Auto Technician Apprentice
William G Search Ltd
West Yrokshire (LS12 6EP)
Closes in 15 days (Wednesday 8 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 June 2026
Contents
Summary
Prospect Garage on Whitehall Road is part of the Search group of companies. The successful candidate will be supporting qualified vehicle technicians in servicing, maintaining and repairing vehicles up to 3.5 tonne while working towards a recognised apprenticeship 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
- Autocare technician (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, shifts to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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2 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 with routine vehicle servicing, inspections, and maintenance.
- Help diagnose mechanical, electrical, and electronic faults.
- Carry out basic repairs under supervision, such as replacing brakes, tyres, batteries, filters, fluids, and
exhaust components. - Use diagnostic equipment and workshop tools safely and correctly.
- Check vehicle systems, including engines, steering, suspension, transmission, braking, and electrical
systems. - Follow manufacturer repair methods and workplace procedures
- Keep accurate records of work completed.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organised workshop.
- Communicate with technicians, service advisors, and other team members.
- Attend college or training sessions as required as part of the apprenticeship.
- Follow health and safety regulations at all times.
- Any other reasonable duties as required.
Where you'll work
Market Works
Whitehall Road
Leeds
West Yrokshire
LS12 6EP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP
Training course
Autocare technician (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety procedures in the workplace in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare the vehicle and working area before the work activity. For example, remove or mitigate slip and trip hazards.
- Maintain and restore the work area during and on completion of the activity.
- Store, maintain, including calibration checks, and return tools and equipment to storage.
- Access vehicle technical data to inform inspections and make judgements on wear and serviceability.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability procedures, regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Apply vehicle safety inspection and routine maintenance procedures using vehicle specific data on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle.
- Select and use tools and equipment, mechanical and electrical measuring tools, and diagnostic equipment.
- Remove, repair and replace vehicle tyre and balance wheel assemblies on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle. For example, ultra-low profile, directional, asymmetric, run-flat tyres.
- Inspect, remove, and replace of parts or components in cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles for the following: steering systems and suspension systems, braking systems, emission systems, air conditioning systems, battery and charging systems, fluid and filtration systems.
- Apply state-of-health condition monitoring tests to high voltage batteries and chargers for electrified cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles.
- Apply four-wheel geometry checks and adjustments to cars, car derived vans, and light goods vehicles.
- Apply safe working practices and procedures to isolate electrified vehicles for maintenance.
- Record vehicle service maintenance, parts replacement, or repair.
- Apply customer service principles and organisational customer care practices. For example, identifying customer and vehicle needs, resolve low level customer complaints, make recommendations to customers based on results of inspection, maintenance, or repair of vehicles, customer payment transactions and organisational sales processes.
- Provide quotation of cost and order automotive parts, products, and consumables applicable to the vehicle.
- Apply procedures for stock and parts storage: ordering, checking and stock rotation.
- Apply organisational sales processes. For example, show and tell, features and benefits, consultative selling, mini closing and closing.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with equity, diversity, and inclusion guidance.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example customers, suppliers, and colleagues.
- Communicate in writing, for example with internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Use information and digital technology systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Complete and record learning and development activities.
- Apply procedures to check and replace fluids, and filtration parts.
- Comply with health and safety procedures in the workplace in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare the vehicle and working area before the work activity. For example, remove or mitigate slip and trip hazards.
- Maintain and restore the work area during and on completion of the activity.
- Store, maintain, including calibration checks, and return tools and equipment to storage.
- Access vehicle technical data to inform inspections and make judgements on wear and serviceability.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability procedures, regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Apply vehicle safety inspection and routine maintenance procedures using vehicle specific data on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle.
- Select and use tools and equipment, mechanical and electrical measuring tools, and diagnostic equipment.
- Remove, repair and replace vehicle tyre and balance wheel assemblies on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle. For example, ultra-low profile, directional, asymmetric, run-flat tyres.
- Inspect, remove, and replace of parts or components in cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles for the following: steering systems and suspension systems, braking systems, emission systems, air conditioning systems, battery and charging systems, fluid and filtration systems.
- Apply state-of-health condition monitoring tests to high voltage batteries and chargers for electrified cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles.
- Apply four-wheel geometry checks and adjustments to cars, car derived vans, and light goods vehicles.
- Apply safe working practices and procedures to isolate electrified vehicles for maintenance.
- Record vehicle service maintenance, parts replacement, or repair.
- Apply customer service principles and organisational customer care practices. For example, identifying customer and vehicle needs, resolve low level customer complaints, make recommendations to customers based on results of inspection, maintenance, or repair of vehicles, customer payment transactions and organisational sales processes.
- Provide quotation of cost and order automotive parts, products, and consumables applicable to the vehicle.
- Apply procedures for stock and parts storage: ordering, checking and stock rotation.
- Apply organisational sales processes. For example, show and tell, features and benefits, consultative selling, mini closing and closing.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with equity, diversity, and inclusion guidance.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example customers, suppliers, and colleagues.
- Communicate in writing, for example with internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Use information and digital technology systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Complete and record learning and development activities.
- Apply procedures to check and replace fluids, and filtration parts.
Training schedule
- Training will take place at Printworks Campus, Leeds.
- You will be required to attend college once every 2 weeks.
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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this employer
On 1 April 1946, in the challenging years following the Second World War, Bill Search took the bold step of starting a new business from a tiny attic office in East Parade, Leeds. It may not have seemed like the ideal time to launch a company, but it proved to be the beginning of a story built on service, trust and long-term relationships.
Eighty years later, Search has grown and evolved significantly but the principles that shaped the business remain the same. We still believe in understanding our customers’ needs, delivering dependable solutions, and providing a friendly, flexible and professional service at every stage.
Today, Search is proud to be an employee-owned business. Our Employee Ownership Trust reflects the values that have always been at the heart of the company: shared responsibility, long-term commitment and a genuine focus on doing the right thing for our customers, our colleagues and the communities we support.
We work closely with every customer to understand what is needed, respond quickly, and deliver solutions that are safe, suitable and well supported. We are proud of the customers we work with, from local businesses and event organisers to major venues and contractors. But most of all, we are proud of our people. As an employee-owned company, every member of our team has a stake in the success of the business and that shows in the care, commitment and service we provide.
For 80 years, Search has been built on people, service and trust. As we look to the future, those values remain at the centre of everything we do.
Company benefits
- Employee Owned Trust with eligibility for profit share after 12 months service
- Increasing holiday allowance, rising with service
- Free on site secure parking
- Pension
- Annual salary review
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Progression onto Level 3 Apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP
apprenticeships@leedscitycollege.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000035657.
Apply now
Closes in 15 days (Wednesday 8 July 2026 at 11:59pm)