Autocare Technician Apprentice
Formula One Autocentres Ltd
Chesterfield, Sheffield, Woodseats Sheffield, Worksop
Closes in 27 days (Friday 5 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 7 November 2025
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Summary
Join the enthusiastic and passionate F1 Autocentres Team to start your career in the automotive industry now! Apprentices will gain valuable knowledge and experience diagnosing mechanical issues and provide appropriate solutions and conduct inspections to identify potential problems or areas of improvement.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Autocare technician (level 2)
- Hours
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5 Days a week (Mon-Sat dependent on shift pattern) 09:00 - 17:00
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
An exciting opportunity for Apprentices to be trained using the latest diagnostic equipment at Skillnets Training Academy for the F1 Autocentres Programme with the relevant skills to react to the ever -changing technological developments within the car industry.
Apprentices will be provided with a Line Manager and Mentor at the workplace, in addition to receiving support and face to face visits from a Skillnet Skills Coach.
Day to day tasks will always vary but will normally include:
- This is a Level 2 Autocare Technician Formula One Autocentres Apprenticeship Programme delivered by Skillnet Training Academy
- Training is delivered on a block release basis at Skillnet's training academy in Daventry. All travel and hotel accomodation for training attendance will be paid for by F1 Autocentres
- Assessments will also be conducted in the workplace by a dedicated Skills Coach
- You will also be assigned a workplace mentor for support in dealership
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Unit C, 450 Sheffield Road, Chesterfield, S41 8LF
- Unit A, 918-920, Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, S8 0SH
- Unit A, 918 920 Chesterfield Road, Woodseats Sheffield, S9 5HG
- Unit 1, Highgrounds Way, Rhodesia, Worksop, S80 3AF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SKILLNET LIMITED
Training course
Autocare technician (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety procedures in the workplace in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare the vehicle and working area before the work activity. For example, remove or mitigate slip and trip hazards.
- Maintain and restore the work area during and on completion of the activity.
- Store, maintain, including calibration checks, and return tools and equipment to storage.
- Access vehicle technical data to inform inspections and make judgements on wear and serviceability.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability procedures, regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Apply vehicle safety inspection and routine maintenance procedures using vehicle specific data on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle.
- Select and use tools and equipment, mechanical and electrical measuring tools, and diagnostic equipment.
- Remove, repair and replace vehicle tyre and balance wheel assemblies on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle. For example, ultra-low profile, directional, asymmetric, run-flat tyres.
- Inspect, remove, and replace of parts or components in cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles for the following: steering systems and suspension systems, braking systems, emission systems, air conditioning systems, battery and charging systems, fluid and filtration systems.
- Apply state-of-health condition monitoring tests to high voltage batteries and chargers for electrified cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles.
- Apply four-wheel geometry checks and adjustments to cars, car derived vans, and light goods vehicles.
- Apply safe working practices and procedures to isolate electrified vehicles for maintenance.
- Record vehicle service maintenance, parts replacement, or repair.
- Apply customer service principles and organisational customer care practices. For example, identifying customer and vehicle needs, resolve low level customer complaints, make recommendations to customers based on results of inspection, maintenance, or repair of vehicles, customer payment transactions and organisational sales processes.
- Provide quotation of cost and order automotive parts, products, and consumables applicable to the vehicle.
- Apply procedures for stock and parts storage: ordering, checking and stock rotation.
- Apply organisational sales processes. For example, show and tell, features and benefits, consultative selling, mini closing and closing.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with equity, diversity, and inclusion guidance.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example customers, suppliers, and colleagues.
- Communicate in writing, for example with internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Use information and digital technology systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Complete and record learning and development activities.
- Apply procedures to check and replace fluids, and filtration parts.
- Comply with health and safety procedures in the workplace in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare the vehicle and working area before the work activity. For example, remove or mitigate slip and trip hazards.
- Maintain and restore the work area during and on completion of the activity.
- Store, maintain, including calibration checks, and return tools and equipment to storage.
