Apprentice Multi Trader Operative

PEABODY GROUP MAINTENANCE LIMITED

London (SE1 7JB)

Closes in 13 days (Friday 27 February 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 13 February 2026

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Summary

To assist with the Maintenance Operations in the smooth delivery of a quality customer focused service. The successful applicant would we skilled to a multi trade level to assist the Right First Time culture we promise our clients. You should also be capable of promoting the PGM Brand.

Wage

£28,571.40 a year

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It can be increased in the second year.

Training course
Property maintenance operative (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm, shifts. May work evenings and weekends.

45 hours a week

Start date

Sunday 15 March 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

  • Willing to continue to learn
  • To have focus on first time fix
  • Consistently demonstrate high levels of customer service and professionalism whilst dealing with all residents and stakeholders
  • Ensure that all works are carried out safely and to an excellent quality standard
  • Updating PDA devices with work schedules and other key information as required
  • To maintain our corporate image and service standards
  • Work with the Manager to agree personal targets, KPI goals and strategies to improve performance, identify own development needs and achieve learning plans
  • Ensuring the effective and proactive delivery of service
  • Ensuring the maintenance and delivery of any documentation required to agreed
  • To liaise with relevant staff as required
  • To adhere to Peabody/ PGM health and safety policy
  • To adhere to Peabody/ PGM equality and diversity policy
  • To adhere to Peabody/ PGM environmental standards and accreditations

Where you'll work

45
Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7JB

Training

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

Training provider

WALTHAM FOREST 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

  • Waltham Forest College - 707 Forest Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4JB
  • 1 day a week 
  • On-site in college 

More training information

Waltham Forest College is an aspirational place to learn with highly skilled, supportive staff, industry standard specialist facilities and works in partnership with employers. We are proud to be an inclusive college, supporting and encouraging our students to ‘Think BIG’ in achieving their career goals. You will be joining one of the top performing Further Education Colleges in the country (top 5%). Rated as Outstanding by Ofsted, Waltham Forest College also has specialist Mayor of London’s Quality Academy status for HealthCare, Construction, Green Technologies and Hospitality, Creative and Digital and is a WorldSkills UK’s Training Centre of Excellence. This provides an exciting opportunity for our students to further develop world-class skills, embedding excellence and developing the higher-level technical skills that employers need.

Our extensive enrichment programme provides an opportunity for you to make new friends, try new skills and activities and, volunteer and have fun, all in a safe and supporting environment. Whether you are looking to develop new skills and confidence, progress to university, retrain or to study to progress to highly skilled, higher paid employment, we can help springboard your career.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

About this employer

Peabody Group Maintenance Limited is a subsidiary private limited company within the Peabody Group that focuses on the management and delivery of property maintenance and repair services as part of the broader social housing and landlord services delivered by Peabody in London and the surrounding region.

https://www.peabody.org.uk/your-home/repairs-and-improvements/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Qualified Multi Trader Operative/Maintenance Operative.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WALTHAM FOREST COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000015455.

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Closes in 13 days (Friday 27 February 2026 at 11:59pm)