IT Technician Apprentice

SALOP LEISURE LIMITED

Shropshire (SY5 6QS)

Closes in 28 days (Friday 5 June 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 8 May 2026


Summary

Launch your IT career with Salop Leisure -  one of Shropshire's leading holiday park businesses. You'll gain real hands-on experience across infrastructure, business systems, and user support from day one. No two days are the same. If you're curious, driven, and ready to make an impact, we want to hear from you.

Wage

£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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From £8/hr apprenticeship wage

Training course
IT solutions technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

1 year 6 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

No two days are the same in our small but busy IT team. You'll be getting stuck into real work from the start, including:

  • Providing 1st line IT support to staff across our showroom and holiday parks - troubleshooting hardware, software, and connectivity issues
  • Managing user accounts and devices within our Microsoft 365 environment, including setup, configuration, and ongoing maintenance
  • Supporting our business systems, including internal databases and our Zoho Creator/ CRM platform used across sales, service, and stock management
  • Assisting with IT infrastructure tasks such as networking, access control systems, and on-site equipment
  • Contributing to IT projects, helping to test, document, and implement new systems and improvements across the business
  • Maintaining IT records and documentation, ensuring assets, issues, and changes are accurately logged

Where you'll work

Salop Leisure
Emstrey Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY5 6QS

Training

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

Training provider

SHREWSBURY COLLEGES GROUP

Training course

IT solutions technician (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Work at any stage of the solution lifecycle.
  • Interpret client requirements.
  • Prioritise tasks to work within agreed project plans.
  • Ensure resources are used efficiently and responsibly.
  • Design solutions to meet client and business requirements.
  • Identify technical solutions using creative and critical thinking.
  • Install hardware or software, either physically or virtually.
  • Search and use different types of data or information sources.
  • Test and evaluate performance, functionality, and usability of solutions to ensure compliance with customer and project requirements.
  • Deploy and implement solutions, supporting change management practices.
  • Create and maintain documentation in accordance with best practice and organisational requirements.
  • Support multiple contemporary or legacy solutions to required levels of service.
  • Apply organisational policies and legislation in relation to security requirements, privacy, and confidentiality.
  • Communicate using a variety of tools and approaches, adapting language for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Apply continuous professional development CPD to support their own learning, business needs and technical developments.
  • Work at any stage of the solution lifecycle.
  • Interpret client requirements.
  • Prioritise tasks to work within agreed project plans.
  • Ensure resources are used efficiently and responsibly.
  • Design solutions to meet client and business requirements.
  • Identify technical solutions using creative and critical thinking.
  • Install hardware or software, either physically or virtually.
  • Search and use different types of data or information sources.
  • Test and evaluate performance, functionality, and usability of solutions to ensure compliance with customer and project requirements.
  • Deploy and implement solutions, supporting change management practices.
  • Create and maintain documentation in accordance with best practice and organisational requirements.
  • Support multiple contemporary or legacy solutions to required levels of service.
  • Apply organisational policies and legislation in relation to security requirements, privacy, and confidentiality.
  • Communicate using a variety of tools and approaches, adapting language for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Apply continuous professional development CPD to support their own learning, business needs and technical developments.

Training schedule

The apprentice will learn at Shrewsbury College London Road campus for one day per week day-release, with the remaining days of the week on site at Salop Leisure

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English and Maths (grade 4 (C) or above)

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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Initiative
  • Patience
  • Site Safety Awareness

Other requirements

  • Be adapatable, as the role is generalist in nature where no two days are the same - providing great variety
  • Have a professional manner and patience as will be supporting internal colleagues who may be non-technical 

About this employer

Salop Leisure is a well-established, family-owned leisure and holiday park business based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England.

What They Do

Salop Leisure is one of the UK's leading independent holiday home retailers and park operators. Their core business revolves around:

  • Holiday home sales – selling static caravans and lodges from leading manufacturers
  • Holiday park operation – managing and operating leisure parks across the region
  • After-sales & service – providing warranty, servicing, and maintenance for holiday home owners
  • Park ownership facilitation – helping customers find and site holiday homes on parks

Key Facts

  • Founded: The business has been trading for several decades, with strong roots in the Shropshire and Welsh borders area
  • Location: Headquartered in Shrewsbury, with parks and sales operations across mid-Wales and the Marches
  • Reputation: Known for a customer-focused, personal approach typical of a family-run business
  • Scale: A sizeable independent operator in a sector dominated by larger national chain

https://www.salopleisure.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Following completion of the apprenticeship role, progression is into a permanent IT Technician role, taking on more of the day-to-day support workload independently

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SHREWSBURY COLLEGES GROUP

Rachel Schofield (Shrewsbury College)

rachelsc@shrewsbury.ac.uk

01743 653444

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000030011.

Apply now

Closes in 28 days (Friday 5 June 2026 at 11:59pm)