Property Maintenance Operative Apprentice

Long Stratton Town Council

NORWICH (NR15 2XR)

Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 30 June 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 10 June 2026

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Summary

Working with the Direct Services Officer, the successful applicant will learn how to maintain, repair, install council assets and open spaces. This includes buildings, play areas, street furniture, speed awareness machines and much more. It is a varied role and no two days are the same.

• Wage:

  £16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

  Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

  • £8 an hour for 12 months, additional salary to be agreed after 12 months

• Training course: Property maintenance operative (level 2)
• Hours: 40 hours 1st April – 30th September, 32 hours 1st October – 31st March, flexible working hours, some weekend work will be required.

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Saturday 1 August 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

Working with the Direct Services Officer, the successful applicant will learn how to maintain, repair and install Council assets and open spaces. This includes buildings, play areas, street furniture, speed awareness machines and more. It is a varied role where no two days are the same.

To maintain all Town Council-owned amenities and open spaces to a high standard, contributing positively to the Town.

• To maintain all Town Council-owned amenities and open spaces to a high standard, contributing positively to the Town.
• Performance will be measured through visual evidence (e.g. photographs, site visits) and feedback.
• Carry out gardening, maintenance and health & safety checks to agreed standards and timescales.
• Use, maintain and safeguard Council equipment, preventing loss, damage or misuse.
• Carry out tasks as directed by the Clerk and Line Manager.
• Undertake duties appropriate to the role as required.

Playing Fields and other open spaces – Maintain all areas to a high professional standard, including:

• Regular mowing of grass areas.
• Maintaining trees and hedges; reporting specialist issues promptly.
• Pruning and weeding as required.
• Daily inspection of play and exercise equipment for cleanliness, damage and hazards; report and address issues promptly.
• Carrying out repairs and maintenance to a high standard.
• Monitoring the skating area and reporting any specialist repair needs.
• Keeping parks free from litter.
• Reporting anti-social behaviour immediately.
• Maintaining playing pitches to a good standard.
• Checking entrances daily for wear and tear and reporting concerns.
• Treating wood, fences and seating annually.
• Reporting missed bin collections.
• Ensuring the toilet block is maintained by contractors to an acceptable standard.

Play areas, Gym and MUGA

• Conduct weekly inspections and oiling of equipment.
• Report and resolve issues promptly; make safe where required.
• Escalate specialist repairs immediately.
• Maintain cleanliness by emptying bins and clearing litter and dog fouling when required.
• Maintain all play equipment in good condition.

Village:

Maintain the appearance of the village by:

• Inspecting, cleaning and repainting bus shelters; reporting specialist issues.
• Checking grit bins weekly.
• Carrying out general weeding and pruning.
• Inspecting Christmas trees daily during winter.
• Maintaining Council-owned seating.
• Attending village events (e.g. fair) and supervising equipment siting and removal.
• Sweeping Council-owned footpaths weekly.
• Maintaining and cleaning all Council-owned assets as required.

Assets and Equipment:

• Maintain and safeguard all Council assets and equipment.
• Check cameras and lighting daily; report faults.
• Carry out a daily visual inspection of the pavilion.
• Maintain the pavilion and set up the community room when required.
• Collect supplies as needed.
• Store chemicals and equipment in line with safety guidance.
• Complete an annual stock report.

Training

Identify and report training needs to maintain safe and effective working practices, including:

• Emergency First Aid.
• COSHH.
• Pesticide handling.
• Use of plant and machinery.
• Manual handling.
• Risk assessment.
• Health & Safety. 

Where you'll work

PAVILION
MANOR ROAD
LONG STRATTON
NORWICH
NR15 2XR

Training

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

Training provider

CITY COLLEGE NORWICH

Training course

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

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

• The release pattern for this course is once a week (term time only).
• Additional sessions (including examinations) may be run in holiday periods if needed and by prior agreement with the apprentice and employer.

More training information

Over the two-year course, apprentices will learn the following:

• Health and safety.
• Material preparation.
• Understanding roles and responsibilities.
• Understanding energy, the environment and sustainability.
• Customer service.
• Working area.
• Basic trade skills (including internal and external building maintenance repair).
• Basic painting, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, tiling, plastering, and heating and ventilation.

Knowledge & Behaviours of the Occupational Standard are embedded in the college delivery through theory classes, feedback and assessments.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 2)
• Maths (grade 2)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Patience
• Physical fitness

Other requirements

• The Council has a Council van; therefore, the ideal candidate should show a willingness to obtain their drivers licence within 3 years of appointment.
• You will be required to undertake a DBS check.
• The role is a physical role.

About this employer

Long Stratton Town Council is the third tier in local government and comprises of 13 Councillors who meet regularly to make decisions on how we can deliver essential services and infrastructure for the benefit of the local community. We are non-political. Once the Council have made the decision it is the Council officers to carry out their decision making. There are currently 8 members of staff. All roles within the Council are varied and no two days are the same. There is routine work that needs to be carried out however there is also a lot of adhoc work. All work carried out is in the public domain.

https://www.longstrattoncouncil.info (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• Free car parking, employee assistant programme, pension.

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

The apprentice will move to a permanent role within the Town Council. Further qualifications and training will be available.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CITY COLLEGE NORWICH

CCN Apprenticeships

apprenticeships@ccn.ac.uk

01603773365

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000033518.

Apply now

Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 30 June 2026 at 11:59pm)