Property Maintenance Apprentice

Hyde Housing Association

Brighton (BN1 6AF)

Closes in 14 days (Monday 13 July 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 29 June 2026

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Summary

Are you ready to kick-start your career in property maintenance with one of the UK’s leading housing providers? Then join Hyde Housing as a Property Maintenance Apprentice and gain hands-on experience across a wide range of essential trades while working towards your Property Maintenance Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship.

Wage

£25,000 a year

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Salary subject to an increase on 31st July 2026

A Discretionary annual bonus scheme is available dependent on performance.

Training course
Property maintenance operative (level 2)
Hours
8.30am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, 8.30am to 4pm on Friday, including one day at Chichester College.

39 hours a week

Start date

Friday 4 September 2026

Duration

2 years

Positions available

3

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

Hyde Housing is one of the UK’s leading housing providers, managing homes and communities across London, the Southeast and surrounding areas and is looking for 3 Property Maintenance Apprentices to join them and build the skills and confidence you need for a successful future in the industry.

What you will learn:

  • How to learn and develop the skills and knowledge in property maintenance whilst working in the field alongside experienced colleagues.
  • A broad range of fundamental trade skills, including carpentry, joinery, plumbing, plastering and brick and block work, external works and associated finishing trades including tiling, painting, and decorating
  • Building Regulations knowledge and achieving a full property maintenance qualification.

Key Responsibilities:

  • To conduct routine maintenance tasks and minor planned and responsive repair works
  • To support the delivery of efficient, flexible and professional repair, servicing and installation work, provide high-quality repairs and maintain resident satisfaction.
  • To ensure all work supports the company’s compliance and buildings operation, including equipment, techniques and processes to prevent damage.
  • To comply with company Health and Safety requirements and ensure all work meets with building safety regulations and legislation.
  • Demonstrate professional representation of the company through appropriate professional behaviours.
  • Apply all knowledge, behaviours and skill attributes being achieved during the apprenticeship to your role at work.
  • Adhere to all Hyde Groups policies and procedures

Who you will be:

  • Someone who has a positive CV showing a minimum grade 3 achieved in GCSE Math and English.
  • Someone with good communication skills who may be already demonstrating their intent on wanting a career in construction from gained work experience or a trade diploma.
  • Someone with a strong ability to apply themselves to physical tasks and demanding work patterns. 

Where you'll work

125
Preston Road
Brighton
BN1 6AF

Training

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

Training provider

CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP

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

Apprentices will be required to attend college 1 day a week and work with Hyde Property Maintenance team 4 days a week.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 3)
  • Maths (grade 3)

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Team working
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness
  • Passion for trades
  • Practically minded
  • Theoretical
  • Collaborative
  • Willing to learn
  • Respectful of others

Other requirements

What you need to know:

  • Apprenticeships with Hyde Housing involve working in customers’ homes, so applicants would need to possess social skills and a strong understanding of customer satisfaction.
  • Our customers cover a wide diversified range of all ages and needs.
  • This role would be based out of the Brighton and Hove Office, and apprentices will be expected to travel from site to site as required.
  • A driving licence would be an advantage although not essential.
  • Drivers may progress onto driving a company vehicle after 6-12 months if suitable.
  • Non-drivers will be paired with a trades coach who will meet them daily to get to visits. This will be at a location accessible to the apprentice and coach, so dependent on where they live, apprentices must be prepared to travel within 1 hour of our Brighton office.
  • There are 3 positions available, and interviews will take place between 27th July and 14th August 2026 and the role is scheduled to start at the beginning of September 2026.
  • This apprenticeship is for 2 years and 4 months apprenticeship including end point assessment.
  • You MUST BE free from full-time education to be eligible to apply for an apprenticeship.
  • You MUST BE resident in the UK for a minimum of 3 years prior to the start of learning and have work authorisation for the UK.
  • You MUST BE a resident in the area local to the apprenticeship opportunity or be prepared to relocate in time to start employment and study.
  • You MUST BE committed to completing the full apprenticeship.

About this employer

Hyde Housing is part of the Hyde Group, a collection of organisations committed to providing great homes, services, and supporting the communities we serve. Together, we own or manage around 125,000 homes, making us one of the largest and most diverse housing and community services providers in the country.

https://www.hyde-housing.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Reimbursement of dental and optical appointments scheme.

Other benefits include store discounts.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Potential for advancement on successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039803.

Apply now

Closes in 14 days (Monday 13 July 2026 at 11:59pm)