Level 3 Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship

SUNGOLD AUTO ELECTRICS

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (NE15 6RY)

Closes in 12 days (Friday 7 November 2025)

Posted on 24 October 2025

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Summary

Sungold Auto Electrics is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Level 3 Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician, specialising in Auto Electrics. This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to build their skills in a specialist area of vehicle maintenance and diagnostics.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Saturday 8 November 2025

Duration

3 years

Positions available

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

Key Responsibilities:

  • Perform diagnostic checks on vehicles
  • Assist colleagues with day-to-day vehicle repairs
  • Work on a variety of electrical systems including:

- Battery drains and charging systems
- Window wipers and motors
- ABS systems
- Sat nav and multimedia systems
- Reversing cameras and sensors
- Other vehicle electrical components

  • Maintain a clean and safe working environment
  • Follow company procedures and health & safety standards

Where you'll work

BISHOPS ROAD
BENWELL
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE15 6RY

Training

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

Training provider

NCG

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

  • 4 days per week at Sungold Auto 
  • 1 day per week at Newcastle College 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

About this employer

Sungold Auto Electrics is an auto repair shop that specialises in car electrical issues

After this apprenticeship

  • Opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a specialist auto-electrical environment
  • Supportive team with training and development opportunities
  • Continued employment available for the right candidate

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NCG

Ellisha Hay

apprenticeships@ncl-coll.ac.uk

01912004849

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348226.

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Closes in 12 days (Friday 7 November 2025)

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