only.

You will work with expert assessors and tutors to develop new knowledge, skills and behaviours within the profession.

You will experience a blended learning model.

Requirements

Essential 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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

Established in 2000, Turbine Surface Technologies is a joint venture between Rolls- Royce and Chromalloy, providing specialist coatings solutions to state-of-the-art gas turbine components. Situated on Sherwood Business Park in Annesley, Nottingham

http://www.tst-ltd.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • Private health care scheme
  • Mental health support- including free counselling sessions
  • Dental reimbursement of dental work from an annual allowance
  • Free eye tests and reimbursement on glasses from annual allow

After this apprenticeship

At the end of the apprenticeship there may be an opportunity to progress into a permanent role.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

Laura

apprenticeships@wnc.ac.uk

01623 900467

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000018939.

Apply now

Closes on Tuesday 30 June 2026