Apprentice Autocare Technician
Fixed by Fordy
RADSTOCK (BA3 5EX)
Closes in 6 days (Tuesday 16 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 8 December 2025
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Summary
Are you looking to develop your career as an apprentice autocare technician? Under the supervision of experienced mechanics, you will gain hands-on experience in diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining vehicles.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 to £24,126.96, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
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Salry to be discussed at interview and will regularly reviewed based on performance.
- Training course
- Autocare technician (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday.
Working hours are 8.30am until 5.30pm, including a lunch break.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 12 January 2026
- Duration
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2 years 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
This new opportunity would suit someone who is keen to learn and committed to developing a career as a skilled motor mechanic, learning on the job and studying at college.
The apprenticeship will combine practical work with theory, you will gradually develop the competency needed to work independently as a skilled mechanic.
Duties will include:
- Carry out inspections of vehicles for basic routine maintenance.
- Inspect, remove and replace components on various vehicle systems.
- Preparing vehicles for sale.
- Maintain stock levels and undertake replenishment activities when stock deliveries are received.
- Use a range of specialist tools, measuring instruments and diagnostic equipment.
- Comply with environmental and health, and safety regulations and procedures.
- Use the appropriate personal protective equipment.
- Organise your work, meeting deadlines and scheduling tasks appropriately.
Where you'll work
CHARMBOROUGH FARM
CHARLTON ROAD
HOLCOMBE
RADSTOCK
BA3 5EX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BATH COLLEGE
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
You will be attending one day at college per week, term time only, at our Somer Valley Campus in Radstock.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C or above)
- Maths (grade 4/C or above)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
About this employer
Established in 2010 in Holcombe, Somerset, with staff sharing an extensive breadth of knowledge and expertise in mechanical service repair, Fixed By Fordy are highly qualified to keep your vehicle in tip top condition. Service and repairs for all makes and models.
Fixed By fordy prides itself on quality of work, customer care, and value for money.
We strive to be courteous, helpful, friendly and approachable. Our aim is to be a premier provider of service and quality in an ever changing market.
All our bays are designed and equipped with the latest tools and diagnostic equipment to ensure first class results every time.
After this apprenticeship
On successful completion of the apprenticeship you may be able to undertake the level 3 apprenticeship and continue your career progression with our business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BATH COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000003409.
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Closes in 6 days (Tuesday 16 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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