Apprentice Site & Facilities Assistant
UTC PORTSMOUTH
PORTSMOUTH (PO2 9DU)
Closes in 22 days (Friday 6 February 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 14 January 2026
Contents
Summary
UTC Portsmouth is seeking an Apprentice Site & Facilities Assistant to join our Premises team. This is a developmental role, for someone who wants to build a career in facilities and estates management while working towards a Level 4 Facilities Manager Apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 to £24,126.96, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Facilities manager (level 4)
- Hours
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Full time shifts, on a 2 week rota:
07:00 - 14:30 or 09:30 - 18:30, Monday to Friday.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 17 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
Under the guidance of the Premises Manager, you will:
- Support the day-to-day upkeep of the school site, buildings, and grounds
- Assist with routine site checks (e.g. fire alarms, emergency lighting, water hygiene)
- Help prepare rooms for exams, events, and meetings
- Shadow contractor visits and learn how site permits and supervision work
- Assist with minor repairs and maintenance tasks
- Learn how planned preventative maintenance (PPM) is scheduled and recorded
- Support sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives
- Take part in emergency procedures and drills as part of your learning
- Maintain accurate records and logs
Where you'll work
LONDON ROAD
PORTSMOUTH
PO2 9DU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MERCURY TRAINING SERVICES LTD
Training course
Facilities manager (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with and manage health and safety procedures in line with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Develop and apply hazard and risk identification and risk management systems and culture.
- Comply with sector regulations and legislation.
- Develop and apply sustainable practices and developments.
- Apply and manage waste management strategies.
- Apply facilities project management techniques.
- Apply change management techniques.
- Apply business continuity planning techniques.
- Apply business operation considerations.
- Apply and manage standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Make recommendations for improvement.
- Apply property and asset management techniques.
- Manage building maintenance activities, for example plans, site inspections or audits
- Apply techniques in the management of budgets within department financing and budget.
- Manage resource requirements.
- Apply quality assurance procedures and monitoring processes.
- Manage stakeholders. For example, contractors, consultants, suppliers, end users.
- Manage and comply with organisational objectives, requirements and value including Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key performance indicators (KPI’s).
- Analyse and report different types of data according to its qualities.
- Use feedback to improve the quality of the business products and services.
- Apply problem solving techniques, identifying issues. Propose solutions to problems.
- Monitor, manage and report organisational and sector information technology and digital systems. Comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and cyber security.
- Communicate verbally and in writing with others for example, colleagues, contractors and stakeholders.
- Apply policies and practices to support equity, diversity and inclusion.
- Plan and undertake Continued Professional Development (CPD) to meet personal and organisational development. Evaluate CPD outcomes against any plans made.
- Undertake research.
- Comply with and manage health and safety procedures in line with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Develop and apply hazard and risk identification and risk management systems and culture.
- Comply with sector regulations and legislation.
- Develop and apply sustainable practices and developments.
- Apply and manage waste management strategies.
- Apply facilities project management techniques.
- Apply change management techniques.
- Apply business continuity planning techniques.
- Apply business operation considerations.
- Apply and manage standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Make recommendations for improvement.
- Apply property and asset management techniques.
- Manage building maintenance activities, for example plans, site inspections or audits
- Apply techniques in the management of budgets within department financing and budget.
- Manage resource requirements.
- Apply quality assurance procedures and monitoring processes.
- Manage stakeholders. For example, contractors, consultants, suppliers, end users.
- Manage and comply with organisational objectives, requirements and value including Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key performance indicators (KPI’s).
- Analyse and report different types of data according to its qualities.
- Use feedback to improve the quality of the business products and services.
- Apply problem solving techniques, identifying issues. Propose solutions to problems.
- Monitor, manage and report organisational and sector information technology and digital systems. Comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and cyber security.
- Communicate verbally and in writing with others for example, colleagues, contractors and stakeholders.
- Apply policies and practices to support equity, diversity and inclusion.
- Plan and undertake Continued Professional Development (CPD) to meet personal and organisational development. Evaluate CPD outcomes against any plans made.
- Undertake research.
Training schedule
- Level 4 Facilities Manager Apprenticeship Standard
- Your training will include in-depth knowledge, skills and behaviours
- All training takes place at work during your working hours, not at home
- Functional skills in English and maths if required
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Team working
- Industry Interest
Other requirements
- Must hold a Full UK Driving Licence
- Must have access to their own car
About this employer
UTC Portsmouth delivers an exciting, stimulating and relevant STEM curriculum focused on equipping our students with the skills and attitudes to succeed in their chosen career pathways. Learning is student centered and employer informed so that there is a combined focus on students’ personal development and their education.
https://www.utcportsmouth.org/utc-portsmouth (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
- Completion of this programme will lead to eligibility to development onto further training programmes such as HR Programmes or Level 5 Operations / Department Manager
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MERCURY TRAINING SERVICES LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000008523.
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Closes in 22 days (Friday 6 February 2026 at 11:59pm)