Property Maintenance Apprentice
South Yorkshire Housing Association
Sheffield (S35 9YR)
Closes in 17 days (Saturday 30 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 August 2025
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Summary
S.Y.H.A. is looking for a passionate and motivated Apprentice property Maintenance person to join our dedicated team. If you’re looking for a career in a rewarding industry we want to hear from you. Apply and start building your future with a company that invests in YOU! Join us, and let’s build something great together!
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Travel expenses are payable where the apprentice is under 19 years old or over 19 years old and in the first year of the apprenticeship - £50.00 per month
- Training course
- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday
Hours to be confirmed
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 2025
- 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
At South Yorkshire Housing Association, they’re proud of their proven track record in nurturing talent and supporting apprentices throughout their careers. With access to experienced mentors, a comprehensive training programme, and the chance to work on real projects that make a difference in the community, you’ll be set up for success.
The overall aim of this is role is to carry out maintenance related works to a high standard to both general and care supported housing properties, owned or managed by the Association within its areas of operation including Sheffield, Chesterfield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster, Wakefield and Selby.
You will be paired with a mentor to help you learn how about:
- Support the planning, preparation and delivery of property maintenance tasks in accordance with building safety regulations and legislation
- Create a safe working environment in line with health and safety legislation, policies and procedures
- Access and utilise appropriate work plans, job sheets, specifications, drawings/diagrams, information & data sheets
- Select, check, use and maintain tools, equipment, materials, components, compounds and parts appropriate to the task being undertaken
- Safely isolate electrical, electronic and emergency systems to enable property maintenance operations to be performed
- Carry out preventative and corrective maintenance
- Use carpentry and joinery skills to complete minor repairs or refurbishment
- Carry out minor plastering repairs using appropriate materials and surface finishing techniques
- Carry out remedial painting and decorating works to a range of surfaces
- Carry out minor tiling and flooring activities or repairs using a variety of materials, tools, adhesives and sealants
This role will you learn to become an all rounded maintenance operative. It’s an excellent opportunity for anyone wanting to discover joinery while working for an excellent employer.
Where you'll work
SYHA HMT / NEAT depot
South Yorkshire Housing Association
Ecclesfield 35 industrial estate
Sheffield
S35 9YR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
RNN 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
The successful candidate will continue their studies with apprenticeship specialists, RNN Group on a 1 day per week day release giving you the training and support you need to become an all-rounded and successful Property Maintenance operative.
The Apprentice Standard you will be studying is Property Maintenance Operative Level 2.
Functional Skills if required.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Enthusiasm for construction
- Ability to prioritise workload
- friendly and helpful
- Be reliable and punctual
Other requirements
This is a successful business with a fantastic reputation that works to a tight schedule. They are looking for someone who can get there in a morning punctually (think about the location of the business and transport links), listen/learn and use their own initiative to quickly become a valued and productive team member.
About this employer
In 1972, South Yorkshire Housing Association (SYHA) was formed as part of a wider movement to end homelessness after our founder, John Belcher, watched Ken Loach’s Cathy Come Home. Over fifty years later, we still help people and families to settle at home, live well and realise their potential. We offer homes for affordable rent, shared ownership and extra-care housing, and a range of other services, support and opportunities across Sheffield City Region. We are regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and members of the National Housing Federation We rent homes to people who need them, across South Yorkshire and beyond. We also build new houses, and campaign to increase the number of new and affordable homes. .
After this apprenticeship
Further and higher skill development within the business. A lifelong career with SYHA.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
RNN GROUP
lorraine
lorraine.savage@rnngroup.ac.uk
07719919356
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336261.
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Closes in 17 days (Saturday 30 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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