Apprentice Motor Technician
Kemsing Motor Company
KENT (TN15 6PX)
Closes in 15 days (Friday 5 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 20 August 2025
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Summary
Join our friendly, busy garage - work on all makes of cars and small vans while you learn! Extra training provided, with the chance for MOT tester training in the future. Perfect for anyone passionate about vehicles and ready to start their career with a supportive team.
- 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
- Training course
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 8am - 5:30pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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3 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
- Assisting with vehicle servicing and routine maintenance
- Diagnosing faults and carrying out repairs under supervision
- Using workshop tools and diagnostic equipment
- Maintaining a clean and safe working environment
- Attending college or training provider sessions as required
Where you'll work
9 WEST END GARAGE
WEST END
KEMSING SEVENOAKS
KENT
TN15 6PX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NORTH KENT COLLEGE
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.
Training schedule
You will be required to attend Hadlow College one day per week during term time to undertake the Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician - Light Vehicle (level 3) Apprenticeship Standard.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 4 / C or above)
- Mathematics (grade Grade 4 / C or above)
Other 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- A can do Attitude
Other requirements
Must drive or have transport due to location.
About this employer
Kemsing Motor Company was established in 1998. We pride ourselves on great customer service. We carry out MOT's, vehicle diagnostics, servicing and repairs on all makes. We have a large range of diagnostic equipment, our staff are being continuously trained, and we are one of the only independent garages in the Sevenoaks area to have a technician trained to master tech level.
After this apprenticeship
Potential for the right candidate to train and progress to Master Technician level.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NORTH KENT COLLEGE
John Eves
johneves@northkent.ac.uk
01322629400
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338201.
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Closes in 15 days (Friday 5 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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