Maintenance Apprentice
TARGET MAINTENANCE GB LTD
Bedfordshire (MK45 4QR)
Closes in 4 days (Sunday 30 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 November 2025
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Summary
Launch your career with Target Maintenance! Join a friendly, family-run team with 25+ years’ experience in property maintenance. As an apprentice, you’ll learn hands-on skills across construction and facilities services—no two days are the same! Ready to build your future?
- Wage
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£17,500 a year
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Annual Salary
- Training course
- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday. Times to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 December 2025
- Duration
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2 years 3 months
- Positions available
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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 a Maintenance Apprentice, you’ll get involved in:
- Facilities Maintenance – Keeping sites running smoothly
- Painting & Decorating – Transforming spaces inside and out
- Reactive Repairs – From roofing and fencing to locks and doors
- Office Fit-Outs – Helping create modern, functional workspaces
- Remedial Repairs – Tackling internal and external fixes
- Insurance Works – Restoring properties after leaks, fire, or water damage
- Refuse Disposal – Clearing car parks and storage areas
- Projects & Fire Safety Solutions – Installing cutting-edge safety equipment
- Electrical Tasks – Testing, fault-finding, and lighting upgrades
Where you'll work
Unit 6 New Inn Farm
6 Sand Lane,
Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK45 4QR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE
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
As part of your Property Maintenance Operative apprenticeship, you’ll have a dedicated mentor to guide you through day-to-day skills on the job, along with one day a week of practical and theory training at Milton Keynes College’s Innovation and Technology Centre, Chaffron Way. We’ll work closely with you, your employer, and the college to ensure you have all the support you need to succeed.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
“GCSE” in:
- “Maths” (grade 9-4)
- “English” (grade 9-4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Genuine interest in the role
- Strong communication
- Follows instructions well
- Works well in a team
- Good attention to detail
- Problem-solving ability
- Determined to succeed
- Flexible with work and hours
Other requirements
While having a driving licence or working towards one is desirable, we don’t want that to hold you back! If you live near our head office in Silsoe, Beds, or one of our Maintenance Team locations, we can arrange pick-up and drop-off to make things easier. You’ll need to be comfortable with tasks that require lifting, carrying, and working on your feet for extended periods. This role involves manual handling and working in varied environments. Ability to perform practical tasks safely, including handling tools and materials. Able to work comfortably in both indoor and outdoor environments, including varying weather conditions.
About this employer
With over 25 years of experience, Target Maintenance delivers expert facilities management and fire safety solutions for all types of properties. Our fully trained team provides high-quality, tailored services—from planned maintenance and emergency repairs to painting, decorating, and project works—ensuring safety and reliability every time.
After this apprenticeship
There are plenty of opportunities for growth, including skilled trade specialisms and advanced maintenance roles. They'll be a chance to discuss progression paths with you following successful completion of your apprenticeship to help shape your future career.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000700.
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Closes in 4 days (Sunday 30 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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