Apprentice Property Maintenance Operative
BEDFORD INCLUSIVE LEARNING AND TRAINING TRUST
Hillgrounds Road (MK42 8QP)
Closes on Wednesday 31 December 2025
Posted on 18 November 2025
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Summary
Are you looking to start a career in facilities management, maintenance or estates? Rivertree Free School, in Bedford, are seeking an enthusiastic and committed individual to join their dedicated site team as a Property Maintenance Apprentice, where you will gain valuable hands-on experience in a supportive and professional school environment!
- Wage
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£14,526 a year
- Training course
- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 0800 -1600.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Sunday 1 February 2026
- Duration
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1 year 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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual looking to kickstart their career in facilities management, maintenance or estates. This property maintenance apprenticeship with Rivertree Free School in Bedford is offering valuable hands-on experience in a supportive and professional school environment.
Working under the guidance of the school's Site Manager, you will learn the essential skills required to maintain a large and busy school site.
As an apprentice, your training and day-to-day work will cover a wide range of responsibilities, including:
- Supporting the maintenance of school buildings, grounds and facilities
- Carrying out basic repairs and reporting issues that need specialist attention
- Helping to ensure that classrooms, communal areas and external spaces remain safe, clean and fit for purpose
- Working alongside contractors, suppliers and school staff when maintenance or improvement works are carried out
- Developing awareness of health and safety procedures, including fire safety, manual handling and COSHH regulations
- As well as supporting the wider school community in helping set up for events and activities
- If opportunities arise at one of the other schools within the trust that would support your professional development, you may be asked to assist there
This apprenticeship is designed to provide you with practical knowledge and transferable skills in caretaking, facilities support and property management. You will receive training and mentoring, while also going through formal apprenticeship qualifications to support your career progression.
Where you'll work
Rivertree Free School
Hillgrounds Road
MK42 8QP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BEDFORD 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
You will gain the following qualifications:
- Level 2 Property Maintenance Operative Apprenticeship
- Functional Skills in English and maths (if required)
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Maths (grade 3)
- English (grade 3)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
Other requirements
If opportunities arise at one of the other schools within the trust that would support your professional development, you may be asked to assist there. The candidate may need to be flexible with working hours due to events throughout the school year. Candidates must carry out an initial interview with a member of The Bedford College Apprenticeship Recruitment Team. Please be aware that the closing date is subject to change without prior notice.
About this employer
Greys Education Centre, Secondary Provision provides full time education placements for pupils permanently excluded from school from Years 7-11 on a short term basis. Pupils also attend short term referral placements working in partnership with Bedford Borough Schools. Pupils at Greys Education Centre benefit from accessing the full core curriculum.
After this apprenticeship
From successful completion of the Property Maintenance Operative apprenticeship you will have received skills and experience in a school setting.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BEDFORD COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001097.
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Closes on Wednesday 31 December 2025
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