Apprentice Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician – light vehicle
RON LEE LTD
WEST YORKSHIRE (HX3 5TJ)
Closes on Thursday 30 April 2026
Posted on 19 March 2026
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Motor Vehicle Apprentice to join our family-run workshop. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about cars and wants to begin a career in the motor trade while gaining a recognised qualification.
- Wage
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£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday between 8am – 5pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 1 May 2026
- Duration
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3 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 technicians with vehicle servicing, maintenance, and repairs
- Carry out basic mechanical tasks under supervision
- Learn to diagnose faults using diagnostic equipment
- Maintain a clean and safe workshop environment
- Follow health and safety procedures at all times
- Keep accurate records of work completed
- Attend college or training sessions as part of the apprenticeship programme
Where you'll work
KEIGHLEY ROAD
OVENDEN
HALIFAX
WEST YORKSHIRE
HX3 5TJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CALDERDALE 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
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
- Team working
- interest in automotive
- Strong mechanical aptitude
- Willingness to learn
- Good timekeeping
- reliability
About this employer
Independent Family Run Business in Halifax
At Ron Lee Ltd we offer used car sales, service & MOT in Halifax that’s second to none. We pride ourselves on a friendly, professional and courteous service. Ron has been in the car industry for over 50 years and he developed our current site, building our purpose-built showroom in Halifax in 1993. We offer quality, choice and value and guarantee not to be beaten on price. Our family-friendly approach has always been to treat people as we would like to be treated, with no sales staff, just family members. We are happy to see many generations of customers again and again over the years and welcome newly recommended customers who we are pleased to assist in the complete car buying process.
After this apprenticeship
Potential for a full-time role upon successful completion of the apprenticeship and MOT Tester training.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CALDERDALE COLLEGE
Shannon Ingham
Shannon.Ingham@calderdale.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000022256.
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Closes on Thursday 30 April 2026
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