- Access vehicle technical data to inform inspections and make judgements on wear and serviceability.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability procedures, regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Apply vehicle safety inspection and routine maintenance procedures using vehicle specific data on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle.
- Select and use tools and equipment, mechanical and electrical measuring tools, and diagnostic equipment.
- Remove, repair and replace vehicle tyre and balance wheel assemblies on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle. For example, ultra-low profile, directional, asymmetric, run-flat tyres.
- Inspect, remove, and replace of parts or components in cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles for the following: steering systems and suspension systems, braking systems, emission systems, air conditioning systems, battery and charging systems, fluid and filtration systems.
- Apply state-of-health condition monitoring tests to high voltage batteries and chargers for electrified cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles.
- Apply four-wheel geometry checks and adjustments to cars, car derived vans, and light goods vehicles.
- Apply safe working practices and procedures to isolate electrified vehicles for maintenance.
- Record vehicle service maintenance, parts replacement, or repair.
- Apply customer service principles and organisational customer care practices. For example, identifying customer and vehicle needs, resolve low level customer complaints, make recommendations to customers based on results of inspection, maintenance, or repair of vehicles, customer payment transactions and organisational sales processes.
- Provide quotation of cost and order automotive parts, products, and consumables applicable to the vehicle.
- Apply procedures for stock and parts storage: ordering, checking and stock rotation.
- Apply organisational sales processes. For example, show and tell, features and benefits, consultative selling, mini closing and closing.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with equity, diversity, and inclusion guidance.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example customers, suppliers, and colleagues.
- Communicate in writing, for example with internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Use information and digital technology systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Complete and record learning and development activities.
- Apply procedures to check and replace fluids, and filtration parts.
Training schedule
- Training is delivered using a blended learning approach
- This means appretntices will recieve site visits during their working hours from a Skills Coach to observe and provide teaching relevant to the apprenticeship
- Apprentices will also attend block training sessions at Skillnet in Daventry every 6-8 weeks
- Block training will run between Mon-Wed or Mon - Thurs
- All hotel accomodation and travel is paid for by Formula One Autocentres for apprentices
Requirements
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
- Team working
Other requirements
Whilst it is not essential, we encourage apprentices to be learning to drive with a goal to gain their full UK driving license if not already held. This will support with additional duties of moving customers vehicles where required.
About this employer
Established in 1969, Formula One Autocentres set out with a mission to deliver a completely new fast-fit experience to its customers. This would feature clean, modern premises, high-tech equipment and highly trained technicians; far removed from the kind of service normally associated with the industry. Over fifty years down the line, we have grown to become one of the UK’s largest independent autocentre chains. The business remains family owned and continues to uphold its original commitment to delivering the highest quality service at the most competitive prices. That commitment has proved incredibly popular with motorists, creating many thousands of loyal customers who continue to put their trust in Formula One Autocentres. As a result, the company has gone from strength to strength, currently boasting over 130 state-of-the-art branches across England, with over 800 highly trained staff working seven days a week to provide a full range of services including tyres, exhausts, batteries, brakes, clutches, MOT's and servicing. We remain resolutely independent, and as a family-owned business, avoid being tied down to any single manufacturer or supplier. This gives us the freedom and flexibility to offer the biggest deals on the widest possible range of top branded products, making the company a viable, attractive and cost-effective alternative to both the big national chains and smaller local independent outlets. Quite simply, Formula One Autocentres provides cost-conscious motorists with the most reliable and affordable means of maintaining their vehicles.
https://www.f1autocentres.co.uk/about (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Discounted tools and equipment available for purchase to those who successfully complete the apprenticeship.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon completion of the Autocare Apprenticeship with Formula One Autocentres, apprentices are eligible to enrol of further commercial training to support with career progression
- This can include EV training to become site Mentors, Managers, and Senior technicians
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SKILLNET LIMITED
Jamie Rogan
jamie.rogan@skillnet.org.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000350396.
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Closes in 27 days (Friday 5 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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