Maintenance Technician Apprentice
BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT LIMITED
Main Road (TN16 3BH)
Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 3 October 2025
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Summary
This role is part of the Technical Services Team and provides comprehensive support to the Technical Services function. The role is required to deliver a service, working alongside all colleagues, demonstrating behaviour in line with the company values.
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
- Training course
- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, working hours TBC
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 16 October 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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2
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
As an Apprentice Property Maintenance Operative, you’ll learn how to maintain buildings safely, efficiently, and to a high standard. You’ll work alongside experienced professionals, gaining hands-on experience across a wide range of trades while developing your technical knowledge, practical skills, and professional behaviours. You will spend time with each member of the team to ensure you are exposed to all Technical Services functions, providing a well-rounded experience of the department.
You will have great communication skills and be self-motivated and methodical with the ability to pay attention to detail. The role holder will be able to work alone acting upon your own initiative and demonstrate solution-based thinking and application. You will have a desire to work outdoors in all weathers and be a part of the larger service delivery team at the airport. You will also be of smart appearance and apply discretion in the delivery of your work.
- Assisting with the inspection, repair, and upkeep of runways, taxiways, and aprons (i.e. patching surfaces, painting lines)
- Helping with the maintenance and testing of runway lighting, signage, and nav aids to ensure and compliance
- Supporting grass cutting and vegetation control
- Assisting with snow and ice clearing during winter months, including grit spreading
- Helping with the servicing and upkeep of machinery used across the airfield
- Learning how to log maintenance tasks and report issues
- Gaining invaluable knowledge of a strict health and safety environment
Where you'll work
Main Passenger Terminal, Biggin Hill Airport
Main Road
TN16 3BH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES
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
Property Maintenance Operative Level 2.
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Diligent
- Discreet
About this employer
London Biggin Hill Airport strives to be London’s preeminent full-service Business Aviation Airport and a leading centre for aviation technology and enterprise. We deliver our vision through a set of values that define who we are and what we believe in: integrity, innovation, professionalism, accountability and respect. In addition to the Airport, The Landing Hotel is an independent boutique 56 bed hotel that is proudly dedicated to the aviation industry, whilst supporting local businesses and our community. Located at London Biggin Hill Airport and set to the side of runway 03, the hotel offers great views towards London.
After this apprenticeship
Further progression may well be available in other areas within our sector, upon successful completion of this apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000345008.
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Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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