Level 3 Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician Apprentice
Hozier Street Garage
BLACKBURN (BB1 3JP)
Closes on Friday 29 August 2025
Posted on 12 May 2025
Contents
Summary
This vacancy has arisen to support the qualified technicians, whilst learning the trade of vehicle maintenance and repair.
- Wage
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£13,741 to £22,222.20, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
- Hours
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Working hours - to be confirmed
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years 4 months
- 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
The duties and responsibilities associated with this position include, but are not limited to the following:
- Working alongside qualified technicians with the investigation, repair and service of vehicles
- Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop and adhere to the Autocentres business processes (e.g. environmental awareness, servicing a vehicle, record keeping, customer contact, documentation completed, quality) and standard workshop operations
- Assisting with MOTs on vehicles
- Use diagnostic, mechanical and electrical measuring equipment
- Inspect and prepare a vehicle to the required quality standard for handover to the customer e.g. following a service, complex repair, quality control etc.
- Service and maintain a vehicle
- Remove repair/replace components in line with manufacturer’s standards
- Investigate symptoms of vehicle fault(s) and identify the likely underlying causes
- Apply advanced diagnostic principles and logical problem-solving techniques, supported by diagnostic tools and testing regimes, to establish electrical, mechanical and electronic faults
- Other general technical duties and general housekeeping
- Good customer service skills/ability to liaise at all levels
- Follow Health & Safety guidelines and procedures at all times
Where you'll work
HOZIER STREET
BLACKBURN
BB1 3JP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
BLACKBURN COLLEGE
Your 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.
Your training plan
Training will take place at Blackburn College, once a week:
Blackburn College, Feilden Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1LH
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 4)
- Mathematics (grade 4)
Other in:
Light Vehicle Maintenance (grade Level 2)Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Technically minded
- Confidence
- Professionalism
About this company
A local, well-trusted garage that has been established over 30 years.
Company benefits
Friendly, hardworking environment
After this apprenticeship
Potential permanent role.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BLACKBURN COLLEGE
Apprenticeships Team
apprenticeships@blackburn.ac.uk
01254 292500
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320002.
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Closes on Friday 29 August 2025
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