Property Maintenance Apprentice
Peak Venues
BAKEWELL (DE45 1NH)
Closes on Tuesday 27 January 2026
Posted on 26 November 2025
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Summary
Peak Venues are looking for a Level 2 Property Maintenance Apprentice to join their team. You will complete duties such as painting, decorating, drainage repairs, groundskeeping plus much more!
- Wage
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£12,563.20 to £20,317.44, depending on your age
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Minimum wage based on age and travel arrangements
- Training course
- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday (shifts to be confirmed).
Between 32 and 40 hours per week (wage shown for 32 hours - minimum required).
32 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 February 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
Duties will include but will not be limited to:
- Reactive and Proactive maintenance of fixtures, fittings, hot tubs, doors and windows
- Painting and decorating
- Basic Plumbing and drainage repairs
- Groundskeeping
- Safe use of tools
- Health and Safety legislation
- Preventative maintenance (eg. fences, hand rails, gates, locks, re-pointing, walling)
- Waste management
- Use of digital platforms used for communication and administration within the role
Where you'll work
1 PARK FARM INDUSTRIAL UNITS
LONGSTONE LANE
BAKEWELL
DE45 1NH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MACCLESFIELD 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
This apprenticeship is block release to Macclesfield College (5 weeks in the workplace and 1 week in college, repeat).
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C+)
- Maths (grade 4/C+)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Team working
- Quick learner
- Hardworking
- Efficient
- Active
- Work in fast-paced environment
Other requirements
You will be working in different locations all in or around the Peaks. Please have this in mind before submitting an application.
About this employer
Peak Venues is the premier choice for luxury group accommodation in the Peak District, offering unforgettable stays in some of the UK’s most stunning countryside. Peak Venues provides an exceptional collection of self-catering properties ranging from grand country houses that sleep up to 50 guests to charming barns perfect for couples. Every property is carefully curated to deliver comfort, style, and exclusivity, making them ideal for family reunions, weddings, corporate retreats, or celebratory weekends. Guests consistently praise the spacious living areas, well-equipped facilities, and thoughtful extras such as games rooms, hot tubs, and dog-friendly options. Nestled in the heart of the Peak District National Park, these venues place visitors just steps away from breathtaking walks, cycle trails, and historic landmarks like Chatsworth House and Bakewell. With a reputation for impeccable service and attention to detail, Peak Venues ensures every stay is seamless, memorable, and tailored to the occasion, making it the go-to destination for both intimate escapes and large-scale gatherings.
After this apprenticeship
After completion of your apprenticeship you will potentially have the opportunity to progress onto full time positions within the business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MACCLESFIELD COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002466.
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Closes on Tuesday 27 January 2026
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