Apprentice Transport Refrigeration Engineer

VANFRIDGE LTD

Droitwich (WR9 0NR)

Closes in 21 days (Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 18 November 2025

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Summary

Apprentice Transport Refrigeration Engineer in our Rushock workshop. Standard day to day job mainly includes installs of new units + repairs & maintenance of current refrigeration units. However we're a small team so candidate can put hand to metalwork or other tasks as well. Should ideally apply if have mechanical, electric and/or vehicle interest.

Wage

£17,238 a year

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Training course
Engineering operative (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Thursday, 7.00am - 3.30pm and Friday, 7.00am - 2.30pm.

39 hours a week

Start date

Monday 5 January 2026

Duration

2 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

  • Work positively with our current experienced staff
  • Behave in a professional andsafe manner
  • Strong skills of communication and team-working (we're a small team)
  • Attend work everyday and timekeep well
  • Have a pride in your work - as it's not easy and takes good qualities to complete - so you should be proud of your ability if you can do it!

Where you'll work

Unit 338, Rushock Trading Estate
Rushock
Droitwich
WR9 0NR

Training

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

Training provider

HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

Training course

Engineering operative (level 2)

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Training schedule

Training will take place at the work place 4 days a week and one day a week at Heart of Worcestershire College, at the Bromsgrove Campus

More training information

  • Engineering Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
  • Day release once a week at Bromgrove campus

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 4 (or Equivalent))

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
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Patience

Other requirements

- Apprentice will need to be able to drive ideally. (our site is on an industrial estate between Kidderminster and Droitwich with poor bus links and is 3 miles from Hartlebury Station) - Also would be ideal to have an interest in transport and vehicles overall. - If the apprentice may have been interested in becoming a mechanic or is looking at a mechanic/garage job, this is an interesting branch off which is slightly different but requires very similar skills - We're right at the crux of a large movement from Diesel to fully Electric Vehicles - and this has meant a large amount of exciting changes in our industry in the last 3 years and carrying on for the next 5 years. If you want to be a part of an industry in which currently everyone is learning new things everyday - and if you have a strong interest in electrics and electronics and working with you hands - this is a great job!

About this employer

Vanfridge Ltd has been trading for over 20 Years since 2002 Pola Van Rental Ltd has been trading for over 14 years since 2010 One-Stop Shop for Refrigerated Vans Customer-Centric Approach Reliability and Trustworthiness Uncompromising Quality New Refrigerated Van Sales Used Refrigerated Van Sales Refrigerated Van Rental (Medium and Long Term) Industry leading new Refrigeration Unit on-site fitting Workshop Our own specialist premises in Droitwich

https://www.vanfridge.co.uk/trusted-experts-in-freezer-vans-since-2002/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • The initial job following completion of the apprenticeship will be to become a qualified transport refrigeration engineer in our workshop
  • As part of the apprenticeship - we will pay to put the apprentice through a week long F-Gas Certification Course, this is to ensure that they understand and can handle legally refrigerant gases. This is essential to full qualificaiton of becoming a transport refrigeration engineer
  • This transport refigeration engineer is wholly workshop based, and following on from this there is potential in the future to become and Senior Transport Refrigeration Engineer
  • Once you potentially become a Senior Transport Refrigeration Engineer, there is further potential to become a Mobile Engineer, whereby you can join our mobile Transport Refrigeration Team servicing and maintaining active refrigeration units on vehciles around the UK (mainly West-Mids, East-Mids, South West & Wales). This enables you to have your own service vehicle and become an independent transport refrigeration engineer - where you make and conduct a lot of your own work and timetable - and earn good money!
  • If you're more interested in the actually fitting of refrigeration units and other tasks in a workshop though, the employee can stay as a senior fridge engineer in the workshop

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001113.

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Closes in 21 days (Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 11:59pm)

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