Apprentice Services Team Assistant

CEDARMORE HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD(MR BAREHAM)

BROMLEY (BR1 2EG)

Closes on Thursday 10 September 2026

Posted on 13 March 2026

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Summary

To assist the Services Team in ensuring the maintenance of all buildings and their surrounding grounds. 

Wage

£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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£10 an hour 

Training course
Property maintenance operative (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Duration

2 years 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

  • To assist the Services Team in ensuring the maintenance of all buildings and their surrounding grounds, together with all fittings and technical equipment, are kept in good working order in accordance with relevant statutory regulations and other good practice guidelines.
  • To assist the Services Team (in collaboration with the relevant site management) in ensuring that all services, equipment and buildings are properly and adequately maintained, and that they comply with all relevant statutory regulations.
  • To organise and undertake general maintenance in CHA buildings, which may include basic plumbing, maintaining equipment (including nursing beds, training provided as appropriate), painting and decorating, basic carpentry, ground work, replacing light bulbs, cleaning gutters, etc.
  • To carry out Portable Appliance Testing (PAT testing) of all electrical appliances in accordance with legislative guidelines (training provided if required).

To work with the Services Team to ensure that statutory and other regulated tests and checks are carried out and accurate records kept on a timely basis, including but not limited to:

  • Fire safety and prevention, including fire alarms and emergency lighting.
  • Nurse call systems
    Nursing beds
  • Water safety temperature monitoring
  • To assist the Services Manager in supporting Scheme Managers in developing and maintaining environments compliant with up‑to‑date H&S requirements.
  • To assist the Services Manager in monitoring budgeted expenditure, initiating invoiced payments on a timely basis following confirmation that goods and services have been provided as required.

Where you'll work

BEECHMORE COURT RESIDENTIAL HO
267 SOUTHLANDS ROAD
BROMLEY
BR1 2EG

Training

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

Training provider

LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES

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

We provide on‑the‑job in‑house training but the apprentice is via LSEC and their course.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths & English (grade Grades 4-9 (A*- C))

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

We hope the person fits well with our ethos and organisation and can commit long‑term.

  • Southmore Court, BR2 8BQ
  • Cedarmore Court, BR7 5PE
  • Elenmore Court, BR1 2EN
  • Beechmore Court, BR1 2EG
  • Good communication skills
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Ability to work as part of a staff team
  • Sensitivity with frail elderly people
  • Good computer literacy

About this employer

Cedarmore Housing Association assist local older people who were finding it difficult to cope in their living environment. We now have a residential care home, three sheltered housing schemes and employ over 100 staff. We are a small not‑for‑profit organisation governed by a Board of Volunteer Directors and led by our Chief Executive and Leadership Team.

The Association's first property was
Cedarmore Court in Chislehurst opening in 1973
Followed by Southmore Court in Petts Wood in 1979, both providing sheltered flats with Scheme Managers on duty from 9am to 5pm. The extensions to Southmore Court was opened in 1998.

Beechmore Court, a residential care home for older people opened in 1986. Subsequent sections to cater for those living with dementia in the Isabel and Florence House.

Elenmore Court was opened in 1996 providing flats for older people without a Scheme Manager, but with an emergency call system and visitors calling in.

http://www.cedarmorehousing.org.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

We hope the person fits well with our ethos and organisation and can commit long‑term.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES

Evelyn Nartey

evelyn.nartey@lsec.ac.uk

02039544152

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000021111.

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Closes on Thursday 10 September 2026